Carol Diamond, MD, associate professor, was inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Golden Humanism Honor Society, a national cohort of physicians, fellows, residents and medical students who strive to inspire and cultivate humanism within themselves, …
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Researchers awarded ICTR grant to improve diagnosis of HIE
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Principal Investigator, associate professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, along with Co-PI, Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Critical Care, were awarded a $50,000 Basic and Clinical Translational Research Pilot award from the UW Institutive of Clinical and …
Ellen Wald and Shelby O’Connor awarded grant to improve SARS-CoV-2 testing in schools
Congratulations to Ellen Wald, MD, department chair and professor, Infectious Diseases, along with co-principal investigator Shelby O’Connor, PhD, professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and co-investigator Joseph McBride, MD, assistant professor, Infectious Diseases, who together are creating a …
Bruce Klein receives funding to study white-nose syndrome in bats
Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, professor and division chief, Infectious Diseases, who recently received a two-year, $125,000 grant from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for his project, “Develop an immune-based strategy to prevent and treat …
Bikash Pattnaik and collaborators receive grant from Spotlight Therapeutics
Co-Principal Investigators, Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and Krishanu Saha, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Co-Investigator Pawan Shahi, PhD, assistant scientist,Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, received a six-month $76,352 award from Spotlight Therapeutics for their project, …
Faculty to serve on NCCN committees
Ken DeSantes, MD, professor and division chief, and Cathy Lee-Miller, MD, assistant professor, both in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, have been appointed to National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) committees. DeSantes will serve on …
Two birth cohort studies recruiting volunteers
Researchers in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology are recruiting families for two new birth cohort studies funded by the National Institutes of Health. The studies’ investigators include Anne Marie Singh, MD, associate …
SMAHRT student scholars to present summer research
The Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team, or SMAHRT, led by Megan Moreno, MD, MSED, MPH, vice chair of academic affairs and professor and division chief, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, invite members of the …
Joshua Ross named Chief Medical Officer of American Family Children’s Hospital
Congratulations to Joshua Ross, MD, associate professor and section chief, Emergency Medicine, who was recently named Chief Medical Officer of American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH). In partnership with the AFCH Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, Ross will be …
Summer in the lab: A conversation with Shapiro students, mentors
This summer a cohort of eighteen medical students are being mentored by pediatrics faculty as part of the Shapiro Research Program. The program, which began in 2002 with just nine students, provides opportunities for approximately …