Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, received the George Cunningham Visionary Award in Newborn Screening from the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) at the 2013 Joint Meeting of the Newborn Screening and Genetic Testing Symposium and …
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Dr. David Bernhardt Selected to Join SMPH FAC
Congratulations to David Bernhardt, MD, who has been selected to serve on the School of Medicine and Public Health Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) for 2013-2014. The Committee meets as needed, to discuss any matters that …
‘A Beacon for Young People’
Department of Pediatrics faculty, former faculty, staff and friends joined the family of former Professor John Stephenson, MD, in a naming reception for the John Stephenson Teenage and Young Adult Clinic. The reception was held …
Marlowe Eldridge, MD, Awarded Grant from the US Navy Experimental Diving Unit
Marlowe Eldridge, MD, was recently awarded a 3-year grant of over $1.4 million from the US Navy Experimental Diving Unit for his project, “Development of Decompression and Oxygen Pre-Breathe Schedules for Submarine Escape and Rescue …
Dr. Aaron Carrel Receives Two Wisconsin Partnership Program Community-Academic Partnership Grants
Congratulations to Aaron Carrel, MD, and his collaborators on their 2 new Wisconsin Partnership Program Community-Academic Partnership Grants: “Growing Farm To School: Cultivating Childhood Wellness through Gardening (GF2S)” and “Active Healthy Schools”. In GF2S, the …
Undergraduate Receives Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships
Congratulations to Emily Phillips, research assistant in Dr. Paul Sondel’s program, who has been awarded the 2013-14 Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship. Award recipients receive $3,000 and faculty mentors $500 to sponsor a research project …
Eight SMPH Peds Faculty Win the Brainiac Bowl Fundraiser for the Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Congratulations to the “SuperFriends of AFCH” team (Drs. Conway, Green, Redpath, Roach, Seroogy, Sklansky, Syverson and Zimmerman), who took first place in the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s (ALNC) first annual Brainiac Bowl on April 19. …
Pediatric Fitness Clinic Featured in Second HBO Documentary
The UW Health Pediatric Fitness Clinic was featured in an episode of “The Weight of the Nation for Kids,” an HBO documentary that aired in May 2013. Filmed on location in Madison, the “Quiz Ed” …
MACC Fund Sponsors 8 UW SMPH Oncology Research Projects
The Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer Fund has declared that it will fund each of eight separate grant requests made by the Departments of Pediatrics and Human Oncology. The grants will fund each project for …
Research Project Selected for Presentation at Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Presidential Reception
Congratulations to Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, and Katie Fritz, MD, MPH, (currently an intern at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin) whose research entitled, “Development and Validation of PRISM: A Survey Tool to Identify Diabetes Self-Management Barriers,” …