Congratulations to Principal Investigator Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, associate scientist in the Sondel Lab, who was recently awarded a one-year $52,500 grant from The Pablove Foundation for her project, “Improving specific targeting of neuroblastoma tumors through bispecific SNIPER …
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Christian Capitini awarded pilot grant to study new therapies for pediatric solid tumors
Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, along with co-investigator Krishanu Saha, PhD, associate professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, were recently awarded a $50,000 grant from …
Elizabeth Cox joins mentoring team for new NICHD-funded project
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has joined the mentoring team for a newly funded K01 research career development award for Alejandra Ros Pilarz, PhD, assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin Sandra …
Kent MacLaughlin receives FSID grant
Congratulations to Kent MacLaughlin, a graduate student in the Eldridge Lab, for receiving $45k in funding from the Foundation for the Study of Inflammatory Disease. His project, “The inflammatory and genetic response to oxygen dose,” …
Elizabeth Cox to evaluate the ‘Announcement Approach’ for HPV vaccination
In collaboration with investigators at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and West Virginia University, Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, and her PROKids research team received a five-year P01 grant from …
Dipesh Navsaria begins joint appointment with School of Human Ecology
Congratulations to Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, associate professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, who began a joint appointment as a clinical associate professor of human development and family studies at UW–Madison’s School of Human Ecology (SoHE) …
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: July 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on the topics of child health, vaccinations, and Covid-19, to …
What we published in July 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers published fifteen articles in July 2021: Atkins AE, Cogley MF, Baker MW. Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: Do Preterm Infants Require Special Consideration? Int J Neonatal Screen. 2021 …
Carol Diamond honored by Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Carol Diamond, MD, associate professor, was inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Golden Humanism Honor Society, a national cohort of physicians, fellows, residents and medical students who strive to inspire and cultivate humanism within themselves, …
Researchers awarded ICTR grant to improve diagnosis of HIE
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Principal Investigator, associate professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, along with Co-PI, Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Critical Care, were awarded a $50,000 Basic and Clinical Translational Research Pilot award from the UW Institutive of Clinical and …