Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, and Sarah Ahrens, MD were awarded a Wisconsin Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) Youth Health Transition Quality Improvement Grant in the amount of $20,000. This one-year implementation …
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Undergraduate Awarded Welton Summer Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship for Research in Seroogy Lab
Congratulations to undergraduate student Jiaying Lai who was awarded a Welton Summer Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship for the project, “Utilization of a novel knock-out mouse to test the intrinsic requirement for Gene Related to Anergy in …
U.S. News Ranks AFCH Among Top 50 Children’s Hospitals
American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) is among the top 50 childrens hospitals in five medical and surgical specialties in the annual U.S. News and World Report Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. The following specialties were ranked …
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Awarded Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Innovation Grant
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, for his recent Innovation Grant award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for his project entitled, “Identifying how Pre-existing Anti-Therapeutic Antibodies (PATA) are Associated with Better Outcome in a Clinical …
UW Health Expands Reach Out and Read
UW Health will support the Reach Out and Read Program in all 28 of its pediatric and family medicine clinics, up from the 19 clinics currently offering the program. Reach Out and Read trains and supports clinicians …
MEDiC Program Establishes Pediatric Clinic
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) MEDiC program has established a new pro bono clinic in Madison specifically for children. The new pediatric clinic is a partnership with the Center for Families …
Jamie Limjoco, MD, Named Neonatology Medical Director of New Mother-Baby Service Line
Jamie Limjoco, MD, was named the medical director for neonatology for the new Mother-Baby service line at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) and Meriter-UnityPoint Health. Dr. Limjoco currently serves as Medical Director of the Level …
Undergraduate Awarded a 2015 Sophomore Research Fellowship for Research in Sondel Lab
Congratulations to undergraduate student Swetha Saseedhar who was awarded a 2015 Sophomore Research Fellowship for the project, “A New Immunocytokine to Selectively Activate Immune Cells Expressing Intermediate Affinity IL-2 Receptors within the Tumor Microenvironment.” Advisors …
A Focus on Childhood Asthma
As the new president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), Robert Lemanske, MD, wants to improve school-based care for children with asthma. It’s a focus that not only fits his professional …
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, Among Speakers at June 4 “Partnering With Patients” Mini Med School
Elizabeth Cox, MD, and colleagues from the UW Center for Patient Partnerships and the UW Departments of Family Medicine and Surgery, will speak at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s upcoming Mini Med …