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 …
Ralphe Research Group News
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 …
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 …
Faculty Receive UW Fall Competition Awards
Congratulations to the following four Pediatric faculty members and their laboratories who were each recently awarded one-year Fall Competition grants from the UW Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education: Marlowe Eldridge, …
Drs. Hollman, Ralphe Receive UW Health Physician Excellence Awards
Two University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty – Gregory Hollman, MD, and J. Carter Ralphe, MD – recently received UW Health Physician Excellence Awards at a ceremony held June 19, 2017, at the Health …
Ralphe Lab Researcher Dan Smelter Receives NIH Predoctoral Fellowship
Congratulations to Dan Smelter, predoctoral student in the lab of J. Carter Ralphe, MD, on funding of his Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institutes of …
Growing a Full-Service Pediatric Heart Program
It takes collaboration to care for a child with complex congenital heart disease. That’s why the pediatric heart program at American Family Children’s Hospital’s (AFCH) brings together experts from multiple specialties, including pediatric cardiology, cardiothoracic …
J. Carter Ralphe, MD, Receives Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation Award
Congratulations to J. Carter Ralphe, MD, for his recent $50,000 award from the Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation for his project titled, “Human IPS cells and ECT in the study of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.” The goal of this …
Adrian Grimes, PhD, Receives American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Congratulations to Adrian Grimes, PhD, who recently was awarded a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from the American Heart Association’s Midwest Affiliate. This award, totaling $102,000 will support Dr. Grimes’ work in the lab of his …
UW Pediatrics Hosts Midwest SPR Meeting
On October 6-7, 2011, the UW Department of Pediatrics welcomed more than 120 academic pediatricians to Madison’s Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center for the 52nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Midwest Society for Pediatric …