Temporarily increasing the dosage of inhaled steroids when asthma symptoms start to worsen does not effectively prevent severe flare-ups, according to a new study led by Daniel Jackson, MD, an associate professor in the UW …
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Abstract By Dr. Pelin Cengiz Wins SCCM Star Research Award
Congratulations to Pelin Cengiz, MD, whose abstract has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2018 Star Research Achievement Award by the Society of Critical Care Medicine. The Star Research Achievement Award is …
How Farm Exposure Impacts Children’s Respiratory Health
Renewed support from the National Institutes of Health will enable Department of Pediatrics faculty to continue collaborative research into how early farm exposure may reduce respiratory viral illnesses and the risk of allergies, diseases that …
Student in Pattnaik Laboratory Wins Science Awards
Anaka Srinivas, a sophomore at Middleton High School who is mentored by Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, received three awards at the Capital Science & Engineering Fair held on Feb 17, 2018 in Madison. She presented her …
Postdoctoral Fellow Pawan Shahi, PhD, Receives UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center Award
Pawan Shahi, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, received a 2018 UW-Madison Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center post-doctoral award. The award provides one year of salary support for Dr. …
Dr. Megan Moreno Named Associate Editor of JAMA Pediatrics
Congratulations to Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, who has been named an Associate Editor of JAMA Pediatrics. Dr. Moreno began her position with the February 2018 issue of the journal.
SMAHRT Research Staff Receive UW Madison Holtz Center Travel Grant
Congratulations to SMAHRT research staff Aubrey Gower and Marina Jenkins, who have received a grant from the Robert E. and Jean F. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies to attend the 2018 annual meeting …
Dr. David Allen awarded 2018 Kaplowitz Endowed Lectureship for Quality Care
Congratulations to David B. Allen, MD, who has been awarded the 2018 American Academy of Pediatrics/Pediatric Endocrine Society Kaplowitz Endowed Lectureship for Quality Care. This national award is given annually to recognize career contributions to …
Faculty Receive UW Fall Competition Awards
Congratulations to the following four Pediatric faculty members and their laboratories who were each recently awarded one-year Fall Competition grants from the UW Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education: Marlowe Eldridge, …
Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, Awarded Newborn Screening Grant from Cure SMA
Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, was recently awarded a one-year grant in the amount of $211,247, for her project entitled, “A State-wide Spinal Muscular Atrophy Newborn Screening Pilot in Wisconsin.” This funding, from Cure SMA (Spinal …