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 …
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Juan Boriosi, MD, Receives The James Sutherland Award from MWSPR
Congratulations to Dr. Juan Boriosi, who was presented with the James Sutherland Award at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research. The Sutherland Award is presented for the outstanding abstract presentation …
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 …
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, …
Pediatrics Faculty Honored as Madison Magazine Top Doctors
For its annual Top Doctors feature, Madison Magazine asked doctors in the Madison area which local physicians they would recommend to their friends, family and loved ones. In the 13 pediatric specialties, the overwhelming answer …
Ken DeSantes, MD, Awarded Solving Kid’s Cancer Foundation Funding
Ken DeSantes, MD, has received an award of $136,000 from the Solving Kid’s Cancer Foundation to develop and pursue a collaborative research study titled “Phase I Trial of Ex-Vivo Expanded Haploidentical NK Cells and Hu14.18-IL2 …
Dr. Christian Capitini Awarded UWCCC Funding
Dr. Christian Capitini has received an award of $48,942 from the UWCCC to pursue pilot studies of “Monitoring of 19F-labeled NK cell trafficking for cancer immunotherapy using MRI”. This work is developing a new way …
Philip Giampietro, MD, PhD, Given the ‘Heart of the Matter’ Award by the National Marfan Foundation
Congratulations to Philip Giampietro, MD, PhD, who was honored with the 2012 ‘Heart of the Matter’ award by the National Marfan Foundation at their annual conference in Chicago. The Heart of the Matter Award is …
Facebook Use Does Not Lead to Depression, According to New Study by Dr. Megan Moreno
A newly published study in the Journal of Adolescent Health provides the first evidence to refute the supposed link between depression and the amount of time spent on Facebook and other social-media sites. Researchers led …
Faculty Honored with 2012 UW Health Patient Experience Physician Champion Award
Congratulations to our faculty members on being honored with the first 2012 UW Health Patient Experience Physician Champion Award. They rank among the top 5 percent of the 769 physicians being surveyed by Avatar in …