Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, was recently awarded over $2.3 million in total cost from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for a 5 year project, “Engaging Families in Bedside Rounds to Promote Pediatric …
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Endocrinology Fellows Receive Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award
Congratulations to endocrinology fellows Vanessa Curtis, MD, Lindsey Nicol, MD and Jennifer Rehm, MD for being selected as recipients of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society’s (LWPES) Travel Award. Each received $1,210 to support their …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Awarded Project Funding
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, was recently awarded $20,000 from the University of Wisconsin Medical School Research Committee for his one-year project, “Lipotoxicity through Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels (Kir) as a Mechanism of Eye Disease”. This project …
Dr. Juan Boriosi Participating in Hospira, Inc. Clinical Trial
Juan Boriosi, MD, is participating in a clinical trial with Hospira, Inc., entitled, “A Phase III, Randomized, Double-Blind, Dose-Controlled, Multicenter, Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Dexmedetomidine in Intubated and Mechanically Ventilated Pediatric Intensive …
Richard Ellis, MD, Receives UW Health’s 2010 Children Matter Award
Dr. Dick Ellis and the UW Health Fitchburg Clinic were recipients of one of UW Health’s 2010 Children Matter Awards. The Children Matter award program, sponsored by American Family Children’s Hospital, recognizes any employee or …
Dr. Philip Farrell Awarded Wisconsin Medical Society’s Presidential Citation
Congratulations to Dr. Philip Farrell, who was awarded the Wisconsin Medical Society’s Presidential Citation on April 20, 2010. This award, established in 1959, is given to a physician or non-physician who has made significant contributions …
Dr. Kris Millin Elected APPD Midwest Region’s Associate Program Director Chair
Congratulations to Dr. Kris Millin, who has been elected as Associate Program Director Chair of the Midwest Region of the Association of Pediatric Program Directors (APPD). Dr. Millin will serve in this regional chair position …
Dr. Norm Fost Receives 2009 Dean’s Teaching Award
Congratulations to Norm Fost, MD, who is being presented with a 2009 Dean’s Teaching Award. Dean’s Teaching Awards recognize excellence and innovation in medical education. Each nominee who is selected to receive one of these …
Dr. Todd Varness Receives Clinical Science Teaching Award
Congratulations to Todd Varness, MD, chosen by the UW Medical Alumni Association for its Clinical Science Teaching Award for 2010. This is in recognition of Dr. Varness’s dedicated commitment to teaching excellence.
Faculty Promotions & Appointments
We are pleased to announce the following promotions. The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) CHS Appointment and Promotion Committee, and Dean Robert Golden, have approved the promotion to Associate Professor (CHS) for …