This summer, 13 medical students will join Department of Pediatrics faculty mentors for an immersive research training experience through the Shapiro Summer Research Program. The program is designed to educate students about the process of …
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National Institute of Mental Health awards Ellen Wald an R21 to study pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS)
The National Institute of Mental Health awarded Ellen Wald, MD, professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, with an R21 in the amount of $441,016 for her project, “Feasibility of a Study to Determine the Incidence, Spectrum, …
UW Health honors three department faculty members with 2024 Physician Excellence Awards
In the photo, left to right: Dr. Greg DeMuri, Dr. Mary Ehlenbach, Dr. Awni Al-Subu Each year, UW Health recognizes its most skilled and dedicated physicians with its Physician Excellence Awards. These awards recognize individuals …
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month: Gregory DeMuri offers expert advice for news outlets across the state
With May’s warmth and rain, Wisconsin grows green and lush with grasses and budding shrubs. May also brings new generations of ticks, familiar brown dog ticks and less familiar but far more dangerous blacklegged ticks, …
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: April 2023
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on the topics of child health, parenting, vaccinations, and COVID-19, to name …
After 17 transformative years as chair of the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Ellen R. Wald to step down and continue on the faculty
January 2006 marked the beginning of the tenure of Ellen R. Wald, MD, as the new chair of the Department of Pediatrics. She was the first woman selected to chair a department in the University …
Gregory DeMuri, Ellen Wald collaborating with University of Washington on new “lollipop” saliva collection
Congratulations to Co-Principal Gregory DeMuri, MD, professor, and Co-Investigator Ellen Wald, MD, professor and department chair, both in the Division of Infectious Diseases, who will be collaborating with lead Principal Investigator, Ashleigh Theberge, PhD, of the University of Washington, …
Lessons learned from grassroots academic-community partnerships during COVID-19
After suspending kindergarten through 12th grade in-person education in March 2020 to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, school districts across the country were met with a harsh reality: remote learning was difficult and often …
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: January 2022
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on the topics of child health, parenting, vaccinations, and Covid-19, …
Ellen Wald and Shelby O’Connor awarded grant to improve SARS-CoV-2 testing in schools
Congratulations to Ellen Wald, MD, department chair and professor, Infectious Diseases, along with co-principal investigator Shelby O’Connor, PhD, professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and co-investigator Joseph McBride, MD, assistant professor, Infectious Diseases, who together are creating a …