Ong receives Meriter Foundation grant

Congratulations to Irene Ong, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Sciences, who received a 2026 Research and Education grant from the UnityPoint Health Meriter Foundation! 

Ong received a one-year grant for $99,997 to support a project aimed at predicting high-risk term and postpartum preeclampsia using UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital electronic health records. 

Ong will lead the project in collaboration with Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD, professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Department of Ob-Gyn Vice Chair for Clinical Research, and Frederic Sala, assistant professor in the UW–Madison Department of Computer Science. 

Congratulations, all!