The UW School of Medicine and Public Health promotion committees have approved promotions for the following pediatric faculty. This includes meetings held through March 3rd. The effective date for the promotions is July 1, 2008. …
2008 News
Dr. Aaron Carrel Teams Up with Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to Improve Childhood Fitness
Aaron Carrel, MD, is the academic partner with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction in a recent award of $446,568 from the Wisconsin Partnership Program to improve childhood fitness through the development and evaluation of …
Dr. Bruce Klein Receives Sandler Program for Asthma Research (SPAR) Award
Dr. Bruce Klein was recently awarded funding from the Sandler Program for Asthma Research (SPAR) through its Senior Investigator Award program. The award comes with $250,000 per year for three years and is given to …
Dr. Marlowe Eldridge Tenure Promotion Approved
We are pleased to announce that the Executive Committee of the Division of Biological Sciences met on Friday, March 14th and approved the promotion to Associate Professor with tenure for Marlowe Eldridge, MD. The effective …
Dr. Norm Fost Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Human Research Protection
Norm Fost, MD, MPH, recently received the Award for Excellence in Human Research Protection from the Health Improvement Institute, that organizations lifetime achievement award that recognizes excellence in promotion the well being of people who …
Dr. Timothy Corden Recognized for Work in Injury Prevention
Recently, Wisconsin residents saw the passage of Wisconsin Act 106, a piece of legislation that strengthens Wisconsin’s child passenger safety laws. Instrumental in the success of this legislation, Timothy Corden, MD, provided influential support and …
Dr. Sinisa Dovat Receives 2008 Gerard B. Odell Research Award
Dr. Sinisa (Sunny) Dovat has been awarded the 2008 Gerard B. Odell Research Award. This award was established to honor Dr. Odell’s distinguished career in pediatric research, academia, clinic practice and education. The $5,000 award …
Dr. Norm Fost Receives University of Oklahoma Biomedical Ethics Prize
Norm Fost, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and bioethics and director of the Program in Bioethics, has received the 2007 Patricia Price Browne Prize in Biomedical Ethics from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. …
Ellen Wald, MD, Named as Chair of Pediatrics at UW
Ellen Wald, MD, has been named as the new Chair of Pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and physician-in-chief at the UW Children’s Hospital. Wald will assume her duties in January 2006, comes …
Faculty Promotions and Appointments Approved April 14, 2008
We are pleased to announce that the UW School of Medicine and Public Health CHS Appointment and Promotion Committee has approved appointments and promotions: John Frohna, MD, MPH, were appointed as Associate Professor (CHS). Michael …