Kristin Shadman, MD, FAAP, Awarded Visiting Lectureship Grant from American Academy of Pediatrics

Kristin A. Shadman, MD
Kristin A. Shadman, MD

Congratulations to Kristin Shadman, MD, who was recently awarded a Visiting Lectureship grant in the amount of $3,000 on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Julius B. Richmond Center of Excellence. This program will fund a two-day educational programs focusing on the field of tobacco control and children’s health. The lectureships are designed to promote secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure control and to integrate secondhand smoke prevention activities in pediatric education in State AAP Chapters and educational institutions in the US and internationally. Visiting Lectureships are funded by the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute. The program sponsored by Dr. Shadman’s award will supporting visiting lecturer Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH, FAAP. The goal of this program is to develop and implement “CEASE Wisconsin,” a comprehensive program to ensure that all patients seen at UW pediatric sites are screened for second and thirdhand smoke exposure and that caregivers who smoke are appropriately treated and referred to assist them in smoking cessation efforts.