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  2. Year: 2018
  3. Month: November

Month: November 2018

The Caffeine-Kidney Connection

Posted on November 9, 2018

A medication derived from caffeine that neonatologists routinely use to prevent respiratory problems in premature babies may also help improve the health of their kidneys. Earlier research led by Matthew Harer, MD, an assistant professor …

Posted in 2018 News, Harer Research Group News, News

First in Humans Neuroblastoma Trial Opens at American Family Children’s Hospital, UW Carbone Cancer Center

Posted on November 1, 2018

Adoptive transfer of haploidentical natural killer (NK) cells has shown promise as a treatment option to target and kill cancer cells in a less toxic way than conventional therapies. Now for the first time, scientists …

Posted in 2018 News, News, Sondel Research Group News

Children’s Respiratory and Environmental Workgroup Receives New $68M Award from NIH

Posted on November 1, 2018

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded the Children’s Respiratory and Environmental Workgroup (CREW) $68,808,597 for five years to continue collecting standardized data from 10 birth cohorts around the country to better understand environmental causes …

Posted in 2018 News, Gern Research Group News, News

UW Health Primary Care Clinics Lead the Way in Immunization Rates

Posted on November 1, 2018

Through incredible teamwork to raise awareness about the importance of childhood and adolescent immunizations and vaccinations, UW Health primary care clinics achieved impressive rankings for immunizations, as measured by the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality. …

Posted in 2018 News, News

How Young Teens See the Smartphone Debate: UW Research Provides Novel Findings

Posted on November 1, 2018

Young adolescents think a child’s maturity, not necessarily age, should be a factor in when a child gets a smartphone – and they worry about using that phone to bully other children. As debate rages …

Posted in 2018 News, Moreno Research Group News, News

Paul Sondel, MD, PhD and Team Awarded U54 Subaward from NIH/NCI and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Posted on November 1, 2018

Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Subaward Principal Investigator, and UW Team Members, Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, Jacquelyn Hank, PhD, Zachary Morris, MD, PhD, and Alexander Rakhmilevich, MD, PhD, for their recent subaward through the Children’s …

Posted in 2018 News, News, Sondel Research Group News

Dr. Elizabeth Cox Publishes New Findings on PROMIS Metrics

Posted on November 1, 2018

Elizabeth D. Cox, MD, PhD and colleagues recently published new findings about the content validity of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System® (PROMIS®) Family Relationships measure in the journal, Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. …

Posted in 2018 News, News, PROKids Research Team News

Dr. Inga Hofmann’s Research Team Discovers Cause for Myelofibrosis

Posted on November 1, 2018

An eight-year quest to find the cause of a disease has apparently ended now that scientists at UW-Madison have identified the mutations that produce a form of myelofibrosis, a rare genetic blood disorder. Mutations in …

Posted in 2018 News, News

Pediatrics Faculty Receive UnityPoint Health Meriter Foundation Awards

Posted on November 1, 2018

Congrats to the following faculty on their recent awards from the UnityPoint Health Meriter Foundation: Elizabeth Goetz, MD, and Dinushan Kaluarachchi, MD, received $27,046 for their project, “Oxygen saturation profiles in healthy term neonates.” The …

Posted in 2018 News, Kaluarachchi Research Group News, Kling Research Group News, News

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