2023
January
1/20/2023 - Guang-Hong Chen named 2023 SPIE fellow
2022
October
10/17/2022 - Medical Physics Graduate Wins Inaugural Award
May
5/25/2022 - Alison Deatsch Receives Postdoc Excellence Award
April
4/19/2022 - Christian De Caro Wins Best-in-Physics Imaging Award at 2022 AAPM Annual Meeting
4/1/2022 - Wil Ferris Wins 2nd Prize at AAPM Early Career Investigator Symposium
March
3/10/2022 - Ke Li and Team Collaborate With Wisconsin Geology Museum to Analyze Big Cat Bones
February
2/21/2022 - Jessica Fagerstrom (PhD '17) honored in Smithsonian Exhibit
2/16/2022 - Ivan Rosado-Mendez Receives Award from Wisconsin Partnership Program's New Investigator Program
2/11/2022 - Marina Emborg and Tim Hall Elected as AIMBE Fellows
2/7/2022 - Kevin Eliceiri to Help Lead new Center for Multiparametric Imaging of Tumor Immune Microenvironments
2021
December
12/10/2021 - Weibo Cai Receives SNMMI Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council Michael J. Welch Award
12/7/2021 - Brian Pogue and Rock Mackie Named Fellows of National Academy of Inventors
November
11/19/2021 - Kevin Eliceiri Included on Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers List
11/9/2021 - Drs. Wagner, Sczcykutowicz, Chen Receive Patents
October
10/26/2021 - Department of Medical Physics Selects New Chair
10/21/2021 - Diego Hernando Awarded NIH Grant for Diffusion MRI Project
10/21/2021 - Guang-Hong Chen Receives R01 Grant From NIH for AI Project
10/20/2021 - Weibo Cai Chosen as 2021 Ride Scholar
10/15/2021 - Doug Dean Chosen to Lead Wisconsin Site for Child Brain Development Study
10/1/2021 - Jose Guerrero-Gonzalez Named 2021 Cool Science Image Contest Winner
September
9/21/2021 - Tim Szczykutowicz Organizes Virtual Field Trip for Middle Schoolers
August
8/30/2021 - Weibo Cai Invited to Serve on AIMBE Imaging II Review Committee
July
7/28/2021 - Zack Rosenkrans wins multiple honors from SNMMI
7/19/2021 - Cai Research Group Helps Develop New Resorbable Biomaterial for Implantable Devices
7/19/2021 - Three Former Cai Research Group Members Selected as 2021 "Ones to Watch" by SNMMI
7/16/2021 - Combined Radiotherapy and Immunotherapy Research Featured in AAAS's Science Translational Medicine Journal
7/7/2021 - Weibo Cai Part of Team That Develops Implantable Device for Fast Bone Healing
June
6/29/2021 - AAPM Annual Meeting Session to be Held in Honor of Dr. Ed Jackson
6/29/2021 - Reinier Hernandez Awarded Two New Grants
6/29/2021 - Ke Li and Guang-Hong Chen Receive R01 Grant For Pulmonary CT Imaging
May
5/11/2021 - Marina Emborg Receives Kellett Mid-Career Award
5/11/2021 - Weibo Cai Invited to Serve on ACS Peer Review Committee for Experimental Therapeutics
5/4/2021 - Catherine Steffel Recognized as UW-Madison Notable Graduate
April
4/21/2021 - Weibo Cai and Collaborators Receive CCSG Program Pilot Award
March
3/26/2021 - Leonardo Rivera-Rivera Named ISMRM Junior Fellow
3/16/2021 - Marina Emborg, Wally Block, and Collaborators Make Breakthrough in Treatment of Parkinson's Disease
3/4/2021 - Kevin Eliceiri Receives Beckman Foundation Award for Smart Light Sheet Technology
February
2/17/2021 - Wally Block, Kevin Eliceiri Elected AIMBE Fellows
2/8/2021 - Dr. Weibo Cai Admitted as Fellow to the Royal Society of Chemistry
2020
December
12/11/2020 - Chuck Mistretta Named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
12/10/2020 - NIH ORIP success story: Marina Emborg and Colleagues Make Advances in Detecting Heart Disease in Parkinson's
November
11/13/2020 - Cai Group Wins Multiple Awards from SNMMI
October
