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  2. Year: 2017
  3. Month: October

Month: October 2017

Opioid and Substance Use Disorders in Children

Posted on October 10, 2017

The national opioid crisis is not just an adult problem. With approximately 467,000 children aged 12 to 17 using pain medication for non-medical purposes in 2014—and 16,000 children using heroin that year (source: SAMHSA)—opioid and …

Posted in 2017 News, News

Dr. Dipesh Navsaria Named Medical Director of UW-Madison Physician Assistant Program

Posted on October 1, 2017

In July 2017, Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, became the new medical director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Physician Assistant Program. Dr. Navsaria is an associate professor (CHS) in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of …

Posted in 2017 News, News

Study Identifies Patients Who Benefit Most From Dinutuximab-based Immunotherapy

Posted on October 1, 2017

Using data from a randomized phase III clinical trial of neuroblastoma patients (treated with or without immunotherapy) performed by the Children’s Oncology Group, researchers from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health …

Posted in 2017 News, News, Sondel Research Group News

Richard Merkhofer Receives F30 Grant from NIH

Posted on October 1, 2017

Congratulations to Richard Merkhofer, graduate student in the Klein Laboratory, on funding of his Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F30) for MD/PhD and Other Dual Degrees from the National …

Posted in 2017 News, Klein Research Group News, News

Nathan York Receives Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology Training Grant Support

Posted on October 1, 2017

Congratulations to Nathan York, Graduate Research Assistant in the lab of Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, who was recently selected as a Trainee on the National Institutes of Health-funded T32 Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology (ERP) Training Grant, …

Posted in 2017 News, News, Pattnaik Research Group News

Dr. Anna Huttenlocher Elected as an American Society for Cell Biology Fellow

Posted on October 1, 2017

The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) has selected Anna Huttenlocher, MD, a professor in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, as one of its 2017 fellows. Election as a fellow of ASCB is …

Posted in 2017 News, Huttenlocher Research Group News, News

Dr. Megan Moreno Discusses Screen Time and Teen Suicide Risk

Posted on October 1, 2017

Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the chief of the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, recently appeared on News3 to talk about how teenagers’ increased …

Posted in 2017 News, Moreno Research Group News, News

Dr. Elizabeth Cox, Collaborators Receive PCORI Funding to Improve Patient-Centered Type 2 Diabetes Prevention

Posted on October 1, 2017

Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, in collaboration with partners from West Virginia University, recently received approval for a Pipeline to Proposal Tier I award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). This project will focus on …

Posted in 2017 News, News, PROKids Research Team News

Dr. Megan Moreno Writes AAP News Column on ‘Empathy App’

Posted on October 1, 2017

In an invited column in the September 2017 issue of AAP News, Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, an associate professor and vice chair for digital health in the Department of Pediatrics, and the chief of …

Posted in 2017 News, Moreno Research Group News, News

Dr. Paula Cody Speaks on Teen Suicide Risk at AAP National Conference

Posted on October 1, 2017

Paula Cody, MD, FAAP, an assistant professor (CHS) in the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, and a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Adolescent Health, gave an educational session …

Posted in 2017 News, News

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