Cars Curing Kids awards Elizabeth Mann and Rachel Fenske grant supporting adolescent type 2 diabetes initiative
Elizabeth Mann, MD, assistant professor, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes; and Rachel Fenske, MS, PhD, scientist I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, have been awarded $13,770 by Cars Curing Kids to support year one of a …
April 20, 2026
Pelin Cengiz receives Meriter Foundation grant
Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, was awarded $99,999 from the Meriter Foundation. Her project, “A New Nonhuman Primate Preclinical Model to Test a Promising Therapy for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: Bridging the Gap from …
April 20, 2026
Anne Marsh awarded DHS grant for newborn screening follow-up program
Anne Marsh, MD, associate professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, and director of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic and Palliative Care Program at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH), was awarded a $50,000 …
April 15, 2026
Physician-scientist Ellen Wald receives Hilldale Award
Since 1987, four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have been honored annually for their substantial contributions to research, teaching, and service with the prestigious Hilldale Award. Faculty members representing the arts and humanities, biological sciences, …
April 15, 2026
Tiny Baby Conference explores care and outcomes of infants born at the edge of viability
The Department of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery hosted its first-ever Tiny Baby Conference at Unity Point Health – Meriter on March 12–13. Claudette Onyelobi, MD, assistant professor, served as conference director. As …
April 8, 2026
Governor Tony Evers signs bill extending Medicaid coverage for birthing parents from 60 days to one year postpartum
On March 18, Governor Tony Evers signed Wisconsin Act 102 (SB 23/AB97) extending Medicaid coverage from the previous limit of 60 days to 12 months postpartum for birthing parents. The Wisconsin Chapter of the American …
April 6, 2026
Christian Capitini named director of UW Carbone Cancer Center
Christian Capitini, MD, professor and chief of the Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, was named director of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center as well as director of UW Health Cancer …
April 6, 2026
Get to know the new chief of the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery: Q&A with Cynthia Ortinau
On April 1, the Department of Pediatrics welcomed Cynthia (Cindy) Ortinau, MD, MSCI, associate professor, as the new chief of the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery and the Alfred Dorrance Daniels Professor on Diseases …
April 6, 2026
Wisconsin at PAS 2026
Department of Pediatrics faculty, trainees, and staff will be heading to Boston for the 2026 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting April 24–27. These department members will be presenting and contributing to 22 presentations and 65 posters, …
April 3, 2026
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: March 2026
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 …
April 3, 2026
New Faculty Focus: Morgan Mann
Q&A with Morgan Mann, PhD, DABCC, assistant professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, and assistant director of newborn screening, Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
April 3, 2026
New Faculty Focus: Colleen Laus
Q&A with Colleen Laus, MD, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
April 3, 2026Paul Sondel and Amy Erbe-Gurel awarded a grant through The Super Jake Foundation
The Super Jake Foundation awarded Principal Investigator, Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, and Co-PI Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, assistant professor, both in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, a two-year, $100,000 grant for their …
March 17, 2026
Sabrina Reinthaler receives travel award from SMPH Collaborate
Sabrina Reinthaler, PhD, a member of the Sondel Research Group, was one of five postdocs who won travel awards at the spring SMPH Collaborate event held February 6 at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine …
March 17, 2026
PICU Quality Council wins Safety Teamwork Award
In honor of Patient Safety Week, American Family Children’s Hospital presented the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Quality Council with the Safety Teamwork Award. The PICU Quality Council is a multidisciplinary team consisting of experts from nursing, pharmacy, …
March 17, 2026
Community advisory councils highlight importance of learning from lived experience in research
Waisman Center investigator Bernadette Gillick, PHD, MSPT, PT, professor in the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitative Medicine, and Matt Harer, MD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, join an ever-growing cohort of …
March 16, 2026
UW Health Kids Fitness Clinic’s diverse team of health professionals addresses pediatric conditions improved by lifestyle changes
In the photo: Members of the UW Health Kids Fitness Clinic. Back row, left to right, Randy Clark, exercise physiologist; Rachel Fenske, RDN; Yashoda (Mita) Naik, MBBS; Mitchell Hessburg, exercise physiologist; Aaron Carrel, MD; McKenna …
March 11, 2026
Medical Education Week presentation highlights the complexities of international medical graduate training journeys
The Department of Pediatrics Medical Education Week, which occurred February 9 through 12, featured many engaging presentations about new learning topics and teaching strategies, as well as innovative methods of critique. One eye-opening offering on …
March 10, 2026Pediatrics faculty share expertise: February 2026
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 …
March 2, 2026
Joseph McBride helps vaccinate orangutans at Henry Vilas Zoo
Humans are not the only living creatures at risk during flu season. In fact, the close ties between primates, such as orangutans, and their human caregivers make them susceptible to human illnesses. Joseph McBride, MD, …
February 27, 2026
Jingshing Wu awarded Meriter Foundation grant
The Meriter Foundation awarded Jingshing Wu, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, a $50,000 grant for her project, “Molecular Regulation of Postnatal Cardiovascular Function in Premature Birth.” This project, which began January 1 …
February 19, 2026
Undergraduate medical researcher, Dominik Nikolic, awarded grant to study biomarkers of cystic fibrosis
Dominik Nikolic, undergraduate researcher in the Levy Research Group in the Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, was awarded a $4,000 grant for the project, “Epigenetic and Metabolic Profiling of Neutrophils in Cystic Fibrosis (CF): Identifying …
February 19, 2026
NIH selects Benjamin Spector for K12 Grant to study kidney transplantation rejection
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development Program awarded Benjamin Spector, MD, MS, assistant professor, Division of Nephrology, a NIH K12 grant for his project, “Identification of novel biomarkers and …
February 18, 2026
Hara Levy awarded Cystic Fibrosis Foundation grant
Hara Levy, MD, MMSc, professor, Division of Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, was awarded a $166,680 grant for her project, “Improving Equity and Early Diagnosis in Wisconsin’s Newborn Screening System for Cystic Fibrosis (CF): Addressing Diagnostic …
February 18, 2026
ICTR awards Savannah Lutz with a TL1 Training Award
Savannah Lutz, a PhD student in cellular and molecular pathology and a member of the Mohr Research Group, received a TL1Predoctoral Training Award from UW ICTR. The one-year award, which began on July 1, 2025, will …
February 18, 2026
Get to know the new chief of the Division of Child Protection: Q&A with Norell Rosado
On February 16, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Pediatrics welcomed a new faculty member who will serve as chief of the Division of Child Protection and member of the …
February 9, 2026
Andrew Lewandowski speaks to Wisconsin Public Radio about sustainability in health care
Climate change can affect an individual’s health, whether they realize it or not. For example, extreme heat can influence how an individual stores important medications, such as insulin. And children breathe in more pollutants than …
February 6, 2026Pediatrics faculty share expertise: January 2026
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 …
February 3, 2026
Kimberly Squires marks 35 years of pediatric nursing service with UW Health, primarily with the Department of Pediatrics Division of Nephrology
The Department of Pediatrics extends its enthusiastic congratulations and deep gratitude to Kimberly Squires, NP, nurse practitioner, as she reaches 35 years of service with UW Health working with pediatric patients. In that time, she …
February 3, 2026
Ryan McAdams awarded Meriter Foundation grant
The Meriter Foundation awarded Ryan McAdams, MD, professor in the Divisions of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery and Global Pediatrics, a $35,000 grant for his project, “Saving Babies with Virtual Reality: Transforming Neonatal Resuscitation.” This one-year …
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