David Wargowski, MD, has been given the Living Our Mission award by St. Vincent Hospital. The Living Our Mission award is given to colleagues who demonstrate the core values of Respect, Care, Competence and Joy. …
2015 News
Robert Lemanske, MD, Named ICTR Deputy Executive Director and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
Robert Lemanske, MD, has been named the deputy executive director of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) and associate dean for clinical and translational research at the UW School of Medicine and Public …
John Hokanson, MD, and SHINE Project Awarded State Contract
In July 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) added, by emergency rule, screening for Critical Congenital Heart Disease (CCHD) by pulse oximetry to the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Program’s panel of conditions. This means …
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Receives Prestigious NIH Outstanding Investigator Award
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, on being awarded an R35 Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH-NCI) for his project entitled, “Enhancing Antibody-directed Innate Immunity to Improve Cancer …
J. Muse Davis, MD, Wins IDWeek Travel Grant
Congratulations to J. Muse Davis, MD, who was awarded an IDWeek 2015 Trainee Travel Grant in the amount of $1,000 for travel to IDWeek, the annual scientific meeting focusing on infectious diseases, being held October …
Pediatric Faculty Promotions
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) CHS Appointments and Promotions Committee, and Dean Robert Golden, have approved the promotion to Associate Professor (CHS) for Sabrina Butteris, MD, Pelin Cengiz, MD, Shannon Dean, …
MEDic Program and Leaders Receive Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant Support
Project leaders Madeline Duffy, MPH, and Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, were recently awarded a 3-year, $38,427 grant from the Ira and Ineva Reilly Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment, to support the MEDiC and Center for …
Care for Transgender Youth
Transgender youth in the region find medical and emotional support at the multidisciplinary Pediatric and Adolescent Transgender Health (PATH) Clinic at American Family Children’s Hospital, led by Jennifer Rehm, MD, and Brittany Allen, MD. Since …
Klein Lab Researcher Nydiaris Hernandez-Santos, PhD Receives Postdoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Nydiaris Hernandez-Santos, PhD, who was recently awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases …
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Awarded Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Innovation Grant
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, for his recent Innovation Grant award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for his project entitled, “Identifying how Pre-existing Anti-Therapeutic Antibodies (PATA) are Associated with Better Outcome in a Clinical …