McArdle News

• Renee King Awarded NIH Pathway to Independence Award

  McArdle researcher Renee King, PhD, CCC-SLP, has been awarded a prestigious NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. King, a postdoctoral trainee in Dr. Paul …

  July 1, 2025

• Taking steps towards harnessing signals from skin to promote metabolic health

  McArdle professor Caroline Alexander has been intrigued by observations that connect the properties of skin with a switch of metabolism that promotes metabolic health.  This healthy metabolic status has been described for decades—principally in response …

  May 19, 2025

• Wei Xu Receives Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award

  The UW-Madison Office of the Provost has announced that McArdle Professor Wei Xu is one of 14 UW-Madison professors to receive the 2025 Vilas Mid-Career Investigator Award. This prestigious award recognizes research and teaching excellence …

  May 9, 2025

• Tim Schedl Named 2024 AAAS Fellow

  McArdle alum Tim Schedl, PhD, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS, the world’s largest general scientific society, has presented this honor annually since 1874 …

  April 1, 2025

• In Memoriam: William F. Dove

  It is with great sadness that we let you know that Dr. William F. Dove passed away on January 27, 2025. Bill was a respected colleague at the University of Wisconsin for 60 years and …

  March 3, 2025

• Bothwell Prize winner for 2024 is announced: Analysis of blood-borne cell-free DNA can be used as a reliable diagnostic for a wide range of cancer types

  View this year’s Bothwell prize announcement here. The 2024 Bothwell prize is awarded for a paper published by Muhammed Murtaza, the Director of the Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, together with …

  January 10, 2025

• Partners in Giving: October 7- December 3, 2024

  For over 50 years, Partners in Giving has been creating enormous positive change at home and around the world through the amazing generosity of state workers in Dane County. This year’s campaign theme is “Together …

  October 14, 2024

• Student Profile: Aysiah Jaeke

  Where are you from and what’s your previous training? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program?  I graduated summa cum laude from St. Norbert College in the spring of 2021 with a Bachelor of Science …

  June 26, 2024

• Cancer Biology Training Grant Hosts Career Development Workshop Featuring McArdle Alumna Dr. Asha Collins

  The McArdle Laboratory and Cancer Biology Graduate Program were delighted to host Dr. Asha Collins to present and field questions as part of a professional development workshop sponsored by the program’s NCI-funded T32 training program …

  June 6, 2024

• Student Profile: Amanda Shea

  Where are you from and what’s your previous training? Why Madison and the Cancer Biology program?  I’m originally from the Northern VA area, but grew up in a military family, so there’s not a specific …

  May 29, 2024
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