10/19/2020 - Guang-Hong Chen, Ran Zhang, and collaborators find more precise way to detect pneumonia caused by COVID-19
August
8/5/2020 - Leonardo Rivera Awarded Alzheimer's Association Fellowship
8/4/2020 - Reinier Hernandez Wins Three Awards From SNMMI
June
6/18/2020 - Lindsay Bodart Awarded Third Place in AAPM Cameron/Cunningham Young Investigator Symposium
6/16/2020 - Administrative Staff Have Impact in the Community
May
5/26/2020 - Ran Zhang and Dalton Griner Named Winners in 2020 Cool Science Image Contest
5/18/2020 - Department of Medical Physics Welcomes Two New Faculty Members
5/13/2020 - Catherine Steffel Receives Best in Physics Award for AAPM Abstract
5/12/2020 - Paul Campagnola Receives Kellett Mid-Career Award
5/11/2020 - Ian Marsh Receives ACR Travel Scholarship
April
4/6/2020 - Ian Marsh Receives SNMMI Alavi-Mandell Award
March
3/24/2020 - Catherine Steffel Featured in Physics World Magazine Series "Physics in the Pandemic"
3/3/2020 - Marina Emborg and Collaborators Use Gene-Editing to Further Parkinson's Research
3/2/2020 - Xu Ji Wins Two Paper Awards at SPIE
February
2/26/2020 - Catherine Steffel Wins Poster Competition at AAAS Meeting
January
1/7/2020 - Catherine Steffel Receives Travel Award to attend AAAS meeting
2019
November
11/14/2019 - Medphysics Board of Visitors conducts Annual Meeting
September
9/12/2019 - Alumna Jessica Fagerstrom Selected as AAAS IF/THEN ® Ambassador
July
7/9/2019 - Jon Engle Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
7/3/2019 - Catherine Steffel Selected to Attend Communicating Science for Physicists Workshop
June
6/4/2019 - Kaelyn Seeley and Chris Kutyreff Receive UW SRGC Conference Presentation Awards
May
5/22/2019 - Rock Mackie Receives IOMP John Mallard Award
5/17/2019 - Rock Mackie Receives ASTRO Gold Medal
5/14/2019 - Philip Corrado Awarded F31 Grant for MRI Blood Flow Project
5/14/2019 - Lindsay Bodart and Ruiyang Zhao Receive 2019 Standard Imaging Travel Awards
April
4/26/2019 - Catherine Steffel Receives Travel Award from UW SRGC
4/18/2019 - Dalton Griner Named Winner of 2019 Cool Science Image Contest
4/10/2019 - Catherine Steffel Organizes Research Showcase at Wisconsin State Capitol
4/5/2019 - Jim Zagzebski Receives William J. Fry Memorial Lecture Award
March
3/25/2019 - Emily Ehlerding Receives Science Literacy Award
February
2/26/2019 - Emily King Receives CIRMS Junior Investigator Award
January
1/24/2019 - Wesley Culberson Elected as AAPM Fellow
1/8/2019 - Bryan Bednarz Chosen as 2018 Ride Scholar
2018
November
11/12/2018 - Andrew Shepard and Colleagues' Paper Selected as Medphys.org Editor's Pick
October
10/22/2018 - Paul Campagnola Elected as Fellow of The Optical Society
10/15/2018 - Eric Simiele Wins First Prize in NCCAAPM Young Investigator Competition
10/5/2018 - Weibo Cai Invited to Serve as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Nanobiotechnology
September
9/10/2018 - Marina Emborg Featured in UW News Stem Cell Feature
August
8/28/2018 - Congressional Staff Tours WIMR Facilities
8/7/2018 - Prof. Weibo Cai Invited to Deliver Plenary Lecture at Chinese Society of Nuclear Medicine Meeting
July
7/20/2018 - Martin Wagner Receives R21 Grant for 4D Fluoroscopy Project
7/9/2018 - Cai Research Group at the 2018 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
7/3/2018 - Weibo Cai Receives Nano Research Young Innovators Award
June
6/29/2018 - Weibo Cai Receives NML Researcher Award
6/26/2018 - Ian Marsh to Present at SNMMI Center for Therapy Excellence Young Investigators Symposium
