The World Health Organization (WHO) invited Anthony “Tony” Garcia-Prats, MD, MSc, PhD, associate professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Division of Global Pediatrics, to serve as a member of the WHO Technical …
Global Health
Bryan Vonasek granted loan repayment award for work on infection detection in malnourished Malawian children
Bryan J. Vonasek, MD, FAAP, postdoctoral trainee in the Division of Infectious Diseases and a recent UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellow, will receive a two-year Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award from the National Institute of Allergy …
Artwork by Ryan McAdams featured on the cover of the Journal of Human Lactation
The Journal of Human Lactation featured an original painting, The Gift of Human Milk (acrylic on wood, 39 x 48 inches), on the cover of its February 2023 issue. The original artwork was painted by …
Tony Garcia-Prats awarded grant to assess new pediatric antituberculosis developments
Anthony Garcia-Prats, MD, MSc, PhD, associate professor, Divisions of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Global Pediatrics, has been awarded a seven-month grant for $50,000 from Unitaid and the World Health Organization. The grant period …
Ryan McAdams’ artwork featured on cover of Academic Medicine
The cover of the October issue of Academic Medicine featured artwork by Ryan McAdams, MD, professor and chief, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and member, Division of Global Pediatrics. McAdams said the piece, titled …
New Faculty Focus: Jonathan Wong
Q&A with Jonathan Wong, DO, assistant professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and Division of Global Pediatrics Hometown: Whitefish Bay, WI Educational/professional background: Undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison; medical degree from Chicago …
Ryan McAdams, neonatologist and painter, addresses global inequities in infant health care through his work and art
When he was invited to join the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics in 2016, Ryan McAdams, MD, professor and chief, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and professor, Division of Global Health, already had …
Bryan Vonasek named Fogarty Global Health Fellow
Bryan Vonasek, MD, FAAP, pediatric infectious diseases fellow, was recently selected as a 2022-2023 UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellow at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. This one-year fellowship is funded by the …
Dr. James Conway – Global Children’s Health Advocacy in DC
James Conway, MD, was one of several pediatric physicians and advocates who met with Congressional staffers of members on the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations last week on behalf of the American Academy of …
Sabrina Butteris, MD, to Chair American Board of Pediatrics Global Health Task Force
Sabrina Butteris, MD, was just named the next chair of the American Board of Pediatrics Global Health Task Force. She will assume her new role in October 2015. She will succeed Steven Ludwig, MD, medical …