Reaching a goal she had pursued from the day she arrived at the Department of Pediatrics in May 2022, Kathryn (Kerry) Gannon-Loew, MD, MS, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has opened …
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New Faculty Focus: Danielle Rodgers
Q&A with Danielle Rodgers, MD, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Hometown: Middleton, Wisconsin Educational/professional background: After completing my undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame, I was a high school …
New APP Focus: Jennifer Howard
Q&A with Jennifer Howard, MSN, APNP, NNP, in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery. Hometown: Germantown, Wisconsin Educational/professional background: I recently graduated with my master’s degree from Alverno College and am a new neonatal …
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: August 2023
August 2: Social media and youth mental health: Is regulation the answer? Interview: Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, professor, interim chair, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine | Source: Wausau Pilot and Review. Also …
Anna Huttenlocher publishes book about her father and his discovery of synaptic pruning
What is a sabbatical for? Travel, study, time away from the usual professional routine spent in ways that may enhance one’s work upon return — that is the norm. Anna Huttenlocher, MD, is a pediatric …
Paul Sondel and Amy Erbe-Gurel receive U01 subaward to study neuroblastoma vaccines
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, senior scientist III in the Sondel Lab, are recent subaward recipients of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) U01 grant. Sondel and …
Christian Capitini receives ICTR Pilot Award to investigate immunotherapeutics targeting metastatic osteosarcoma
Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor and chief, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Sandro Mecozzi, PhD, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, were recently awarded a Translational Basic and Clinical Pilot Program award from …
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition welcomes Daniel O’Connell as its interim chief
Daniel O’Connell, MD, associate professor, stepped into his new position as interim chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition on August 1. He will oversee the division’s clinical and research activities, as well …
Bryan Vonasek granted loan repayment award for work on infection detection in malnourished Malawian children
Bryan J. Vonasek, MD, FAAP, postdoctoral trainee in the Division of Infectious Diseases and a recent UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellow, will receive a two-year Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award from the National Institute of Allergy …
Bruce Klein and Marcel Wuethrich receive R01 grant to investigate vaccine immunity against coccidioidomycosis
PI Bruce Klein, MD, professor and chief, and co-PI Marcel Wuethrich, PhD, distinguished scientist, both from the Division of Infectious Diseases, received a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The five-year …