BMI Associate Professor and Morgridge Investigator Tony Gitter has been named the inaugural recipient of the Jeanne M. Rowe Chair for his contributions to virology research. The John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Center for …
Faculty awards
BMI Affiliate Majid Afshar Inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association
BMI affiliate faculty member and faculty leader for the SMPH Learning Health Systems Initiatives, Majid Afshar, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) in May. AMIA launched the Applied Informatics …
Elicieri wins highly cited researcher award for second time
Kevin Elicieri, PhD, BMI affiliate, is one of 11 UW-Madison researchers to win a highly cited researcher award from the Institute for Scientific Information. This is his second appearance on this list. The 2021 award …
KyungMann Kim awarded $7.1M U24 for the HIV/Cervical Cancer Prevention “CASCADE” Clinical Trials Network
Congratulations to Dr. Kim and his team for their success being awarded a $7.1M U24 cooperative agreement from the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Kim will serve as PI of the Data Coordinating Center for the …
Singh research team wins prestigious best paper award at 2022 European Conference on Computer Vision
Professor Vikas Singh, Xingjian Zhen (first author), Zihang Meng, and Rudrasis Chakraborty won the prestigious ECCV award for best paper out of more than 5,000 entries at the 2022 European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) …
Singh and Pimentel-Alarcon win American Family Funding Initiative awards
Professor Vikas Singh and Assistant Professor Daniel Pimentel-Alarcon are two of the nine recipients of funding awarded through the fourth American Family Funding Initiative of the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute. This competitive initiative …
Kendziorski and Roy, Kellett and Romnes award winners, in “Inside UW”
Kellett Fellowship award winner Christina Kendziorski and H.I. Romnes award winner Sushmita Roy were included in a UW news release and the May 19, 2022 Inside UW newsletter. BMI received 2 of the 32 awards …
Roy awarded H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship
Associate Professor Sushmita Roy was awarded the H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship in recognition of her outstanding contributions in research, teaching, and service to the university and the broader research community. This prestigious award is designed …
Kendziorski awarded the Kellett Mid-Career Award
Professor Christina Kendziorski received the Kellett Mid-Career Award from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education. This award is made to mid-career faculty to support them at a critical stage of …
Tom Cook Elected to the 2022 Class of Fellows by the Society for Clinical Trials
Congratulations to Tom Cook, Professor CHS, for his election as member of the 2022 Class of Fellows by the Society of Clinical Trials. He, and classmate Alexia Iasonos of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, will …