The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) CHS Appointments and Promotions Committee, and Dean Robert Golden, have approved the promotion to Associate Professor (CHS) for M. Tracy Bekx, MD, Peter A. Ferrazzano, MD, …
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Dr. Michael MacDonald and His Co-Investigators Receive Competitive Renewal Diabetes Training and Research Grant
Program Director, Michael MacDonald, MD, and Associate Directors, David Allen, MD, Aaron Carrel, MD, and Ellen Wald, MD recently received the competitive renewal of their “Childhood Diabetes Clinical and Molecular Research Training (CDCMRT) Program”, a …
Jacob Goldberg Receives Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Jacob Goldberg, a medical student in the lab of Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, on receiving a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Medical Research Fellowship. His project, “Description and Characterization of Endogenous Antibodies Found …
Dr. James Davis Receives Fellowship Award from Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Congratulations to James “Muse” Davis, MD, on his fellowship award from the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. Under the mentorship of Bruce Klein, MD and Anna Huttenlocher, MD, his project, “Understanding fungal morphogenesis and dissemination using …
Undergraduates Receive Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships
Congratulations to the Department of Pediatrics recipients of the 2014-15 Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship. These student researchers were awarded $3,000 and faculty mentors received $500 to sponsor the students’ independent research. Each student will …
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 …
Norman Fost, MD, MPH, Discusses Ethics in Sports
Norman Fost, MD, MPH, recently appeared on For the Record, WISC-TV’s news editorial program. He joined Neil Heinen and other UW Faculty to discuss the upcoming UW Bioethics Symposium and the importance of bioethics in …