Department of Pediatrics ranks 18th nationally in NIH funding, increases support over previous year by more than $1.3 million

Last year, the Department of Pediatrics received more than $26.4 million in research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. This funding, more than $1.3 …

Department members receive messages of appreciation on National Doctors’ Day 2026

National Doctors’ Day is observed annually on March 30. It is a day set aside to recognize the professionalism, judgment, and humanity physicians bring to their work every day. Each year, UW Health celebrates this …

Drug shifts a key hormone after newborn brain injury — but only in females

A blood test alone cannot tell the full story of what’s happening inside a newborn’s brain after a brain injury. New research from the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison suggests that the hippocampus — a brain region critical for learning and memory — maintains its own powerful, locally regulated steroid environment during early development and after brain injury.