Ryan McAdams, MD (Division Chief & Associate Professor, Division of Neonatology & Newborn Nursery) spoke with All Things Neonatal with Dr. Michael Narvey about how racial disparities are affecting outcomes with COVID-19 and breastfeeding rates in …
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Special Honor for Nick Mohrdieck’s St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellowship
Nicholas Mohrdieck, rising senior at the UW, recently received a summer fellow award from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation for work in the laboratory of Christian Capitini, MD. As the result of a recent employee giving …
Dr. Philip Farrell Recognized for Lifetime Contributions to CF Research and Pediatric Respiratory Medicine
Congratulations to Philip Farrell, MD PhD (Emeritus Dean and Chair of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine) for two recent honors from The Legacy of Angels Foundation (TLOAF) and American Thoracic Society. TLOAF selected Dr. Farrell for …
Lodi Enterprise: Wisconsin’s pandemic past offers clues to coronavirus future
James Conway, MD (Professor (CHS), Fellowship Program Director, Divisions of Global Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases) spoke with the Lodi Enterprise about how Wisconsin’s pandemic past offers clues to our coronavirus future. Full story.
Celebrating Scholarship and the Latest Advances in Pediatrics Research
Four lectures, ten faculty research vignettes, six oral presentations, 52 poster presentations, and a cumulative total of 725 attendees made up the Department of Pediatrics’ Annual Research Week, which took place virtually from May 26-29, …
NBC 15: UW study suggests people with respiratory allergies, asthma not as high-risk to COVID-19 as previously thought
Daniel Jackson, MD (Associate Professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology) spoke with NBC 15 about his study that found respiratory allergy, asthma and controlled allergen exposure were associated with significantly reduced gene expression in …
New Faculty Focus: a Q&A With Cathy Lee-Miller, MD
“There is value in true human interaction and every child, no matter their age, deserves a doctor who genuinely cares for them,” stated Cathy Lee-Miller, MD (Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant), during …
Elizabeth Cox, MD PhD Advising UW Human Research Protection Program’s IRB Efficiency Project
The UW Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) is launching a new effort called the “IRB Efficiency Project.” During this project, the HRPP will be evaluating its current procedures with the aim of improving the efficiency …
Capitini Student Receives Honors Summer Apprentice Award from UW
Congratulations to UW undergraduate student David Turicek, who was awarded a Welton Summer Sophomore Honors Apprenticeship for the project, “Treating post-transplant B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with blinatumomab as a radiation sparing immunotherapy.” This project will …
Graduate Student Fernanda Szewc Awarded ICTR TL1 Traineeship
Congratulations to Fernanda Szewc, graduate research assistant in the Capitini Laboratory, who was recently appointed to the TL1 Clinical Investigation program supported by the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). This two-year award …