6/22/2018 - Sydney Jupitz Accepted Into WISCIENCE Public Service Fellows Program
6/18/2018 - Catherine Steffel Selected to Attend Communicating Science Workshop
6/7/2018 - Charlie Matrosic and Catherine Steffel Receive Travel Awards from UW SRGC
6/4/2018 - Gengyan Zhao Receives ISMRM Merit Award
May
5/28/2018 - Larry DeWerd Receives Two Honors
5/24/2018 - Andrew Santoso and Blake Smith Receive 9th Annual Standard Imaging Travel Awards
5/2/2018 - East High Students Visit Department
April
4/11/2018 - Weibo Cai Inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows
March
3/20/2018 - Diego Hernando Awarded R01 Grant for Liver QSM Project
3/5/2018 - Catherine Steffel Awarded F31 Grant for Ultrasound of Carotid Plaque Project
February
2/15/2018 - Catherine Steffel Selected to Attend Catalyzing Advocacy in Science Engineering 2018 Workshop
2/13/2018 - Ian Marsh Selected to Receive 2017 Ride Scholar Award
2/5/2018 - Gengyan Zhao Receives ISMRM Trainee Stipend
January
1/22/2018 - Jeni Smilowitz and Guang-Hong Chen Elected as AAPM Fellows
2017
December
12/21/2017 - Andy Alexander Receives 2018 Postdoctoral Mentor Award
October
10/9/2017 - Prof. Robert Jeraj and Others Work to Highlight Medical Physics Within the American Physical Society
September
9/28/2017 - Profs. Andy Alexander and Brad Christian Appointed Co-Chairs of Waisman Brain Imaging Laboratory
9/27/2017 - Prof. Michael Speidel Awarded R21 Grant for Dual-Energy Subtraction Angiography
August
8/30/2017 - Andrew Santoso and Catherine Steffel Receive Travel Grants to IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium
8/28/2017 - Catherine Steffel and Amy Weisman awarded WISELI Celebrating Women in Science and Engineering Grant
8/7/2017 - Jordan Slagowski Receives John R. Cameron Young Investigator Symposium Award
8/7/2017 - David Adam and Andrew Shepard Receive 8th Annual Standard Imaging Travel Awards
July
7/31/2017 - Medical Physics Alumnae Elected to AAPM Positions
7/19/2017 - Dr. Charles Mistretta Receives ICRU Gray Medal
7/6/2017 - Jorge Jimenez Awarded F31 Grant for New MRI Breast Screening Protocol
7/5/2017 - Weibo Cai Named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship
June
6/26/2017 - Christie Lin and IGT Group Receive Alavi-Mandell Publication Award at 2017 SNMMI
6/19/2017 - Cai Research Group at the 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Denver
6/15/2017 - Bruce Thomadsen Publishes New Book on Brachytherapy Physics
6/15/2017 - Cum Laude Award Winners at 2017 ISMRM
May
5/24/2017 - Christina Brunnquell, Ph.D., Selected for AAPM Science Council Associates Mentorship Program
April
4/20/2017 - Four Cai Group Members Win Travel Awards
4/13/2017 - Jon Hansen Wins First Prize at 2017 NCCAAPM Spring Meeting Young Investigator Symposium
February
2/17/2017 - Vivek Prabhakaran Co-heading $5.5 Million Alzheimer's Study
2/15/2017 - Calibration Lab Students win CIRMS Awards
January
1/25/2017 - Presentation Slides Available for Frank Ranallo's Radiation Safety Talk
2016
December
12/6/2016 - Four Cai Group Members Receive RSNA Travel Awards
12/5/2016 - Margo Batie Selected as GEM Fellow
November
11/3/2016 - Calibration Lab Students Receive AAPM Travel Awards
11/1/2016 - CT Group Members Receive Travel Awards
October
10/24/2016 - Prof. Weibo Cai Delivers Plenary Lecture at EANM Annual Congress
10/20/2016 - Lindsey Drehfal Wins Best Student Presentation at ITEC
10/19/2016 - Michael Kissick Publishes New Book on Radiation Physics
September
9/12/2016 - Daniel Gomez-Cardona Receives 2016 RSNA Trainee Research Prize
August
