Third-year resident Eliza Blanchette, MD, was recently awarded an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Resident Research grant. Her project will identify which outcomes are most meaningful for youth who have Type 1 diabetes and their …
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James Gern, MD, Collaborates on Largest Grant in SMPH History
James Gern, MD, is a co-director on a new seven-year, $70 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) — the largest grant ever received by the UW School of Medicine …
Neonatology Researchers Receive $115K in Meriter Foundation Grants
Four investigators in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursery were recently awarded nearly $115,000 in total funding from the Meriter Foundation Research and Education Grants Program. The awards will support four …
Mei Baker, MD, Honored as a Leader in Newborn Screening
Mei Baker, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and co-director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Newborn Screening Laboratory, received the Harry Hannon Laboratory Improvement Award in Newborn Screening from the Association of Public Health …
Kathleen Shanovich, RN, MS, CPNP, Receives UW Advance Practice Provider Excellence Award
Kathleen Shanovich, RN, MS, CPNP, a nurse practitioner in the Division of Allergy, Immunology, & Rheumatology, was honored with a UW Health Advance Practice Provider Excellence in Clinical Practice Award. The award recognizes UW Health …
Dr. Bruce Klein Receives NIH-NIAID R21 Award
Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, on his recent R21 award of $420,750 from the National Institutes of Health – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH-NIAID). His two-year project, “Molecular pathogenesis and Blastomyces adherence,” …
Resident Grad Douglas Diekema, MD, Wins AAP Ethics Award
Douglas Diekema, MD, a 1989 graduate of the UW Pediatrics Residency Program, received the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence at its national meeting on October 13, 2014. The …
DocTalk Connects Doctors With Health IT Entrepreneurs
Michelle Kelly, MD, is one of a number of entrepreneurs, physician-scientists and students at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health who have come together to start a monthly meetup called DocTalk Madison. The …
Dr. Bruce Klein Receives Wisconsin Partnership Program Grant
Bruce Klein, MD, has received one of several grants recently awarded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The three year, $500,000 grant will enable Dr. …
Winners Announced for Project ACE Logo Design Contest
Dr. Elizabeth Cox’s research team recently hosted a logo design contest for their diabetes study, Project ACE (Achieving control, Connecting resources, Empowering families). Project ACE is a three-year collaborative study between UW and Children’s Hospital …