Bikash Pattnaik receives global fellowship to investigate new therapies for rare inherited blindness

India’s Ministry of Science and Technology recently awarded a VAIshwikBHArtiyaVaigyanik (VAIBHAV) fellowship to Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, leader of the Pattnaik Research Group, and an affiliate …

Jenny Cape wins best poster award at 2025 Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics

Second-year medical student Jenny Cape, who completed a Shapiro summer research project with Eileen Cowan, MD, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery; and Kirstin Nackers, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care, …

Prestigious Gerard B. Odell Research Award and Ellen R. Wald Research Awards will be presented during Pediatrics Research Week in May

The Department of Pediatrics will present its important annual research awards, the Gerard B. Odell Research Award and two Ellen R. Wald Research Awards during Pediatrics Research Week, which will be held May 12–15, 2025.

Award from Retina Research Foundation will fund Chris Sorenson’s work to improve vision outcomes in patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR)

The Retina Research Foundation awarded Chris Sorenson, PhD, distinguished scientist III in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, with a $50,000 grant for her ongoing project “Treatment and Prevention of PVR and Retinal Detachment.” This …

Department of Pediatrics newborn hospitalist team cares for the newest members of our community at UnityPoint Health–Meriter

Approximately 5,000 pregnant patients per year give birth to their babies at UnityPoint Health–Meriter Hospital (UPH Meriter) in central Madison, the largest number of any Wisconsin hospital with birthing services. Newborns delivered at UPH Meriter …

Laura Chen assumes role as course director of Phase 3 Inpatient Acting Internships–Pediatrics

Phase 3 of the SMPH ForWard Curriculum is dedicated to specialty-specific competency development and internship preparation with opportunities for individualized electives, career advising, and special projects. Laura Chen, MD, assistant professor, Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex …

Brian Williams and Eileen Cowan elected to the Society for Pediatric Research

The Society for Pediatric Research (SPR) encourages and supports pediatric research endeavors by creating a multidisciplinary network of diverse researchers to improve child health. Collaboration among SPR members creates meaningful progress for the future of …

Two Department of Pediatrics early-career researchers selected for Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research program

The 2024-2025 APS SPR Journeys & Frontiers in Pediatric Research program will include two faculty members from the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics: Taylor House, MD, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, and Jingshing Wu, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery.