Lindsey Nicol, MD, was recently selected to participate in 23rd Summer School of the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology. She was one of 36 highly merited fellows to be selected out of 160 applicants. The …
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Doctors Go Bald to Benefit Childhood Cancer Research
It was a little after 5pm Thursday March 12 when John Hipps, David Delgado and Ilia Buhtoiarov bid farewell to their full heads of hair. And they couldn’t be happier with their decisions. The three …
Dr. Daniel Jackson Receives AAAAI GSK Fellows Career Development Award
Daniel Jackson, MD, recently received $50,000 from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) as a recipient for the 2009 AAAAI GSK Fellows Career Development Award. This project will study the clinical severity …
Kenneth DeSantes, MD, Awarded Project Funding from Solving Kids Cancer Organization
Kenneth DeSantes, MD, was recently awarded $80,000 from Solving Kids Cancer for his project, “Reduced Intensity Haploidentical Transplantation with NK Cell Infusion for Pediatric Acute Leukemia and High Risk Solid Tumors.” This one-year project is …
Pamela Kling, MD, Receives Thrasher Research Funding
Pamela Kling, MD, was recently awarded $150,000 over 3 years from Thrasher Research fund for her project, “Early Screening and Interventions for Infants At-Risk for Iron Deficiency.” This project will study iron deficiency in infancy …
Susan Heighway, MS, PNP-BC, APNP and Susan Webster, MSSW, LCSW Publish Social Skills Training Guide
In December 2008, the S.T.A.R.S. guidebook, written by Susan Heighway, MS, PNP-BC, APNP and Susan Webster, MSSW, LCSW at the Waisman Center, was published by Future Horizons, Inc. This guidebook focuses on comprehensive sexuality education for …
Dr. Sinisa Dovat Awarded University of Wisconsin-Medical School Research Committee Funding
Sinisa Dovat, MD, was recently awarded $15,000 from the University of Wisconsin-Medical School Research Committee for his project, “Regulation of Ikaros Tumor Suppressor Activity.” This project will assist in the understanding of normal hematopoiesis and …
Dr. De-Ann Pillers Receives Meriter Foundation Award
De-Ann Pillers, MD, PhD, was recently awarded $65,743 from the Meriter Foundation to support core equipment for a Neonatal Simulation Laboratory. The Neonatal Simulation Laboratory will provide training on common resuscitation scenarios as well as …
Dr. Sinisa Dovat Receives University of Wisconsin-Graduate School Fall Research Competition Award
Sinisa Dovat, MD, was recently awarded $39,113 from the University of Wisconsin-Graduate School Fall Research Competition for his project, “Molecular Pathogenesis of T Cell Leukemia.” The objective of this study is to understand the molecular …
Dr. Megan Moreno Published in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Megan Moreno, MD, was first author of an article published in the January 2009 issue of Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, “Display of Health Risk Behaviors on MySpace by Adolescents,” that has generated spin-off …