Congratulations to Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, Wynne Mateffy Professor and director of the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, and Roberto Mendez, PhD, assistant professor and assistant director of the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, who were awarded …
Research
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute awards grant to Amy Erbe-Gurel
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, Department of Human Oncology and senior scientist in the Sondel Lab, and mentor Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, who were recently awarded a …
Bruce Klein granted second NIH MERIT award, continues investigation of pathological fungus in Wisconsin
In 1984, a new infectious disease fellow at the University of Wisconsin Medical School (as it was then called), Bruce Klein, MD, made his first visit to Eagle River, Wisconsin, leading a team of scientists …
Antibody treatment reduces asthma attacks in children living in disadvantaged urban areas
The team of investigators led by Daniel Jackson, MD, professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, found a monoclonal antibody drug called mepolizumab decreased asthma attacks by 27% in children and adolescents who have a …
Bernadette Gillick was presenter at NINDS/NICHD Cerebral Palsy Workshop
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invited Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT, associate professor, Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine, …
Sima Ramratnam receives competitive award from NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program
Sima Ramratnam, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, will receive a two-year Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her proposal “Mechanisms and Potential of Long-Term Cognitive …
Judy Smith awarded grant from Merck
Congratulations to principal investigator Judy Smith, MD, PhD, associate professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, who recently received a one-year grant from Merck in the amount of $203,983. Her proposal “Epithelial Determinants of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immune …
Pediatrics residents and clinical fellows awarded department research and development awards
Congratulations to the following residents and fellows who were recently awarded Department of Pediatrics Resident & Clinical Fellows R&D Awards from the Spring 2022 cycle. The purpose of the R&D Award Fund is to support …
Anita Laxova, research program manager of groundbreaking cystic fibrosis randomized clinical trials, retires
After more than 30 years with the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics, Anita Laxova, emerita research program manager, has retired, stepping away from the demanding world of research laboratories and randomized clinical trials (RCT). …
What we published in March 2022
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics published 22 articles in March 2022: Baker KM, Parikh NS, Salsbery KT, Shaw GR, Steiner RD, Oelstrom MJ, Manalang MA. A 17-Month-old Boy With Pancytopenia Caused …