8/3/2016 - Matthew Scarpelli, Brandon Walker Receive John R. Cameron Young Investigator Symposium Awards
July
7/19/2016 - Profs. Thomadsen and Smilowitz Elected to AAPM Leadership Positions
7/18/2016 - Cai Research Group Receives Multiple Awards at 2016 SNMMI Meeting
7/6/2016 - Leonard Che Fru and Brandon Walker Receive Standard Imaging Travel Awards
June
6/14/2016 - Rock Mackie-Cofounded Startups Shine at Governor's Business Plan Contest
May
5/26/2016 - Bruce Thomadsen Receives 2016 University Housing Honored Instructor Award
5/18/2016 - Dr. Jeni Smilowitz Receives Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award
5/4/2016 - Professor Marina Emborg receives 2016 Bernard Sanberg Memorial Award for Brain Repair
April
4/20/2016 - Chuck Mistretta Receives 2016 IEEE Medal
4/18/2016 - Calibration Lab Students Win AAPM Awards
4/18/2016 - Wesley Culberson Chosen President-Elect of AAPM North Central Chapter
March
3/30/2016 - DeLuca to Receive 2016 AAPM William D. Coolidge Award
3/30/2016 - Drs. Jeraj, Ranallo elected as AAPM Fellows
February
2/11/2016 - UW Medical Physics Program Alumnus Willi Kalender Elected to National Academy of Engineering
2/2/2016 - Professor DeWerd and the Work of ADCL Faculty, Staff, and Students featured on ScienceDaily
January
1/28/2016 - Cai Invited to Serve on Editorial Board of Two Journals
1/7/2016 - Chuck Hatt and Colleagues' Paper Selected as Medphys.org Editor's Pick
2015
December
12/7/2015 - Mistretta Earns National Honor for Innovation
November
11/17/2015 - Mistretta Receives UWSMPH Folkert O. Belzer Award
11/9/2015 - Cai Group Develops Antibody to Target Key Cancer Marker
11/5/2015 - Rock Mackie Honored with 2015 Excellence in Entrepreneurial Education Award
October
10/9/2015 - Wieben and Colleagues Awarded $4 Million Grant to Study Early Warning System for Pregnancy Complications
September
9/29/2015 - Collaborative Research on Molecular Imaging Published in PNAS
9/24/2015 - Christopher England and Reinier Hernandez Awarded 2015 Molecular Imaging Travel Awards from RSNA
9/1/2015 - Reinier Hernandez Awarded the 2015 EANM Eckert & Ziegler Abstract Award
August
8/26/2015 - 21st Annual Medical Physics Golf Scramble Scheduled for August 31
8/21/2015 - Mistretta Receives Academy of Radiology Research 2015 Distinguished Investigator Award
July
7/23/2015 - Daniel Gomez Cardona and Everardo Flores Receive Standard Imaging Travel Awards
June
6/11/2015 - Cai Research Group Shines at 2015 SNMMI Annual Meeting
6/3/2015 - Ansel Hillmer Awarded Alavi-Mandell Award by SNMMI
May
5/29/2015 - Cai Invited to Serve on the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports
5/14/2015 - Reinier Hernandez Receives Amgen Scholars Alumni Travel Award
5/12/2015 - Cai Elected as Vice President-Elect of the Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Council of SNMMI
5/8/2015 - Marina Emborg Chosen as New President Elect the American Society of Neural Therapy and Repair
April
4/28/2015 - Guang-Hong Chen Collaborates with Dept. of Geology to Image Rocks for Fossils
March
3/30/2015 - Larry DeWerd to be Awarded the AAPM Edith H. Quimby Award for Achievement in Medical Physics
3/27/2015 - MRRC/ADCL Investigators Receive Another AAPM Farrington Daniels Award
3/13/2015 - Guang-Hong Chen To be Inducted into Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
February
2/19/2015 - Standard Imaging Celebrates 25 Years in Business
2/3/2015 - Review Article Co-Authored by Prof. Cai Published in Accounts of Chemical Research
2/2/2015 - Alumnus James Dobbins, Ph.D., Named Associate Vice Provost at Duke University
