Researchers at the University of Wisconsin plan to study how technology and digital media (TDM) influence health behaviors and well-being in adolescents, with an emphasis on both positive and negative impacts of social media. Funded …
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Megan Moreno will serve as co-medical director of new national center for social media and youth mental health
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has launched a new organization focused on children and their engagement with the digital landscape called the Center of Excellence: Creating a Healthy Digital Ecosystem for Children and Youth. …
Laura Houser highlights youth suicide prevention strategies on local news media for Suicide Prevention Week
During Suicide Prevention Week, September 4–10, Laura Houser, MD, professor, Divisions of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Global Health and director of advocacy for the Department of Pediatrics, appeared on many local news shows …
Mei Baker and Roberto Mendez awarded CDC grant for newborn screening
Congratulations to Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, Wynne Mateffy Professor and director of the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, and Roberto Mendez, PhD, assistant professor and assistant director of the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, who were awarded …
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute awards grant to Amy Erbe-Gurel
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, Department of Human Oncology and senior scientist in the Sondel Lab, and mentor Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, who were recently awarded a …
Paul Sondel and team awarded Cancer Research Institute grant
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, principal investigator and professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, co-principal investigator, Department of Human Oncology, and senior scientist in the Sondel Lab, were recently awarded a …
Cristina Delgadillo embraces her role as educator and provider in the Latinx community
Cristina M. Delgadillo, MD, assistant clinical professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, grew up 10 minutes from the border of Tijuana, Mexico in Chula Vista, California. So when she arrived in Madison in …
Localized intra-arterial chemotherapy places American Family Children’s Hospital at the forefront of retinoblastoma treatment in the Midwest
Last month, two University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics clinicians were part of a team that introduced a new chemotherapy technique at American Family Children’s Hospital to treat a patient with retinoblastoma, the most common …
Bruce Klein granted second NIH MERIT award, continues investigation of pathological fungus in Wisconsin
In 1984, a new infectious disease fellow at the University of Wisconsin Medical School (as it was then called), Bruce Klein, MD, made his first visit to Eagle River, Wisconsin, leading a team of scientists …
Antibody treatment reduces asthma attacks in children living in disadvantaged urban areas
The team of investigators led by Daniel Jackson, MD, professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, found a monoclonal antibody drug called mepolizumab decreased asthma attacks by 27% in children and adolescents who have a …