July 3: How we teach reading has changed a lot over the last decade, but racial gaps have not Interview: Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health | Source: …
2023 News
New APP Focus: Meghan Furstenberg-Knauff
Q&A with Meghan Furstenberg-Knauff, MSN, FNP-BC, APNP, pediatric nurse practitioner/inpatient diabetes nurse practitioner in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes Hometown: Waupaca, Wisconsin Educational/professional background: I worked as a nurse for five years at Children’s …
Novel non-mammalian adaptive immune system function revealed in study by post-doc researcher in Huttenlocher Research Group
An investigation using zebrafish genetically developed to remain transparent into adulthood by the laboratory of Anna Huttenlocher, MD, professor in the Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology and in the Department of Medical Microbiology and …
Jo Wilson receives grant to study Gasdermin B and its role in respiratory epithelial wound healing
Jo Wilson, MD, instructor, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, was recently awarded a grant from the 2023 Opportunity Fund of the NIH-funded Asthma and Allergic Diseases Cooperative Research Centers (U19) Program (AADCRC) for her project, …
Sehrish Afsheen and Allison Spillane receive travel awards from Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Two graduate research assistants in the Pattnaik Lab — Sehrish Afsheen and Allison Spillane — received travel grants to attend the 16th Biennial Scientific Meeting of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics. Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, …
Kristin Shadman joins executive committee of the Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars Program of the Academic Pediatric Association
Kristin Shadman, MD, professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, and director of quality improvement scholarship for the Department of Pediatrics, was appointed to the executive committee for the Quality and Safety Improvement Scholars (QSIS) Program of …
Carter Ralphe will serve second term on AHA National Advocacy Coordinating Committee
J. Carter Ralphe, MD, professor and chief, Division of Cardiology, was selected to serve a second term on the American Heart Association’s (AHA) National Advocacy Coordinating Committee (ACC). The ACC sets advocacy policy for the …
Mala Mathur completes Osher Collaborative Faculty Fellowship
Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, associate professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, and director of professional development for the Department of Pediatrics, recently completed an Osher Collaborative Faculty Fellowship through the Osher Collaborative for …
UW Health Transplant Center launches pediatric heart transplant program
Last month, UW Health announced a new pediatric heart transplant program at American Family Children’s Hospital. The new program makes the UW Health Transplant Center one of only six centers in the nation — and …
Department of Pediatrics welcomes new residents
The University of Wisconsin Pediatrics Residency Program is delighted to welcome a new class of interns as they embark on the next phase of their medical training. Over the next three years, residents will learn …