Bonnie Ramsey

Bonnie Ramsey is a professor of pediatrics holding the Endowed Chair in Cystic Fibrosis Research, the associate program director of the UW General Clinical Research Center and Cystic Fibrosis Research Center at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and co-PI of the UW Institute for Translational Health Science Award. Ramsey is a pioneer in developing new treatments to meet the needs of the cystic fibrosis community and is the lead investigator of the clinical trials for TOBI™ (Tobramycin Solution for Inhalation), an inhaled antibiotic treatment for cystic fibrosis. Together with Arnie Smith, she was involved in commercial development of TOBI™, which is now virtually a standard treatment for CF patients. Ramsey also helped develop the new CF drug, Kalydeco, which recently received FDA approval and is the first CF treatment to target the disease’s genetic cause, not just the symptoms.