Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, Principal Investigator, and Marcel Wüethrich, PhD, Multiple PI, on the competitive renewal of their National Institutes of Health/National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIH/NIAID) R01 grant entitled, “Mechanisms of …
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Learners Receive Award at UW Health Resident and Fellow Quality Improvement Symposium
Endocrinology and Diabetes fellow Yashoda Naik, MD, Pediatrics resident Santhi Logel, MD, and Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes faculty members Allison J. Pollock, MD (Assistant Professor), and Ellen L. Connor, MD (Professor) received a Best In-Progress QI Project award at the UW Health Resident …
Residents Receive AAP Leonard P. Rome CATCH Visiting Professorship Award
Pediatrics residents Sarah MacKay, MD, MHS, and Natalie Tedford, MD, received an American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2019-20 Leonard P. Rome CATCH Visiting Professorship award. The award promotes advocacy for children and advance the field of …
Meet our New Resident Class!
On July 1, 2019, the Department of Pediatrics welcomed 15 interns and two new chiefs—Kristen Marten, DO, and Helen Waterman, DO—to its residency program. Each intern brings outstanding accomplishments, a passion for pediatrics and remarkable …
Undergraduate Students Receive UW Sophomore Research Fellowships
Congratulations to the following undergraduate students on their receipt of a UW Sophomore Research Fellowship. Each student will receive $2,500 in unrestricted funding and $500 is awarded to the faculty advisor to cover research expenses …
American Family Children’s Hospital Ranks Among Best Children’s Hospitals
U.S. News and World Report has ranked UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital as a top children’s hospital in four medical and surgical specialties, placing it among the elite children’s hospitals in the nation. The …
Celebrating Scholarship at Pediatrics Research Week
Lectures by the 2018 and 2019 Gerard B. Odell Research Award winners, along with rows of research posters filling the Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) were among the highlights of the Department of Pediatrics’ 2019 …
Kristin Shadman, MD, FAAP, Awarded Visiting Lectureship Grant from American Academy of Pediatrics
Congratulations to Kristin Shadman, MD, who was recently awarded a Visiting Lectureship grant in the amount of $3,000 on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence. This program …
Sean Rinella, MPH, Selected as “40 Under 40 in Cancer”
Sean Rinella, MPH, an ICTR TL1-supported PhD student, working with mentorship from Christian Capitini, MD and Mario Otto, MD, PhD in their labs, has been selected as one of “40 Under 40 in Cancer” for …
Sex-specific Neuroprotection in Newborns
Babies born with breathing problems are at risk for brain injury due to hypoxia (oxygen deprivation) and ischemia (restricted blood flow to tissues). Those brain injuries, which occur in 20,000 U.S. newborns each year, can …