Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, was recently awarded over $2.3 million in total cost from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) for a 5 year project, “Engaging Families in Bedside Rounds to Promote Pediatric …
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Dr. Norm Fost Receives 2009 Dean’s Teaching Award
Congratulations to Norm Fost, MD, who is being presented with a 2009 Dean’s Teaching Award. Dean’s Teaching Awards recognize excellence and innovation in medical education. Each nominee who is selected to receive one of these …
Dr. Todd Varness Receives Clinical Science Teaching Award
Congratulations to Todd Varness, MD, chosen by the UW Medical Alumni Association for its Clinical Science Teaching Award for 2010. This is in recognition of Dr. Varness’s dedicated commitment to teaching excellence.
Cami Matthews, MD, Achieves Sleep Medicine Certification
We would like to congratulate Cami Matthews, MD, for passing the Sleep Medicine certifying exam. Dr. Matthews practices two days a week at the Wisconsin Sleep Center, evaluating children and adolescents with sleep disorders. She …
Faculty Promotions & Appointments
We are pleased to announce the following promotions. The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) CHS Appointment and Promotion Committee, and Dean Robert Golden, have approved the promotion to Associate Professor (CHS) for …
J. Carter Ralphe, MD, Receives $50,000 from Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation
J. Carter Ralphe, MD, recently received $50,000 from the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation for his project, “3D Engineered Cardiac Tissue: A novel tool to unravel genotype/phenotype relationships in MYBPC3-associated childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.” This project aims to …
Dr. Aaron Carrel Awarded 2 Year Grant by Medical Education Research Committee
Aaron Carrel, MD, was recently awarded a 2 year grant of $291,882 from the University of Wisconsin Medical Education Research Committee (MERC) for his project, “Effects of Environmental Opportunities and Barriers to Physical Activity, Fitness, …
Dan Olson, MD, Selected for Vanderbilt University Fellowship
Congratulations to Dan Olson, MD, one of our third-year residents, who was recently selected as a 2010-11 fellow in the Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Support Center at Vanderbilt University. This is a very competitive …
Melissa Bates, PhD Receives American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Melissa Bates, PhD, recently received a Postdoctoral Fellowship award of $90,772 over 2 years from the American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate for her project, “Intrapulmonary Shunt Pathways in Pediatric Stroke.” With Marlowe Eldridge, MD, as …
Dr. Megan Moreno Featured in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Blog
Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, was recently featured in a blog on the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Web site, “Believing in Facebook,” http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/72831662.html. The blog focuses on Dr. Moreno’s research on social networking Web sites and …