Iggy the Inhaler first came to life when Alex Thomas was 12 years old. He created the superhero cartoon character for the newsletter of an asthma support group led by his pediatric allergist mother, basing …
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Vivek Balasubramaniam, MD, Awarded Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Pediatric Research
Vivek Balasubramaniam, MD, was recently awarded the Thomas Hazinski Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR). This award, which includes an honorarium, commemorative plaque, and financial support for attendance at the 2017 …
New Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship Receives ABMGG Accreditation
The American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) has granted accreditation approval for the Department of Pediatrics’ new Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) fellowship. The ABMGG accredits medical genetics and genomics laboratory training programs, …
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria Named Affiliate of the UW Institute for Research on Poverty
Congratulations to Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, who has been formally named an affiliate of the UW Institute for Research on Poverty, the sole federally-funded Poverty Research Center in the United States at this time. …
HuiChuan Lai, PhD, and Cystic Fibrosis Investigators Secure NIH R01 Funding
The investigative team led by Principal Investigator HuiChuan Lai, PhD (Nutritional Sciences), and Co-Investigators Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, and Michael Rock, MD, were recently awarded an R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute …
Jamie Limjoco, MD, Receives Innovation Award from UW Health
Congratulations to Jamie Limjoco, MD, for her grant from UW Health for the project, “Establishing a Regional Virtual Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (vNICU) at the American Family Children’s Hospital.” This 2-year Innovation Award, in the …
Jennifer Rehm, MD, and Brittany Allen, MD, Awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Grant
A team from the Fair Wisconsin Education Fund, along with Academic Partners Jennifer Rehm, MD, and Co-Investigator Brittany Allen, MD, were recently awarded a two-year grant for their project entitled, “Transgender Health-A New Horizon in …
Hospital Medicine Team Awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Grant
Centro Hispano of Dane County (Centro), in partnership with Access Community Health Center and UW Division of Hospital Medicine faculty, including Sabrina Butteris, MD, Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, and Sarah Webber, MD, were recently awarded …
Christian Capitini, MD, Receives Hyundai Hope on Wheels Scholar Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, who received a 2016 Hyundai Hope On Wheels (HHOW) Scholar Award, for his project entitled “Anti-GD2 immunocytokine and NK cell infusions for neuroblastoma.” The objective of his project is to …
Toolkit for School-Based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO) Launched
In September, a toolkit on a School-Based Asthma Management Program (SAMPRO) that was developed to address the needs of school-aged children with asthma, was made freely available on the University of Wisconsin’s Health Innovation Program …