What We Published in January 2021
Barker AK, Moreno MA. Effects of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on College Students: A Longitudinal Study of Attitudes, Intentions, and Use Behaviors. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Jan;68(1):110-115. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.03.039. Epub 2020 May 8. PubMed PMID: 32402801; PubMed Central …
February 10, 2021
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, Receives OVCRGE Award to Support DRAW
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, professor, General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, along with co-Principal Investigators Dawn Davis, MD, PhD, professor, and Michelle Kimple, PhD, associate professor, both from the Department of Medicine, received a Pandemic-Affected Research …
February 8, 2021
PROKids Partners with UW Applied Population Lab to Identify Wisconsin Clinics Serving Priority Populations for Cervical Cancer Prevention
The Program of Research on Outcomes for Kids (PROKids) research team, led by Elizabeth Cox MD, PhD, professor, General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, recently received a Fall Research Competition Award from the Office of the Vice …
February 5, 2021
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, and UW Investigators Awarded R24 Grant from NIH
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, and Co-Principal Investigators, Shaoqin “Sarah” Gong, PhD, Biomedical Engineering and Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, David Gamm, MD, PhD, Department of Visual Sciences and Ophthalmology, and Christopher Ahern, PhD, University of Iowa, recently …
February 3, 2021
Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, Awarded Paster Family Foundation Innovation Award
Congratulations to Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, Wynne Mateffy Professor of Pediatrics and co-director of the Newborn Screening Laboratory at Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, who was recently awarded the Paster Family Foundation Innovation Award. The award, …
February 3, 2021
Department of Pediatrics Researchers Elected into Renowned Pediatric Research Society
Four physician-scientists from the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics were recently selected to join the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR). Awni Al-Subu, MD (Associate Professor, Division of Critical Care), Tony Garcia-Prats, MD, MSc (Associate Professor, Divisions of General …
January 11, 2021Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, Nominated for ACTS 2021 Distinguished Investigator Award
Congratulations to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD (Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant), on being selected as UW-Madison’s nominee for the Association of Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS) 2021 Distinguished Investigator Award. Sondel was …
January 11, 2021
Pediatric ‘Dream Team’ Members and Others Recognized with SITC’s Team Science Award
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, Kenneth DeSantes, MD, Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, Jacquelyn Hank, PhD, Anna Huttenlocher, MD, Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Alexander Rakhmilevich, MD, PhD, Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, and researchers at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center who were recently recognized …
January 10, 2021Smith Lab Student Researcher Awarded Hilldale Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Tony Hu, a student researcher in Dr. Judith Smith’s lab, for recently being awarded a 2020-2021 Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship. The fellowship includes a $3,000 stipend for Hu and a $1,000 stipend for his …
January 5, 2021
Anne Marie Singh, MD, Awarded Grant from Wisconsin Partnership Program
Anne Marie Singh, MD (Associate Professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology), along with Lisa Arkin, MD (Director of Pediatric Dermatology, Department of Dermatology), and a team of investigators from the University of Wisconsin and Medical …
January 5, 2021
Bryan Vonasek, MD, Wins Award from Thrasher Research Fund
Congratulations to Bryan Vonasek, MD, pediatric infectious diseases clinical fellow, who recently received a Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award in the amount of $25,000 in direct costs. The two-year award, under the leadership of mentor Anthony …
January 5, 2021
Sondel Lab to Further Collaborations with Invenra
The Laboratory of Paul Sondel, MD, PhD (Professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology & Bone Marrow Transplant), has received a two-year award from Invenra, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of multispecific antibodies for …
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