January
1/30/2015 - Jamey Weichert Research Featured on Front Cover of Neurosurgery
1/15/2015 - Sixiang Shi Receives Grainger Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship
1/6/2015 - Cai Invited to Serve on the Editorial Board of 2 Imaging Journals
1/2/2015 - Bruce Thomadsen to receive the the 2015 Ulrich Henschke Award
1/2/2015 - Bruce Thomadsen to deliver the John Vilforth Lecture at the 2015 CRCPD
2014
November
11/11/2014 - Weibo Cai Edits Molecular Pharmaceutics Special Topic Issue on PET
11/6/2014 - Kurt Pedersen awarded NCCAAPM Young Investigators Prize
October
10/6/2014 - Oliver Wieben Receives Two Awards at ISMRM Conference
August
8/19/2014 - Multidisciplinary Collaborative Research in WIMR on PET/MRI Published in Advanced Materials
8/6/2014 - Weibo Cai Invited to Serve on 2 Committees of SNMMI
July
7/30/2014 - Three Department faculty are authors / co-authors of four of the 10 most cited papers in Medical Physics
7/14/2014 - Kai Ludwig and Martha Malin Receive Standard Imaging Travel Awards
7/7/2014 - Collaborative Research on Photoacoustic and PET Imaging Published in Nature Nanotechnology
7/3/2014 - Congratulations to AAPM "Best in Physics" Abstract Authors!
June
6/12/2014 - Cai Research Group Shines at the 2014 SNMMI Annual Meeting in St. Louis
6/4/2014 - Paper Authored by Korosec, Grist, Mistretta One of the 30 Most Influential Papers in Medical MRI
6/4/2014 - Frank Korosec Elected to Fellow of the ISMRM
May
5/15/2014 - Reinier Hernandez Awarded NSF Travel Allowance; Cai Named Co-Investigator on New Pilot Grant
April
4/21/2014 - James Hermus, Student of Profs. Szczykutowicz and Mistretta, Receives Hilldale Award
4/14/2014 - Cai Invited to Serve on the Editorial Board of Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
4/10/2014 - Cai to Serve on 2 NIH Study Sections as Ad Hoc Member
March
3/31/2014 - Mackie Receives AAPM William D. Coolidge Award
February
2/6/2014 - Chuck Mistretta Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
2/6/2014 - Campagnola Receives Vilas Associate Award from UW-Madison Graduate School
January
1/29/2014 - Cai Receives Vilas Associate Award from UW-Madison Graduate School
1/16/2014 - Guang-Hong Chen Selected to Receive Kellett Mid-Career Faculty Researcher Award
1/15/2014 - Cai Invited to Serve on the Discovery Grant Panel of Prostate Cancer Canada
1/14/2014 - Cai Invited to Attend the 1st Annual SNMMI Future Leaders Academy
1/10/2014 - Cai Invited to Serve Another 3-Year Term on CPRIT Scientific Peer Review Panel
1/7/2014 - Cai Invited to Serve on the Editorial Board of Theranostics
2013
November
11/27/2013 - Medical Physics Researchers Uncover Way to Detect Dangerous Fetal Heart Rhythm
11/20/2013 - UWMRRC Announces Grand Opening of New Linac Laboratory + Open House
October
10/23/2013 - 2013 Bowl-O-Rama Winners
10/4/2013 - Mistretta Named Outstanding Contributor to Medical Physics by ICMP
September
9/27/2013 - Cai Group Wins Two Awards at the 2013 World Molecular Imaging Congress
August
8/29/2013 - "Exploring Solutions for Parkinson's Disease" Taking Place September 12
8/20/2013 - Cai Awarded the 2013 EANM Springer Prize for Best Basic Science Paper
8/14/2013 - Medical Physics Golf Scramble Taking Place August 29
8/8/2013 - Cai Group Research Featured in 2013 Prostate Cancer Research Highlights by the Department of Defense
July
7/19/2013 - Weibo Cai Puts Finishing Touches on New Book
June
6/19/2013 - Cai Awarded a $720K American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant
