Norm Fost, MD, MPH, recently received the Award for Excellence in Human Research Protection from the Health Improvement Institute, that organization’s lifetime achievement award that recognizes excellence in promotion the well being of people who …
2008 News
Gordon Tuffli, MD, Honored by Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association
Gordon Tuffli, MD, professor emeritus, was recently awarded the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association’s Emeritus Faculty Award for his contributions to medical student mentoring and education. Congratulations to Dr. Tuffli for this honor.
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. …
Summertime Equals Fitness Loss for Middle-Schoolers; University of Wisconsin Research Shows Activity Drops Off
Children get in shape during the summer, spending their time biking, running, playing T-ball and tennis. Or do they? In a finding that surprised the researchers, pediatricians and sports medicine experts at UW Health found …
Dr. Anna Huttenlocher Awarded Graduate School’s H.I. Romnes Fellowship Award
Anna Huttenlocher, MD has been awarded $50,000 as the recipient of the Graduate School’s H.I. Romnes Fellowship award. This program, funded by WARF in recognition of the leadership of the late WARF Trustee President H. …
Dr. David Bernhardt & UW Health Sports Medicine Team Up to Offer Free Physicals to Uninsured High School Athletes
Dozens of high school athletes may not be allowed to step onto the field or join the huddle this year because many families do not have health insurance to pay for medical physical exams, which …
Dr. David Allen Receives Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award
Dave Allen, MD, received the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education’s (ACGME) Parker J. Palmer Courage to Teach Award for 2007. Parker J. Palmer is the author of the book “The Courage to Teach” and …
Dr. Michael Rock Honored by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Michael Rock, MD, a professor of Pulmonology, is being honored by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) at its annual event in November. According to a CFF spokesperson, the group identified Rock as someone who is …
Dr. Ellen Wald Named the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society 2006 Distinguished Physician of the Year
The Distinguished Physician Award is presented annually to a pediatrician who has an extensive and distinguished career in pediatric infectious diseases marked by significant accomplishments and contributions in infectious diseases, including those as a clinician, …
Dr. Aaron Carrel Receives 2007 Collaboration Implementation Grant Award
Aaron Carrel, MD, is the recipient of a 2007 Collaboration Implementation Grant Award from The Wisconsin Partnership Fund. His project, in partnership with Brown County (Statewide) was awarded $474,990 for “Got Dirt? Garden Initiative” to …