Kathie moved to Madison in 1978, where she began a 32 year career in medical research at the UW Clinical Science Center. She began work as a Research Project Coordinator in the UW Department of Human Oncology, working with breast cancer and pediatric leukemia research groups. In 1992, Kathie joined the Wisconsin Cystic Fibrosis Neonatal Screening Project in Pediatrics, where she worked for 15 years in pre/post-award grant management and cystic fibrosis clinical trials research. During that time she also held a part-time instructor position at Madison Area Technical College, where she taught microbiology and chemistry. From April 2007 until she retired in 2010, Kathie was a research program manager with the Department of Urology.
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