Congratulations to Nydiaris Hernandez-Santos, PhD, who was recently awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32) from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases …
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A Focus on Childhood Asthma
As the new president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), Robert Lemanske, MD, wants to improve school-based care for children with asthma. It’s a focus that not only fits his professional …
Three Pediatrics Faculty Receive UW Health Physician Excellence Awards
Jamie Limjoco, MD, Kathleen Maginot, MD, and David Wargowski, MD, were among 10 UW Health physicians who received Physician Excellence Awards at a May 5, 2015, ceremony at the Health Sciences Learning Center. The awards …
New PICU Protocol Reduces Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
American Family Children’s Hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has instituted a protocol that has reduced central line associated blood stream infections (CLA-BSIs) — and likely decreased the time very sick patients spend in the …
Pediatric Cardiology Team Wins National Lipid Association Award for Best Abstract
An abstract by resident Hilary Stempel, MD, nurse practitioners Ann Dodge, MS, RN, CPNP, and Erin Marriott, MS, RN, CPNP, and pediatric cardiologist Amy Peterson, MD, received the The Foundation of the National Lipid Association …
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, to Participate in Panel on Patient Engagement in Research
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, will participate in a panel discussion on the role of patients in health services research at AcademyHealth’s upcoming research meeting on June 13 in Minneapolis. She will be joined by a …
Christian Capitini, MD, Receives Vilas Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, for winning a Vilas Faculty Early Career Investigator Award from the UW Provost Office. This award, which provides $50,000 in flexible research funds for his laboratory, will be used for …
Christian Capitini, MD, and Medical Student Receive Second Summer Research Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, and Medical Student Tara Gavcovich from George Washington University School of Medicine, for their recent grant of $5,000 to support summer research in Dr. Capitini’s Lab. This HONORS (Hematology Opportunities …
Top Abstract Award Given to Christian Capitini, MD
Christian Capitini, MD, was awarded a certificate and $1000 in flexible research funds for his laboratory at the First Annual Immuno-oncology Young Investigator’s Forum in Chicago, IL in May. Dr. Capitini presented one of the …
Drs. Otto and Bednarz Receive NIH Award to Study CLR1404
Congratulations to Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator, and co-PI, Bryan Bednarz, PhD, of the UW Department of Medical Physics, who were recently awarded a 2-year, R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health, National …