Congratulations to Jesse Roach, MD, for receiving the 2013-2015 Advocacy Scholars Award from the John E. Lewy Foundation for Children’s Health. Dr. Roach and the other two recipients (Dr. Stephanie Clarke and Dr. Amy Skversky) …
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Dr. De-Ann Pillers Awarded National Institutes of Health Grant
De-Ann Pillers, MD, PhD, along with Dan Butz from Isomark, LLC were awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NIH-NICHD). This …
Christine Sorenson, PhD, Receives National Institutes of Health Award
Congratulations to Christine Sorenson, PhD, on her recent award from the National Institutes of Health – National Eye Institute (NIH-NEI). The R21 research grant of $413,875 over 2 years is for her project entitled, “Bcl-2 …
Dr. Robert Lemanske Elected President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
Congratulations to Robert Lemanske, MD, for recently being elected President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI). The AAAAI is a professional organization with more than 6,600 members in the United States, …
Drs. Baker and Farrell Receive Legacy of Angels Foundation Research Award
Congratulations to Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, and Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, for their 2-year research award of $415,273 from the Legacy of Angels Foundation. Their project, “Improving IRT/DNA newborn screening for cystic fibrosis to reduce …
John Frohna, MD, MPH, Named to the Board of Directors of American Board of Pediatrics
Congratulations to John Frohna, MD, MPH, for recently being named to the Board of Directors of the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP). The Board of Directors of the ABP consists of distinguished pediatricians in education, …
Dr. James Conway Discusses Vaccine Rejectionism
Vaccine rejectionism has been around for 200 years, since Edward Jenner used the harmless cow pox virus to immunize people against deadly small pox. Cartoons from the early 1800s showed people sprouting cow heads because …
Dr. Tracy Flood: We’re Getting Fatter, and It’s Costing Us a Fortune
In 2005, obesity cost us $190 billion in obesity-related illnesses, $14 billion of which was related to kids. The military has a hard time finding recruits who are not overweight. What we previously called “adult-onset …
Dr. Marlowe Eldridge Awarded $3.13 Million National Institutes of Health Grant
Marlowe Eldridge, MD, was awarded a grant of approximately $3.13 million over 5 years from the National Institutes of Health – National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, for his project, “Right Heart-Pulmonary Vascular Interactions in …
Christine Seroogy, MD, Receives Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center Award
Christine Seroogy, MD, recently received an award of $20,000 from the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) for her project, “Exploratory Immunologic Differences in Cord Blood from Infants Born into Farming Environments Compared …