It’s a shocking disparity: in Wisconsin, the overall infant mortality rate is 5.92% (comparable with national averages), but the mortality rate of non-Hispanic African American infants is the highest in the nation, at 14.28%. (source) …
2019 News
Nation’s First Trial of CLR 131 Targeted Radiotherapy for Pediatric Cancer to Begin at UW
American Family Children’s Hospital, part of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in collaboration with Cellectar Biosciences, Inc., is the first site in the nation to offer CLR 131, a systemically delivered, targeted radiotherapeutic …
Envisioning our Future
In the summer of 2018, the Department of Pediatrics embarked on a strategic planning process to guide its growth over the coming years. Our goal for this initiative, which we’re undertaking in partnership with the …
Department Ranks #12 for NIH Funding Among Medical School Pediatric Departments Nationwide
The Department of Pediatrics was ranked #12 of 88 medical school pediatric departments nationwide for National Institutes of Health (NIH) awards, according to data compiled and released by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR).
Learners Receive UW-Madison Global Health Institute Clinical Research Awards
Congratulations to Danièle Gusland, MD, and Mackenzie Carlson on their Clinical Research Awards from the UW-Madison Global Health Institute! Danièle Gusland, MD (Pediatric Infectious Diseases Fellow), under the mentorship of James Conway, MD, and Dawd …
Dr. Ann Allen Receives Grant from Cars Curing Kids
Congratulations to Ann Allen, MD, on her receipt of $19,000 from Cars Curing Kids for her project, “Neonatal abstinence syndrome: Implementing a novel approach”. This collaborative project between UW Hospitals and Clinics/American Family Children’s Hospital, …
Dr. Elizabeth Cox Receives Eugene Washington PCORI Award
Elizabeth Cox, in partnership with Laurie Thompsen MSW, Health and Behavioral Health Coordinator at the West Virginia Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and Danielle Davidov, Assistant Professor in the West Virginia University School of Public Health, …
Pediatric Complex Care Program Receives SPoC Awards
Congratulations to Kristan Sodergren, NP, Mary Ehlenbach, MD, and Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, on their recent awards, funded by the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin’s Advancing Family-Centered Care Coordination for Children and Youth with Special …
Dr. Pelin Cengiz Awarded 5-Year NIH Grant
Congratulations to Pelin Cengiz, MD, on her recent R01 award of nearly $1.7 million over 5 years from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/NINDS). Her project, “Sex differences …
Dr. James Conway to Direct New SMPH Office of Global Health
James Conway, MD (Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases and an associate director at the University of Wisconsin Global Health Institute [GHI], is the director of the new Office of Global Health at the University of Wisconsin …