A first-of-its-kind statewide survey of transgender, nonbinary and gender expansive/nonconforming (TNG) youth shows a lack of access to TNG-centered health care and insurance in Wisconsin. “The clear majority of youth surveyed say they can’t find …
2018 News
Dr. James Conway, UW Health Experts Discuss Importance of HPV Vaccination
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics Professor (CHS) James Conway, MD, along with UW Carbone Cancer Director Howard Bailey, MD, and UW Department of Human Oncology Assistant Professor Randy Kimple, MD, was quoted in a …
Stand Up to Cancer-St. Baldrick’s Pediatric Dream Team Award Renewed
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, and the UW Pediatric Dream Team, for their renewal funding through the Stand Up to Cancer-St. Baldrick’s Pediatric Dream Team Translational Cancer Research Award, supported by the …
Katie Beverley Receives Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology Training Grant Support
Congratulations to Katie Beverley, Graduate Research Assistant in the lab of Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, who was recently selected as a Trainee on the National Institutes of Health-funded T32 Endocrinology & Reproductive Physiology (ERP) Training Grant, …
Michelle Kelly, MD, Awarded ICTR Pilot Grant
Michelle Kelly, MD, was recently awarded a Clinical & Community Outcomes Research award from the University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UW ICTR) for her proposal, “Sharing doctors’ notes to improve parent …
Yury Bochkov, PhD Awarded Grant from Arctic Therapeutics
Congratulations to Yury Bochkov, PhD, Principal Investigator, for his $50,000, 1-year award from Arctic Therapeutics, LLC, for this grant entitled, “Testing RV-C inhibitors and receptor function of animal CDHR3 sequences in HeLa cells.” The main …
Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, and Mary Ehlenbach, MD, Awarded Grant from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator, and Mary Ehlenbach, MD, Co-Principal Investigator, were recently awarded a 4-year grant of $226,521 from the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, for their project, “Healthcare delivery system innovations for children …
Six Department of Pediatrics Faculty Receive Promotions
Congratulations to the six Department of Pediatrics faculty who were approved for promotion this year. Their new ranks are effective July 1, 2018. Juan Boriosi, MD Division of Critical Care Medicine Promoted to Associate Professor …
Pediatrics Research Day 2018
A resonant keynote address from Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, and a 27 percent increase in abstracts from faculty and learners were among the highlights of the Department of Pediatrics’ 2018 Spring Research Day, held …
American Family Children’s Hospital Ranks Among Best Hospitals
UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital ranked in the top 50 children’s hospitals in six medical and surgical specialties in this year’s U.S. News and World Report Best Children’s Hospital rankings. The children’s hospital was …