Recent renovations at the American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) Emergency Department mean more room for children who need emergency care. The facility expanded from approximately 2,100 square feet to 5,850 square feet—providing nearly triple the …
2016 News
Dr. Jennifer Rehm Discusses Transgender Youth Health in WebMD article
Jennifer Rehm, MD, co-medical director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Transgender Health Clinic at American Family Children’s Hospital, was quoted in a recent WebMD article on ways to support children who may be transgender. The …
Dr. Paul Sondel Wins Prestigious Award for Pioneering Cancer Research
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, has been awarded the top prize in the field of cancer immunology. The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) announced that Dr. Sondel received the group’s top award for decades of …
Drawn to Education
Iggy the Inhaler first came to life when Alex Thomas was 12 years old. He created the superhero cartoon character for the newsletter of an asthma support group led by his pediatric allergist mother, basing …
Jennifer Rehm, MD, and Brittany Allen, MD, Awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Grant
A team from the Fair Wisconsin Education Fund, along with Academic Partners Jennifer Rehm, MD, and Co-Investigator Brittany Allen, MD, were recently awarded a two-year grant for their project entitled, “Transgender Health-A New Horizon in …
Hospital Medicine Team Awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Grant
Centro Hispano of Dane County (Centro), in partnership with Access Community Health Center and UW Division of Hospital Medicine faculty, including Sabrina Butteris, MD, Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, and Sarah Webber, MD, were recently awarded …
Christian Capitini, MD, Receives Hyundai Hope on Wheels Scholar Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, who received a 2016 Hyundai Hope On Wheels (HHOW) Scholar Award, for his project entitled “Anti-GD2 immunocytokine and NK cell infusions for neuroblastoma.” The objective of his project is to …
Toolkit for School-Based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO) Launched
In September, a toolkit on a School-Based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO) that was developed to address the needs of school-aged children with asthma, was made freely available on the University of Wisconsin’s Health Innovation Program …
Inga Hofmann, MD, to Serve on American Society for Hematology Committee
Inga Hofmann, MD, Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, has accepted an invitation to serve as Vice Chair of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Scientific Committee on Hematopathology …
Endocrinology Team Awarded Innovation Award from UW Health
Congratulations to David Allen, MD, Tracy Bekx, MD, and Allison Pollock, MD, who recently received a two-year grant for their project “Improving Access to Quality Pediatric Diabetes Care through Telemedicine.” This grant, in the amount …