Congratulations to Greg Rice, MD, recently awarded one of the School of Medicine & Public Health Dean’s Teaching Awards. Established in 1992 to honor outstanding contributions to student education in medical school programs, recipients are …
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Dr. Christian Capitini Accepted into the University of Wisconsin Centennial Scholars Program
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, for his acceptance into the University of Wisconsin Centennial Scholars Program. This program provides a 3-year award of $75,000/year + fringe benefits and offers at least 50% protected research time. …
Dr. James Gern Elected to the Association of American Physicians
Congratulations to James Gern, MD, on his recent election into the Association of American Physicians (AAP). The goals of AAP’s members include the pursuit of medical knowledge, and the advancement through experimentation and discovery of …
Anna Huttenlocher, MD, Elected to the Association of American Physicians
Congratulations to Dr. Anna Huttenlocher on her recent election into the Association of American Physicians (AAP). The goals of AAP’s members include the pursuit of medical knowledge, and the advancement through experimentation and discovery of …
Dr. Gwen McIntosh Becomes New Director of Clinical Curriculum
As of January 2012, Gwen McIntosh, MD, MPH, associate professor of pediatrics, has become the SMPH director for clinical curriculum. She primarily is responsible for overseeing all of the school’s clinical clerkships and electives in …
Personal Best Meets Professional Commitment
David Allen, MD, a professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, was bitten by the running bug during his pediatric internship year here at UW. He’d been a runner on and off throughout …
Genetic Counselor Training Program At Home in Pediatrics
For the UW-Madison Genetic Counselor Training Program, there’s no place like home—in Pediatrics. The program, which had been part of the Department of Medical Genetics for 35 years, joined the Department of Pediatrics in the …
Dr. Christian Capitini Awarded MACC Funding
Congratulations to Christian M. Capitini, MD, for his recent award of $100,000 from the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC fund) for “Inhibiting STAT1 as a platform for GVHD resistance and preservation of GVL.” This …
Dr. Mario Otto Awarded MACC Funding
Mario Otto, MD, PhD, was recently awarded $100,000 from the Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC fund) for “Development of Multifunctional Superparamagnetic anti-GD2 Nanoparticles for Simultaneous Molecular Imaging, Cancer Cell Targeting and Drug Delivery.” This …
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Awarded Meriter Foundation Grant
Congratulations to Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, for his award of $17,000 from the Meriter Foundation for “The Role of Birth-Related Hormones in Retinopathy of Prematurity.” The overall goal of this project is to study how birth …