The Department of Pediatrics is excited to welcome Tony Garcia-Prats, MD, MSC to the Divisions of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health and Global Pediatrics. Dr. Garcia-Prats, from Stellenbosch University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is …
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Drs. Vivek Balasubramaniam and Brian Williams Testify in Support of Tobacco 21 Legislation
Drs. Vivek Balasubramaniam and Brian Williams represented UW Health before the Assembly Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention on November 6, 2019. Drs. Balasubramaniam and Williams testified in support of the Tobacco 21 legislation, answering …
Faculty and Staff Attend the AAP National Conference and Exhibition
The Department of Pediatrics had several faculty and staff attend the AAP National Conference and Exhibition (NCE), held October 25-29, 2019, in New Orleans. Ellen Wald, MD, FAAP (Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Chair, …
Phil Farrell, MD, PhD, and HuiChuan Lai, PhD, RD, Receive Subaward from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Congratulations to Phil Farrell, MD, PhD, Co-Principal Investigator, along with Co-Investigators HuiChuan Lai, PhD, RD, and Andrew Braun, MD (Department of Medicine), who were recently awarded a subcontract from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for nearly …
Travel Grant Awarded to Aicha Quamine
Congratulations to Hematology/Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant Graduate Student, Aicha Quamine, for being selected as recipient of a Graduate Program in Cellular & Molecular Biology (CMB) Travel Award for Fall 2019. Aicha, a student in …
Pediatrics Faculty Present at Annual Midwest Society for Pediatric Research Meeting
The Midwest Society for Pediatric Research (MSPR) held its annual meeting at Lurie Children’s Hospital last week and the UW-Madison Department of Pediatrics was well represented. Members from all levels of the UW-Madison Department of …
Dr. Pamela Kling Receives Midwest Society for Pediatric Research’s (MSPR) 2019 Founder’s Award for Outstanding Service to Pediatric Research
Congratulations to Pamela Kling, MD, on being the recipient of the Midwest Society for Pediatric Research’s (MSPR) 2019 Founder’s Award for Outstanding Service to Pediatric Research. The award recognizes her contributions in fostering advances in …
Measles Outbreaks Are Preventable, But Immunization Rates Are Spotty in Milwaukee
Dr. James Conway was quoted in a recent article regarding vaccination rates and anti-vaccine misinformation in the Shepherd Express.
Department of Pediatrics’ Faculty and Staff Collaborate to Test and Treat Rare Genetic Conditions among Amish and Mennonite Communities
In 2015, Dr. James DeLine founded the Center for Special Children to care for Amish and Old Order Mennonite people in the state of Wisconsin. Throughout his practice, Dr. DeLine had encountered many rare genetic …
Dr. Christian Capitini Receives NIH/NCI Grant
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, on his recent one-year supplement of $500,000 to the UW Carbone Cancer Center grant from the National Institutes of Health – National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI). His project, “Image‐guided CAR T …