Jonathan Hecht, Medical Program Assistant and Fellowship Coordinator in the Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, has been awarded a scholarship from the Association of Pediatric Program Directors to attend the annual …
2016 News
Dr. Gwen McIntosh Selected for AOA Membership
Congratulations to Gwen McIntosh, MD, MPH, for being selected to join Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA), the prestigious national medical honor society by the 4th year AOA members. Founded in 1902, Alpha Omega Alpha recognizes scholarship, …
Vivek Balasubramaniam, MD, Awarded NIH Funding with University of Kentucky
Vivek Balasubramaniam, MD, will serve as a Co-Investigator/Subaward Principal Investigator for a grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH-NHLBI) to the University of Kentucky entitled, “Specific Lysis for Large-Volume, …
Ellen Wald, MD, Awarded NIH Funding with University of Pittsburgh
Congratulations to Nader Shaikh, MD (University of Pittsburgh) and Ellen Wald, MD, Principal Investigators of a U01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID). Their grant, entitled, “Efficacy …
Elizabeth Petty, MD, and Aaron Carrel, MD, Awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Funding
Congratulations to Elizabeth Petty, MD (Principal Investigator) and Aaron Carrel, MD (Co-Investigator) for funding of their grant entitled, “Engaging Clinicians in Online Social Learning to Close Knowledge Gaps in Community Health: Pilot Focus on Obesity …
Pelin Cengiz, MD, Awarded ICTR Voucher Award
Pelin Cengiz, MD, was awarded a grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) in October for her proposal titled “Exploring a sex-based therapy: A novel approach for neuroprotection after neonatal brain …
Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Awarded Carbone Cancer Center Pilot Grant
Congratulations to Mario Otto, MD, PhD, who was awarded a one-year pilot award from the UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC) entitled, “TCRαβ+/CD19+ depleted HSCT + Zoledronate for Pediatric Cancers.” This $50,000 award ($40,000 from the …
Sheryl Henderson, MD, PhD, Awarded Waisman Grant
Congratulations to Sheryl L. Henderson, MD, PhD, who recently received a Youth Health Transition Quality Improvement Grant in the amount of $20,460, from the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her one-year award, entitled …
Study Led By Pelin Cengiz, MD, Examines Why Female Newborns are Better Protected from Brain Injury
The Waisman Center lab of Pelin Cengiz, MD, published a study in the journal eNeuro focusing on why male infants are more vulnerable to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a deprivation of oxygen and nutrient-rich blood caused by …
The Right Rhythm for Young Hearts
Fifteen months ago, associate professor (CHS) and pediatric cardiac electrophysiologist Nicholas Von Bergen, MD, joined the UW Department of Pediatrics faculty after having served as a visiting professor for the previous four years. His presence …