Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, was featured in a Cap Times article about the impact reading has on a child’s brain development. Dr. Navsaria is the medical director for Reach Out and Read Wisconsin. Research …
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Research Assistant Receives Award From Sigma Xi
Congratulations to Michelle Chiu, an Undergraduate Research Assistant in Dr. De-Ann Pillers’ lab, on her $2,500 award from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. Her project, “Uncovering Oxytocin Signaling in a Single Cell,” will explore …
Improving Newborn Screening in Wisconsin’s Amish
On April 30, 2014, approximately 150 Amish and Mennonite family members—along with community practitioners and state and county health personnel—gathered at the Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center in Norwalk, WI, for a second community meeting …
Christian Capitini, MD, Receives NIH-NCI Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD on receiving a National Institutes of Health-National Cancer Institute (NIH-NCI) Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08) for his project entitled “Inhibiting STAT1 as a novel graft-versus-host/graft-versus-leukemia therapy”. This …
Dr. Sharon Bartosh Nominated to Join DHHS Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation
Congratulations to Sharon Bartosh, MD, who has been nominated by the American Society of Pediatric Nephrologists to be on US Department of Health and Human Services Advisory Committee on Organ Transplantation (ACOT). The committee was …
Pediatric Complex Care Program Launched
Mary Ehlenbach, MD, and Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, are spearheading a new initiative that aims to improve care for fragile, medically complex children. The Pediatric Complex Care program at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) will …
Endocrinology Team Members Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award
Congratulations to Endocrinology/Diabetes fellows Kimberly Henrichs, MD, Tasa Seibert, MD, and Alison Pollock, MD for being selected as recipients of the Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award. Each received $800 to support their travel costs to …
Pediatrics Physicians Receive 2014 UW Health Patient Experience Champion Awards
Congratulations to Drs. Carol Diamond, Chris Healy, John Hokanson, Kathleen Maginot and Amy Plumb for receiving the 2014 UW Health Patient Experience Champion Award. This recognition is in honor of their Avatar survey scores, which …
Dr. Kirstin Nackers to Speak at 7th Annual Healthy Classrooms Foundation Symposium
Kirstin A. M. Nackers, MD, will be joining a panel of speakers at the 7th Annual Healthy Classrooms Foundation Symposium on Saturday, May 3, 2014, 2-6pm, at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery. Dr. Nackers will …
Drs. Frohna and Beshish Elected into Alpha Omega Alpha Society
John Frohna, MD, residency program director and Assad Beshish, MBBCh, third year resident, were recently elected into the Alpha Omega Alpha Society (AOA), a professional medical organization that recognizes and advocates for excellence in scholarship …