Faculty, trainees, and staff from the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics will be presenting and contributing to 29 presentations and 35 posters at the 2024 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting in Toronto, Canada, May …
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Department of Pediatrics joins the national celebration for Resident Match Day
The University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics was excited to celebrate Match Day 2024 on March 15. Medical students and programs from across the country eagerly awaited match results with friends, families, and colleagues. Last …
Ann Allen receives Car Curing Kids grant to promote safe sleeping initiative for newborns
In support of an effort to promote safe sleep recommendations for newborns, Cars Curing Kids has awarded a one-year grant of $23,275 to Ann Allen, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care. Approximately …
Megan Peters and Haroon Ali are awarded Cars Curing Kids grant to re-demonstrate effectiveness of jet-injected subcutaneous ketamine for light pediatric sedation
Megan Peters, MD, associate professor, Division of Critical Care, and Haroon Ali, MD, PGY-5 Fellow, Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care, were awarded a six-month $16,593 grant from Cars Curing Kids for the project …
Meriter Foundation grant to establish a neonatal family research advisory council goes to Matthew Harer and Bernadette Gillick
Matthew Harer, MD, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, was recently awarded funding from the Meriter Foundation in the amount of $7,485. Harer’s project, “Establishing a Neonatal Family Research Advisory Council (N-FRAC),” will …
CDC grant for collection of sickle cell data in Wisconsin supports work by Anne Marsh and Mei Baker
Anne Marsh, MD, associate professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Mei Baker, MD, professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, are part of a cohort of investigators recently awarded funding by the …
Anne Marie Singh and Jim Gern receive awards from NIH to continue their research investigating early-life environmental exposures and childhood asthma
The Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program in the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) made 49 awards in support of the second seven-year cycle of the ECHO …
Heidi Kloster receives ICTR grant for pilot study to investigate barriers to home health care for medically complex children in rural areas
The Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) within the UW School of Medicine and Public Health recently awarded Heidi Kloster, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care, a grant of $50,000 to …
Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer names paper by Christian Capitini ‘best’ of 2023
The previously published manuscript, “Production and characterization of virus-free, CRISPR-CAR T cells capable of inducing solid tumor regression,” was voted the Best Immune Cell Therapies and Immune Cell Engineering Paper of 2023 by the Journal for …
Liz Mann joins APA Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars Program
Liz Mann, MD, assistant professor, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, was accepted as a 2024 Quality and Safety Improvement Scholar through the Academic Pediatric Association (APA). The Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars Program is a three-year faculty development …