First-year resident Allison Heizelman, MD, was inducted into the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society during an April 6, 2018, ceremony at the Carson Gulley Center on the UW-Madison campus. “She impressed me …
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Dr. Nicole St. Clair Re-elected to Executive Committee of the AAP Section on International Child Health
Congratulations to Nicole St Clair, MD (Associate Professor (CHS), Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine), who was elected for a second term on the executive committee of the Section on International Child Health of the American …
Pediatric Investigators Receive Two Grants from Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin
Congratulations to Mala Mathur, MD, MPH, PI and Co-Investigators Cristina Delgadillo, MD, Jessica Babal, MD, Tim Chybowski, MD, and Megan Neuman, MD, for their $20,000 grant entitled, “Wisconsin State Medical Home Initiative: Shared Plans of …
David McCulley, MD, Part of Consortium Awarded NIH P01 Grant
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (including Overall PI, Dr. Patricia Donahoe), Boston Children’s Hospital, Columbia University, the Jackson Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, and the UW Department of Pediatrics, including Co-Investigator David McCulley, MD, …
Yashoda Naik, MD, Awarded 2018 NASPAG Fellows Research Grant
Congratulations to Endocrinology & Diabetes Postdoctoral Fellow Yashoda (Mita) Naik, MD, who was recently awarded a $1,000 Fellows Research Grant from the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG). Her one-year pilot grant …
The Potential of Precision Medicine
Imagine if physicians were able to use the information in your genetic profile to better predict your risk of disease, more accurately diagnose new diseases and provide customized treatments. That’s the potential of precision medicine, …
Pawan Shahi, PhD, Receives McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Award
Congratulations to Pawan Shahi, PhD, a post-doctoral fellow in the Pattnaik Lab, who has been awarded a McPherson ERI/David G. Walsh Research Travel Award. This award provides funding for graduate students and postdocs from McPherson …
Drs. Frohna and Sklansky Named to Leadership Positions within APPD
Congratulations to John Frohna, MD, MPH, and Daniel Sklansky, MD, who have been named to leadership positions within the Association of Pediatric Program Directors at their Spring meeting. Dr. Sklansky was elected as the Associate …
Dr. Pelin Cengiz Wins Scientist Investigator Travel Award for Hershey Conference
Congratulations to Pelin Cengiz, MD, who has been awarded a Scientist Investigator Travel Award in order to present her research at the 11th Hershey Conference on Developmental Brain Injury. Dr. Cengiz will present the abstract, …
Dr. Megan Moreno Quoted in New York Times Article on Teenage Sexting
Department of Pediatrics Vice Chair of Digital Health Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, was among experts quoted in a recent New York Times article encouraging parents to talk with teenagers early on about sexting, instead …