6/14/2013 - Cai Group Receives Four Awards at the 2013 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Vancouver
April
4/30/2013 - Cai Elected as RPSC Board of Directors of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
4/30/2013 - Don Tolbert, Friend, Former Faculty Member, Colleague, Passes Away
4/30/2013 - Dr. Edward F. Jackson Named New Chair of Medical Physics
4/19/2013 - Cai Awarded an R01 Grant on Development of Molecular Imaging Agents
March
3/15/2013 - Marina Emborg Contributes to Breakthrough in Parkinson's Research
3/6/2013 - Med. Physics Professor Emeritus TR Mackie Awarded U. of Saskatchewan Alumni of Influence Award
February
2/25/2013 - Li, Tomkowiak, Szczykutowicz Win Awards at SPIE Conference
2/16/2013 - State hopes to invest in Molecular Imaging in the UW Carbone Cancer Center
2/8/2013 - Open House on Feb 22 - 23 for New Student Applicants
2/8/2013 - Zhang Awarded SNMMI Bradley-Alavi Student Fellowship
2012
December
12/14/2012 - 2012 Training Grant Symposium
12/3/2012 - Search for New Medical Physics Chair Continues
November
11/15/2012 - Last Flu Shot Clinic For UW Employees Nov. 19
October
10/21/2012 - UW-GE Research Agreement
August
8/23/2012 - Frank Ranallo earns Journal of the American College of Radiology Award
8/6/2012 - Chuck Mistretta Awarded AAPM Lifetime Achievement Award
8/1/2012 - Yin Zhang, Abby Besemer win Standard Imaging Travel Awards for AAPM
July
7/19/2012 - Prof. Cai Awarded the 2012 European Association of Nuclear Medicine Eckert & Ziegler Abstract Award
June
6/18/2012 - Cai group wins another award at the 2012 SNM Annual Meeting
6/15/2012 - Ansel Hillmer receives SNM award
6/6/2012 - Ranallo captures transit of Venus
May
5/30/2012 - Mackie's medical isotope project receives $20.6 million in federal funding
April
4/30/2012 - Dr. Hao Hong wins Berson-Yalow Award from the Society of Nuclear Medicine
4/10/2012 - Mistretta honored with Hilldale Award
4/10/2012 - DeWerd Group wins AAPMs Farrington Daniels Award
March
3/20/2012 - Two Neuroscience Training Program students receive awards
February
2/20/2012 - Ivan Rosado-Mendez to receive UNAMs Al Merito Universitario award
2/10/2012 - Meyerand awarded Vilas Distinguished Service Professorship
January
1/1/2012 - Shuttle Service Resumes from HSLC to Main Campus, WID
2011
December
12/3/2011 - Weibo Cai Molecular Imaging Class
October
10/3/2011 - Nagle Takes Leadership Role In Cystic Fibrosis Imaging
September
9/11/2011 - Department Picnic September 13
August
8/4/2011 - Robert Jeraj, Glen Liu awarded $1 million to use imaging to track prostate cancer progression
July
7/6/2011 - New Student Orientation Date Set
June
6/27/2011 - Search Engine Goes Live
6/7/2011 - Cai Molecular Imaging Agent Targets Cornerstone Of Cancerous Tumors
May
5/24/2011 - Wakai Biomagnetism Lab Featured in SMPH Alumni Quarterly
5/16/2011 - UW at the Montreal Magnetic Resonance in Medicine Meeting
5/10/2011 - Weibo Cai Awarded DoD Grant for Prostate, Breast Cancer
5/5/2011 - Peppler, Bevins, Szczykutowicz, McCabe Defend Title at 2011 Bowl-O-Rama
5/5/2011 - Standard Imaging Travel Award for AAPM Meeting in Vancouver
5/1/2011 - Healthy Normal Volunteers Sought For an Imaging Research Study
April
4/11/2011 - 43 Medical Physics Ph.Ds awarded 2008-2010
March
3/26/2011 - Hendee to be the 2011 Cameron Symposium Speaker
3/17/2011 - Bednarz, Corradini, Wilson speak on The Nuclear Emergency in Japan
3/15/2011 - Successful 2011 MedPhysics Open House, March 11-12
February
2/8/2011 - Fain Awarded Hartwell Foundation Grant for Cystic Fibrosis Study