Congratulations to Judith Smith, MD, PhD on her award of $75,000 from the Arthritis National Research Foundation for her 1-year project, “Excess IL-23 production and underlying biochemical mechanisms in ankylosing spondylitis (AS).” The hypothesis of …
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Recognized for Clinical Excellence
“It’s wonderful when folks catch you doing something right,” says Associate Professor Carol Diamond, MD, medical director of the UW Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Clinic. She certainly would know. Last spring, Dr. Diamond was one …
Matt Karwowski, MD, Receives Academic Pediatric Association Award
Congratulations to NRSA fellow Matt Karwowski who won an Academic Pediatric Association award for Best Abstract by a Fellow, based on his abstract titled, ” Trends in Blood Lead Levels among Wisconsin Children: Development of …
Jennifer Rehm, MD, Honored with Pediatric Endocrine Society Research Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Pediatric Endocrine fellow Jen Rehm, a recent recipient of a $50,000 Pediatric Endocrine Society Research Fellowship Award. The purpose of these awards is to support the final year of research training for highly …
Bruce Klein, MD, Honored with Hilldale Award
Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, named one this year’s Hilldale Award recipients, the University’s top honor for faculty members. Awarded since 1987, the Hilldale Award honors professors who have excelled in teaching, research and service. …
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria to Receive Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
Medical students selected Dipesh Navsaria, MD, to receive the 2011 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, sponsored by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. This award honors a faculty member identified by students as best demonstrating …
The Influence of Social Media on Adolescent Behavior
Social networking Web sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, can have a tremendous impact on adolescents’ health. Previous research with traditional media has shown that exposure to substance use and sexual content is linked to …
Judith Smith, MD, PhD, Awarded UW Graduate School Funding
Judith Smith, MD, PhD was recently awarded over $41,000 from the UW Graduate School for her project, “The interaction of IFN-beta and endoplasmic reticulum stress in mediating hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury.” The objective of this …
Dr. Pamela Kling Receives UW Graduate School Award
Pamela Kling, MD, recently received an award of over $34,000 from the UW Graduate School for her project, “Regulating Placental Iron Transfer in Fetal Growth Restriction.” This project will examine the role of NO signaling …
D.B. Sanders, MD, MS, Earns Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc.
Congratulations to D.B. Sanders, MD, MS, on receiving a Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. This 3-year award of over $260,000 is for his project, “Determinants of lung health in …