Congratulations to Pelin Cengiz, MD, who received a 5-year, K08 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH/NINDS), for her project entitled, “Estrogen receptors and TrkB mediated neuroprotection …
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Ei Terasawa, PhD, Awarded ICTR Translational Research Grant
Ei Terasawa, PhD, was recently awarded a 1-yr, $50,000 Basic & Clinical Translational Research Pilot award for her grant entitled, “Generation of GnRH neurons from stem cells”. This grant from the UW Institute for Clinical …
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Awarded ICTR Novel Methods Pilot Grant
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, was recently awarded a 1-yr, $50,000 Novel Methods Pilot award for his grant entitled, “Murine cancer models for testing in situ vaccination strategies”. This grant from the UW Institute for Clinical …
Judy Smith, MD, PhD, Awarded ICTR Novel Therapeutics Pilot Grant
Congratulations to Judy Smith, MD, PhD, who was awarded a Novel Therapeutics Discovery & Development Pilot award from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) for her proposal entitled “Development of IL-17 Targeting …
Brittany Allen, MD and Jennifer Rehm, MD, Awarded Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grant
Congratulations to Brittany Allen, MD, Principal Investigator, and Jennifer Rehm, MD, Co-Principal Investigator, on funding of their grant entitled, “An Integrated PATH for Transgender Youth.” This $80,000, 2-year award, funded by the Ira and Ineva …
David Wargowski, MD, Receives Living Our Mission Award From St. Vincent
David Wargowski, MD, has been given the Living Our Mission award by St. Vincent Hospital. The Living Our Mission award is given to colleagues who demonstrate the core values of Respect, Care, Competence and Joy. …
Care for Transgender Youth
Transgender youth in the region find medical and emotional support at the multidisciplinary Pediatric and Adolescent Transgender Health (PATH) Clinic at American Family Children’s Hospital, led by Jennifer Rehm, MD, and Brittany Allen, MD. Since …
U.S. News Ranks AFCH Among Top 50 Children’s Hospitals
American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) is among the top 50 childrens hospitals in five medical and surgical specialties in the annual U.S. News and World Report Best Children’s Hospitals rankings. The following specialties were ranked …
UW Health Expands Reach Out and Read
UW Health will support the Reach Out and Read Program in all 28 of its pediatric and family medicine clinics, up from the 19 clinics currently offering the program. Reach Out and Read trains and supports clinicians …
MEDiC Program Establishes Pediatric Clinic
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) MEDiC program has established a new pro bono clinic in Madison specifically for children. The new pediatric clinic is a partnership with the Center for Families …