The Wisconsin Partnership Program Partnership Education and Research Committee (PERC) recently awarded Amy Peterson, MD, an Opportunity Grant in the amount of $100,000 over two years for her project, “Improved Diagnosis of Familial Hypercholesterolemia in …
2016 News
Ralphe Lab Researcher Dan Smelter Receives NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Dan Smelter, predoctoral student in the lab of J. Carter Ralphe, MD, on funding of his Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institutes of …
Advocating for Culture Change
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and the Department of Pediatrics are proud to welcome pediatrician and UW alumnus Lorris Betz, MD ‘75, PhD ‘75, as the 2016 de Harter AOA Visiting …
Jennifer Laffin, PhD, FACMG, Is New Clinical Laboratory Genetics Fellowship Program Director
Jennifer Laffin, PhD, FACMG is the new director of the Department of Pediatrics Genetics & Metabolism clinical laboratory fellowship program. The program comprises three fellowship opportunities — biochemical genetics, clinical cytogenetics and molecular genetics …
UW Research Team Moves Cancer Immunotherapy Another Step Ahead
Myriam N. Bouchlaka, PhD, and Christian Capitini, MD, are authors on a new study that provides a key step in monitoring if, and how, the body’s own cancer-killing components are working during immunotherapy. So-called natural …
Steven Koslov, MD, is Lead Author on Primary Care Transformation Study
A research team at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health discovered that an overhaul of the UW Health primary care system resulted in increased patient satisfaction, improved clinical safety metrics and …
Bruce Klein’s Research Reveals How Fungi Hijack the Body’s Immune System
Research led by Bruce Klein, MD, has uncovered a clever way fungi can hijack the body’s attempts to clear a fungal infection. Enzymes produced by the fungus mimic cell signals that temper white blood-cell development, …
John Frohna, MD, MPH To Receive MPPDA Leadership Award
Congratulations to John Frohna, MD, MPH, who has been chosen to receive the 2016 Medicine-Pediatrics Program Directors Associate (MPPDA) Leadership Award. The MPPDA Leadership in Med-Peds Award is a new award given to a physician …
Inspired Empowerment
Jasmine Zapata, MD, has an important message and big dreams. Propelled by passion, boundless energy, and a mission of “hope, strength and the power to overcome,” the third-year Department of Pediatrics resident leads numerous community …
Daniel Sklansky, MD Receives WMAA Clinical Science Teaching Award
Congratulations to Daniel Sklansky, MD, who has been chosen to receive the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association’s (WMAA) Clinical Science Teaching Award. The award is given each hear to a clinical science teacher from Madison, La …