Janet Legare serves as guest expert on DNA Today podcast about achondroplasia
Achondroplasia is the most common form of short stature skeletal dysplasia. It is caused by an overactive FGFR3 gene that sends a message to the growth plate through cell signaling to slow down growth. Eighty …
October 7, 2025
Department of Pediatrics has strong presence at 2025 Midwest Society for Pediatric Research scientific meeting
The Midwest Society for Pediatric Research (MSPR) held its 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting September 17–19 in Chicago, Illinois. Each year, the conference highlights innovative scientific discoveries and provides a space for collaboration and career development. …
October 7, 2025
Ebling Library features Ryan McAdams’ paintings in new exhibit, ‘The Weight of Air’
When Ryan McAdams was young, an aunt gave him a set of oil paints as a gift. He was transfixed and started on a path toward becoming an artist. However, medicine intervened, and Ryan McAdams, …
October 6, 2025
Jonathan Fliegel will soon retire from the Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care after decades of gratifying work
He loves his work. Jonathan Fliegel, MD, professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine and Complex Care, has been a member of the Department of Pediatrics since 2008. He came on as the inaugural chief …
October 6, 2025
New Faculty Focus: Paul Skelton
Q&A with Paul Skelton, MD, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
October 6, 2025
New Faculty Focus: Nikki Kamps
Q&A with Nikki Kamps, MD, assistant professor, Division of Critical Care
October 6, 2025
New Faculty Focus: Samantha Schwartz
Q&A with Samantha Schwartz, MD, MS, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology
October 6, 2025
After a long and rewarding career working with cystic fibrosis patients, Darci Pfeil will retire
Sometimes everything falls into place perfectly. Early in her nursing career, Darci Pfeil, NP, decided that she wanted to care for patients with long-term conditions. From 1989 onward, she has cared for patients and guided …
October 6, 2025
Ryan Coller receives a 2025 ICTR Faculty Mentorship Award
The University of Wisconsin–Madison Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) announced the recipients of its 2025 UW ICTR Faculty Mentorship Award on September 10 at its ICTR Research Day. Ryan Coller, MD, MPH (left), …
October 3, 2025
NIH awards Robert Steiner grant for CLN1 Batten disease treatment research
Robert Steiner, MD, professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, will be on a subaward to Circumvent Pharmaceuticals, Incorporated for a project titled, “Development of N-tert-(butyl)hydroxylamine (NtBuHA) as a therapeutic agent for treating CLN1 Batten Disease,” …
October 3, 2025
Christian Capitini and Rebecca Richards discuss immunotherapy advancements at Cap Times Idea Fest
During the recent Cap Times Ideas Fest, experts from the Department of Pediatrics were part of a panel discussion that focused on how labs and clinical trials at the University of Wisconsin are using patients’ …
October 2, 2025
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: September 2025
Department of Pediatrics faculty members are experts in child health, parenting, vaccinations, and other related topics. They are frequently sought out by local, state, and national journalists for their insights. Below is a list of …
October 2, 2025
Dipesh Navsaria discusses the benefits of reading for children and their families
Reading to children has important benefits that begin the moment they are born. Reading not only helps children learn words but creates an opportunity for family connection. Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, professor, Division …
September 30, 2025
Megan Yanny advises parents on the warning signs of anxiety at the start of the new school year
Preparing for a new school year can be both an exciting and nerve-racking time for students of all ages. While experiencing a range of emotions is common, it is important for the trusted adults in …
September 30, 2025
Erin Heredia and Ben Schultz receive 2025 APP Excellence Awards from UW Health
UW Health joined health institutions around the country to celebrate advanced practice providers (APPs) during National APP Week, September 22–26. At UW Health, more than 900 APPs work as nurse practitioners, physician assistants, certified registered …
September 29, 2025
Bruce Klein and Marcel Wuethrich awarded NIH grant to study fungal antigen resources for development of vaccines and diagnostics
Bruce Klein, MD, professor and chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, will be a part of a three-site R24 study, “Fungal Antigen Resources for Development of Vaccines and Diagnostics,” funded by the National Institute of Allergy …
September 23, 2025
Ellen Wald awarded NIH grant to study rhinovirus in children
Ellen Wald, MD, professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, has been awarded a $3,745,763 grant for the project, “Identifying the burden of hospitalization due to Rhinovirus (RV) in children and mechanisms of pathogenesis using airway molecular profiling,” …
September 23, 2025
NIH awards Bruce Klein grant to study link between bat hibernation, metabolism, and immunity in the setting of infection
Bruce Klein, MD, professor, chief, Division of Infectious Diseases, was awarded a $2,265,980 grant for the project, “Impact of bat hibernation on metabolism and immunity to infection,” from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious …
September 23, 2025
Matthew Harer receives NIH R01 award to study kidney hypoxia in neonates
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded Matthew Harer, MD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, his first National Institutes of Health R01 grant. He will …
September 22, 2025
Catherine Allen awarded ICTR Learning Health Systems Demonstration Project award
Catherine Allen, MD, associate professor, Division of Cardiology, along with co-investigator, Krisjon Olson, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Cardiology, and their team were awarded a $125,000 UW ICTR Learning Health Systems Demonstration Project award. In …
September 22, 2025Carbone Cancer Center wins Team Science Award from Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center has won a Team Science Award from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer. This award recognizes teams of scientists that have made a long-standing, seminal contribution in energy, …
September 22, 2025
Amy Erbe-Gurel awarded grant to study treatment for high-risk neuroblastoma
Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, and co-investigator Josh Lang, MD, MS, professor, Division of Hematology, Medical Oncology, and Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, were awarded a one-year …
September 19, 2025
Caleb Kitcho recognized by Academic Medicine for Calls for Letters to the Editor submission
Caleb Kitcho, MD, clinical instructor, Division of Critical Care, received an Honorable Mention in Academic Medicine’s 2025 Call for Letters to the Editor from Trainees, themed “The Moment I Knew.” His reflective piece, “Minutes, Not Months: The Moment I …
September 19, 2025
New Faculty Focus: Amy Hanson
Q&A with Amy Hanson, MD, assistant professor, Division of Critical Care
September 10, 2025
New Faculty Focus: Sammi Tyler
Q&A with Sammi Tyler, DO, assistant professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery
September 9, 2025
New Faculty Focus: Jonathan (Jon) Gehlbach
Q&A with Jonathan (Jon) Gehlbach, MD, visiting associate professor, Division of Critical Care
September 9, 2025
New Faculty Focus: Alex Burford
Q&A with Alex Burford, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Divisions of Critical Care and Child Protection
September 9, 2025
Use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) evolves in Department of Pediatrics divisions
Pediatrics is "playing catch-up" in POCUS use, according to Adam Bauer, MD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery. He is working to make that effort both rapid and effective.
September 8, 2025
Leveraging the potential of brain plasticity, the Pediatric Neuromodulation Laboratory investigates new treatments for early brain injury
In 2020, Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT, now professor in the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine, arrived at the Department of Pediatrics and the Waisman Center with over 30 years of clinical and …
September 8, 2025Pediatrics faculty share expertise: August 2025
Department of Pediatrics faculty members are experts in child health, parenting, vaccinations, and other related topics. They are frequently sought out by local, state, and national journalists for their insights. Below is a list of …
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