James Gern, MD, is a co-director on a new seven-year, $70 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) — the largest grant ever received by the UW School of Medicine …
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Neonatology Researchers Receive $115K in Meriter Foundation Grants
Four investigators in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursery were recently awarded nearly $115,000 in total funding from the Meriter Foundation Research and Education Grants Program. The awards will support four …
Mei Baker, MD, Honored as a Leader in Newborn Screening
Mei Baker, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and co-director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Newborn Screening Laboratory, received the Harry Hannon Laboratory Improvement Award in Newborn Screening from the Association of Public Health …
Resident Grad Douglas Diekema, MD, Wins AAP Ethics Award
Douglas Diekema, MD, a 1989 graduate of the UW Pediatrics Residency Program, received the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence at its national meeting on October 13, 2014. The …
DocTalk Connects Doctors With Health IT Entrepreneurs
Michelle Kelly, MD, is one of a number of entrepreneurs, physician-scientists and students at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health who have come together to start a monthly meetup called DocTalk Madison. The …
Winners Announced for Project ACE Logo Design Contest
Dr. Elizabeth Cox’s research team recently hosted a logo design contest for their diabetes study, Project ACE (Achieving control, Connecting resources, Empowering families). Project ACE is a three-year collaborative study between UW and Children’s Hospital …
D.B. Sanders, MD, MS, Receives UW-ICTR and Gilead Sciences Awards
Congratulations to D.B. Sanders, MD, MS, on his new awards from the UW-Institute of Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) and Gilead Sciences. As an ICTR KL2 scholar, Dr. Sanders will receive 75% protected research time …
Dr. Bruce Klein Receives Wisconsin Partnership Program Grant
Bruce Klein, MD, has received one of several grants recently awarded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The three year, $500,000 grant will enable Dr. …
Supporting Adolescent Girls with PCOS
On July 31, 2014, 16 adolescent girls and their family members from around the region gathered at the UW Health Research Park Clinic for the first lunch-and-learn symposium on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The symposium …
Pediatrics Faculty Awarded Madison Magazine 2014 “Top Docs” Honors
Congratulations to the faculty members of the Department of Pediatrics selected for the 2014 Madison Magazine “Top Docs” list. Every year, Madison Magazine reaches out to medical doctors and doctors of osteopathic medicine (MDs and …