Today, James Dahlberg, professor emeritus of biomolecular chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was highlighted in the Bayh-Dole Coalition’s 2025 “Faces of American Innovation” report for his pioneering gene variation research, which has enabled the creation of diagnostic tests for numerous serious illnesses.
The Bayh-Dole Coalition, of which the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is a member, is a group of innovation-oriented organizations and individuals committed to celebrating and protecting the 1980 Bayh-Dole Act, as well as informing policymakers and the public of its many benefits.
The coalition’s annual Faces of American Innovation report honors a select group of researchers, entrepreneurs and administrators whose groundbreaking work, made possible by the Bayh-Dole Act, has changed the lives of millions in the United States and abroad.
Read the full story here: https://www.warf.org/news/university-of-wisconsin-madison-professor-emeritus-honored-for-groundbreaking-gene-variation-research/