State health department awards Ryan Coller grant to enhance goal-setting processes during Individualized Service Planning within the Children’s Long-Term Support waiver program

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) awarded Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, associate professor and chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, a $153,073 grand to expand the use of and enhance goal-setting processes during Individualized Service …

Kristin Shadman joins executive committee of the Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars Program of the Academic Pediatric Association

Kristin Shadman, MD, professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, and director of quality improvement scholarship for the Department of Pediatrics, was appointed to the executive committee for the Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars (QSIS) Program of …

Three department members honored with named professorships at the inaugural SMPH Faculty Investiture Ceremony

Named professorships endowed by donors to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) convey both an honor and funds to recipients’ research and other endeavors. On October 12, at the Fluno …

Director of QI scholarship, Kristin Shadman, facilitates learning and applying QI concepts and methods, from research to clinical practice

When Kristin Shadman, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, was selected as the Department of Pediatrics’ first director of quality improvement (QI) scholarship, she brought years of interest and experience in the field. Before …

Director of well-being, Sarah Webber, promotes foundational aspects of well-being and broader concepts of effective work

When Sarah Webber, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, was appointed director of well-being for the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics in July 2019, she brought an acute interest and several years of …