Two of the first year Allergy & Immunology fellows received recognition for their outstanding abstracts at the 2015 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI) annual meeting in Houston, TX in February. Alalia Berry, …
2015 News
Supporting Providers: Schwartz Center Rounds®
For people who work with hospitalized children—clinicians, therapists, child life specialists, hospital teachers, even housekeepers—the emotional aspects of that work can be challenging. Schwartz Center Rounds®, a national evidence-based program offered at American Family Children’s …
Christian Capitini, MD, Leads ‘Breakthrough’ Leukemia Trial
Christian Capitini, MD, is leading a new clinical trial that will test a promising method of immunotherapy for children with relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). The multi-site trial just opened at the University of Wisconsin …
AFCH Pilots Bedside App to Improve Patient and Family Experience
American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) is the first pediatric hospital in the nation (and the first hospital in Wisconsin) to pilot a “MyChart Bedside,” a new tablet-based application that gives patients and caregivers access to …
Aaron Friedman, MD, Receives ASPN Founder’s Award
Congratulations to Aaron Friedman, MD, who has been selected to receive the 2015 American Society of Pediatric Nephrology’s Founder’s Award. Since 1996, the ASPN has used the Founder’s Award to recognize individuals who have made …
Dr. Anthony Wampole Receives Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
Congratulations to Anthony Wampole, MD, who has been selected to receive the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association’s (WMAA) Outstanding Resident Teaching Award for 2015. The award, which is awarded based on the votes of the 4th …
Genetics in Practice
On September 18 and 19, 2014, the Department of Pediatrics, along with American Family Children’s Hospital, held two back-to-back events focusing on clinical genetics: Seminars in Pediatrics and the Midwest Clinical Genetics Conference. Both events …
Thor Jeppson from PROKids Presents at National Dissemination and Implementation Conference
Thor Jeppson, research specialist for PROKids, recently presented at the 8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health in Washington, DC. “Identifying barriers and solutions to research participation for chronically ill …
Bruce Klein, MD, Receives 5 Year Renewal Grant From NIH-NIAID
Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, on his recent R01 award of over $2.5 million from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID). His 5-year renewal, “Molecular pathogenesis of …
Dr. Christine Seroogy Receives Funding from Carbone Cancer Center
Congratulations to Christine Seroogy, MD, on funding of $40,000 from the UW Paul P. Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) and the Tumor Microenvironment Program. Her project, “The Role of the Anergy-related E3 ubiquitin ligase, GRAIL, in …