Every year when new students enter the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), some combine their medical studies with scientific research, continuing often already extensive undergraduate research experience. Some choose to look for …
Mohr Research Group News
Department recognizes outstanding research accomplishments with presentation of Gerard B. Odell and Ellen R. Wald Awards at Research Week 2023
For five days next month, May 15–19, the Department of Pediatrics’ 2023 Research Week will offer daily activities as livestreamed, in-person, and interactive events, including engaging presentations by department experts and small group sessions with …
2022 Shapiro Summer Research Program faculty mentors, research projects announced
A cohort of first-year medical students were matched with fourteen pediatric faculty mentors for the 2022 Shapiro Summer Research Program. The Shapiro Summer Research Program provides opportunities for medical students to participate in eight- to …
Four pediatrics faculty advisors, students receive Hilldale research fellowships
Congratulations to the following faculty and students who were recently awarded Hilldale Faculty/Undergraduate Research Fellowships for the 2022-2023 academic year. The fellowship provides research training and support to undergraduate students, and it provides them the …
Shapiro Summer Research Program faculty mentors, students, projects announced
A cohort of first-year medical students were matched with fourteen pediatric faculty mentors for the 2021 Shapiro Summer Research Program. The Shapiro Summer Research Program provides opportunities for medical students to participate in eight- to …
Department of Pediatrics Researchers Elected into Renowned Pediatric Research Society
Four physician-scientists from the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics were recently selected to join the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR). Awni Al-Subu, MD (Assistant Professor, Division of Critical Care), Tony Garcia-Prats, MD, MSc, PhD (Associate Professor, Divisions …
Physician-Scientist Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, Elected to Renowned Pediatric Research Society
When the Zika virus epidemic swept through South America in 2015, Emma Mohr, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases) was a pediatric infectious diseases fellow. “That’s when I became interested in congenital virus infection research,” …
Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, Awarded NIH Supplement
Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a Critical Life Supplement from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) to her mentored clinical scientist research career development award (K08 AI139341). …
Emma Mohr, MD, and Karla Ausderau Awarded R01 from NIH
Emma Mohr, MD, and Co-Principal Investigator, Karla Ausderau, OTR/L, PhD in the UW Department of Kinesiology, were recently awarded a $3.8 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and …
What We Published In May 2020
Al Dhaheri N, Wu N, Zhao S, Wu Z, Blank RD, Zhang J, Raggio C, Halanski M, Shen J, Noonan K, Qiu G, Nemeth B, Sund S, Dunwoodie SL, Chapman G, Glurich I, Steiner RD, Wohler …