Few public celebrations in Madison, Wisconsin, have eclipsed the enormity of the grand opening of UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) in 2007. Featuring colorful, spacious patient rooms; a whimsical, child-friendly interior design; and the …
2020 News
Yury Bochkov, PhD, Secures NIH Subaward
Congratulations to Yury Bochkov, PhD, for his recent one-year subaward from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). This subaward to U19-grant “Airway Inflammation and Airway Remodeling,” from the National Institutes of Health/National Institutes of …
Pediatric Complex Care Program Awarded Two Grants from Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin
Congratulations to Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, Mary Ehlenbach, MD, and Kristan Sodergren, NP, of the Pediatric Complex Care Program (PCCP) on two recent one-year awards funded by the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin’s Advancing Family-Centered …
Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, Receives Graduate School Fall Competition Award
Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, was recently awarded $60,000 for her project entitled, “Early neural predictors and neuropathogenesis of sensorimotor neurodevelopmental deficits in macaque infants exposed to Zika virus in utero.” This one-year Fall Competition award …
Mei Baker, MD, Awarded Grant from CDC Foundation
Congratulations to Mei Baker, MD, for her recent award of $149,946 from the CDC Foundation entitled, “A Spinal Muscular Atrophy Newborn Screening Pilot in the Wisconsin Plain Community: Creating a Foundation for Understanding a Complex …
Christine Sorenson, PhD, Awarded R01 Grant from National Eye Institute
Congratulations to Christine Sorenson, PhD, who was recently awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute (NIH/NEI) for her project titled “VEGF Antagonism and Resistance to Neovascular AMD.” This four-year, $1.5 …
Tina Iyama-Kurtycz, MD, Discusses ‘Diagnosing and Caring for the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder’
Tina Iyama-Kurtycz, MD (Professor Emerita, Division of Neurodevelopmental – Behavioral Pediatrics) was recently interviewed on WISC-TV about her book Diagnosing and Caring for the Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Based on nearly 40 years of practice, this …
Dr. Pelin Cengiz Receives 2020 Gerard B. Odell Research Award
Congratulations to Pelin Cengiz, MD (Associate Professor (CHS), Division of Critical Care) on her receipt of the 2020 UW Department of Pediatrics Gerard B. Odell Research Award. This award was established in 1994 to honor Dr. Odell’s distinguished …
American Family Children’s Hospital kicks off 100th anniversary celebration
The American Family Children’s Hospital kicked off its 100th anniversary celebration on Tuesday, January 7, with a state-wide proclamation from Governor Tony Evers. The proclamation honored and recognized the entire year as the 100th anniversary of pediatric …
Pediatrics Residency Program Celebrates 2019 Fellowship Match
The University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics Residency Program celebrated the 2019-2020 fellowship match during a “Match Day Celebration” on December 4, 2019. Five residents matched with subspecialty fellowships, including Shawn Damodharan, MD, a current …