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 …
2015 News
Mary Schroth, MD, Receives Renewal for Pediatric Pulmonary Center Training Grant
The University of Wisconsin Pediatric Pulmonary Center (UW PPC) Training Grant was recently renewed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the next 5 years. This award of over $1.6 million provides funding …
Eleven Students and Mentors Chosen by the Shapiro Summer Research Program
The following eleven students and their mentors were recently awarded Shapiro Summer Research Awards. The Shapiro Summer Research Program provides opportunities for more than 60 first-year medical students to participate in eight- to 12-week summer …
Michelle Kelly, MD to Chair Academic Pediatric Association’s Patient and Family Centered Care Committee
Michelle Kelly, MD, was named the next chair Academic Pediatric Association’s (APA) Patient and Family-Centered Care Special Interest Group (SIG). During her three-year term, she will collaborate with committee members to host SIG sessions at …
U.S. News Ranks AFCH Among Top 50 Children’s Hospitals
American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) is among the top 50 childrens hospitals in five medical and surgical specialties in the annual U.S. News and World Report Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. The following specialties were ranked …
UW Health Expands Reach Out and Read
UW Health will support the Reach Out and Read Program in all 28 of its pediatric and family medicine clinics, up from the 19 clinics currently offering the program. Reach Out and Read trains and supports clinicians …
MEDiC Program Establishes Pediatric Clinic
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) MEDiC program has established a new pro bono clinic in Madison specifically for children. The new pediatric clinic is a partnership with the Center for Families …
Jamie Limjoco, MD, Named Neonatology Medical Director of New Mother-Baby Service Line
Jamie Limjoco, MD, was named the medical director for neonatology for the new Mother-Baby service line at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) and Meriter-UnityPoint Health. Dr. Limjoco currently serves as Medical Director of the Level …
Undergraduate Awarded a 2015 Sophomore Research Fellowship for Research in Sondel Lab
Congratulations to undergraduate student Swetha Saseedhar who was awarded a 2015 Sophomore Research Fellowship for the project, “A New Immunocytokine to Selectively Activate Immune Cells Expressing Intermediate Affinity IL-2 Receptors within the Tumor Microenvironment.” Advisors …
Undergraduate Awarded Welton Summer Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship for Research in Seroogy Lab
Congratulations to undergraduate student Jiaying Lai who was awarded a Welton Summer Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship for the project, “Utilization of a novel knock-out mouse to test the intrinsic requirement for Gene Related to Anergy in …