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Dr. Elizabeth Cox Named Associate Director of the Primary Care Research Fellowship
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD (Professor, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine) has accepted a role as Associate Director of the Primary Care Research Fellowship (T32), which is funded by HRSA and administered in the …
What We Published in January 2020
The following scholarly articles were published by Department of Pediatrics faculty and staff during January 2020: Altman MC, Beigelman A, Ciaccio C, Gern JE, Heymann PW, Jackson DJ, Kennedy JL, Kloepfer K, Lemanske RF Jr, McWilliams LM, Muehling …
AFCH 100th Anniversary Commemorative Poster Available for Purchase
American Family Children’s Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, Diane Heatley, MD, created a beautiful Madison- and AFCH–themed print (pictured above) as a fundraiser for Friends of UW Health’s “Cheers to 100 Years” Gala. For a $100 donation, you …
Dr. Judith Smith Recognized for Immunology Research
Judith Smith, MD, PhD (Associate Professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology) was recently recognized for her on-going research in immunology and selected for the highly competitive Vilas Associates Award by the University of Wisconsin Office of the Vice Chancellor for …
Pediatric Heart Program Earns Nationwide Recognition
Few public celebrations in Madison, Wisconsin, have eclipsed the enormity of the grand opening of UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) in 2007. Featuring colorful, spacious patient rooms; a whimsical, child-friendly interior design; and the …
Yury Bochkov, PhD, Secures NIH Subaward
Congratulations to Yury Bochkov, PhD, for his recent one-year subaward from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). This subaward to U19-grant “Airway Inflammation and Airway Remodeling,” from the National Institutes of Health/National Institutes of …
Pediatric Complex Care Program Awarded Two Grants from Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin
Congratulations to Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, Mary Ehlenbach, MD, and Kristan Sodergren, NP, of the Pediatric Complex Care Program (PCCP) on two recent one-year awards funded by the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin’s Advancing Family-Centered …
Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, Receives Graduate School Fall Competition Award
Emma Mohr, MD, PhD, was recently awarded $60,000 for her project entitled, “Early neural predictors and neuropathogenesis of sensorimotor neurodevelopmental deficits in macaque infants exposed to Zika virus in utero.” This one-year Fall Competition award …
Mei Baker, MD, Awarded Grant from CDC Foundation
Congratulations to Mei Baker, MD, for her recent award of $149,946 from the CDC Foundation entitled, “A Spinal Muscular Atrophy Newborn Screening Pilot in the Wisconsin Plain Community: Creating a Foundation for Understanding a Complex …