WKOW/Channel 27 recently shared the story of 9-months-old Ila Helgren, a Madison-area baby who underwent a successful liver transplant in December 2019. Katryn Furuya, MD (Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition) is Ila’s pediatric hematologist and …
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Drs. Mollie Kane and Megan Moreno Selected for 2020 Champions in Women’s Health Award
Mollie Kane, MD, MPH (Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine) and Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH (Vice Chair of Digital Health, Professor and Academic Division Chief, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine) will …
Dr. Sabrina Butteris Accepted into Prestigious AOA Society
Sabrina Butteris, MD (Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Associate Professor (CHS), Divisions of Child Protection, Global Pediatrics, and Hospital Medicine) was nominated and accepted to the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society, which recognizes individuals …
What We Published in February 2020
The following scholarly articles were published by Department of Pediatrics faculty and staff during February 2020: Affenzeller S, Wolkenstein K, Frauendorf H, Jackson DJ. Challenging the concept that eumelanin is the polymorphic brown banded pigment …
Pediatrics Faculty and Staff Present at the Society for Critical Care Medicine’s 49th Annual Congress
Nearly 5,000 critical care professionals attend the Society for Critical Care Medicine’s (SCCM) annual Congress to discover the latest solutions and developments, medical advances, cutting-edge treatments, and breakthroughs in intensive care unit (ICU) administration and …
Bruce Klein, MD and Marcel Wüethrich, PhD, Awarded Subaward Contract from NIH
Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, Subcontract Principal Investigator, and Marcel Wüethrich, PhD, Co-Investigator, on their new grant subaward through the University of Massachusetts, Worcester and supported by the National Institutes of Health/National Institutes of Allergy …
Bruce Klein, MD, Awarded 2-Year Grant from US Geological Survey
Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, who was recently awarded a 2-year grant for $89,587 from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for his project entitled, “A bat skin model to identify therapeutic approaches that enhance …
Two Faculty Receive Grants from Cars Curing Kids Foundation
Allison Pollock, MD, received a $17,000 grant from Cars Curing Kids for her project entitled, “School Nurse Tele-mentoring Program: improving Diabetes Care in Schools.” In this 2-year project, she will work with nurse coordinators to …
Graduate Student in Sondel Laboratory Wins Trainee Abstract Award
Anna Hoefges, graduate student in the lab of Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a Trainee Abstract Award from the American Association of Immunologists (AAI). Her abstract, entitled, “Thousands of new antigens are recognized …
Seminars in Modern Clinical Genetics: How to Approach a Rapidly Changing Field
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Laboratory of Genetics and University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public Health are excited to announce a two-week seminar series that will highlight advances in genomic research relative to human disease. This …