Laura Houser highlights youth suicide prevention strategies on local news media for Suicide Prevention Week
During Suicide Prevention Week, September 4–10, Laura Houser, MD, professor, Divisions of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Global Health and director of advocacy for the of Pediatrics, appeared on many local news shows to …
September 26, 2022
Mei Baker and Roberto Mendez awarded CDC grant for newborn screening
Congratulations to Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, Wynne Mateffy Professor and director of the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, and Roberto Mendez, PhD, assistant professor and assistant director of the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, who were awarded …
September 26, 2022
Health and Environmental Sciences Institute awards grant to Amy Erbe-Gurel
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, Department of Human Oncology and senior scientist in the Sondel Lab, and mentor Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, who were recently awarded a …
September 26, 2022
Paul Sondel and team awarded Cancer Research Institute grant
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, principal investigator and professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, co-principal investigator, Department of Human Oncology, and senior scientist in the Sondel Lab, were recently awarded a …
September 26, 2022
Cristina Delgadillo embraces her role as educator and provider in the Latinx community
Cristina M. Delgadillo, MD, assistant clinical professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, grew up 10 minutes from the border of Tijuana, Mexico in Chula Vista, California. So when she arrived in Madison in …
September 20, 2022
Localized intra-arterial chemotherapy places American Family Children’s Hospital at the forefront of retinoblastoma treatment in the Midwest
Last month, two University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics clinicians were part of a team that introduced a new chemotherapy technique at American Family Children’s Hospital to treat a patient with retinoblastoma, the most common …
September 16, 2022
Bruce Klein granted second NIH MERIT award, continues investigation of pathological fungus in Wisconsin
In 1984, a new infectious disease fellow at the University of Wisconsin Medical School (as it was then called), Bruce Klein, MD, made his first visit to Eagle River, Wisconsin, leading a team of scientists …
September 15, 2022
Antibody treatment reduces asthma attacks in children living in disadvantaged urban areas
The team of investigators led by Daniel Jackson, MD, professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, found a monoclonal antibody drug called mepolizumab decreased asthma attacks by 27% in children and adolescents who have a …
September 15, 2022
Co-chief residents Danielle Rodgers and Samantha Williams Al-Kharusy welcome new residents to the Department of Pediatrics
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics’ co-chief residents, Samantha Williams Al-Kharusy, MD, and Danielle Rodgers, MD, anticipate assisting all new residents in experiencing a productive, engaging, and gratifying three years in the Department of Pediatrics …
September 14, 2022
Pediatrics In the News: August 2022
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics is 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 a …
September 14, 2022
Director of well-being, Sarah Webber, promotes foundational aspects of well-being and broader concepts of effective work
When Sarah Webber, MD, associate professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, was appointed director of well-being for the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics in July 2019, she brought an acute interest and several years of …
September 14, 2022Jonathan Fliegel, Laura Chen recognized for clinical teaching excellence
Residents from the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health recently presented Clinical Teaching Awards to Jonathan Fliegel, MD, associate professor, Hospital Medicine, and Laura Chen, MD, assistant professor, Hospital Medicine.
August 25, 2022
Bernadette Gillick was presenter at NINDS/NICHD Cerebral Palsy Workshop
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invited Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT, PT, associate professor, Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine, …
August 25, 2022DOP faculty selected for UW Health Physician Leadership Development Program
Three members of the Department of Pediatrics faculty were selected for the 2022-2023 Physician Leadership Development Program. Kelly McGregory, DO, clinical associate professor, interim chief, and associate residency program director, Child Protection, Daniel O’Connell, MD, assistant professor, …
August 25, 2022
Ann Allen receives AAP grant to improve discharge planning processes for infants with NOWS and their birth parents
Ann Allen, MD, assistant professor and fellowship director, Hospital Medicine, was awarded a Maternal–Infant Health and Opioid Use Virtual Learning Collaborative grant from the American Academy of Pediatrics for her work at SSM Health St. Mary’s …
August 22, 2022
Sima Ramratnam receives competitive award from NIH Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Program
Sima Ramratnam, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, will receive a two-year Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her proposal “Mechanisms and Potential of Long-Term Cognitive …
August 22, 2022
White House selects Dipesh Navsaria to serve on National Museum and Library Services Board
President Joe Biden selected Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, as one of 11 new members to serve on the National Museum and Library Services Board. The associate professor in the Division of General Pediatrics and …
August 16, 2022
Judy Smith awarded grant from Merck
Congratulations to principal investigator Judy Smith, MD, PhD, associate professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, who recently received a one-year grant from Merck in the amount of $203,983. Her proposal “Epithelial Determinants of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immune …
August 16, 2022
Amy Peterson commences term on AAP Committee on Nutrition
Amy Peterson, MD, associate professor, Cardiology, will serve a two-year term on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Nutrition, which studies the nutritional needs of infants, children, and adolescents and develops guidelines for …
August 16, 2022
Pediatrics residents and clinical fellows awarded department research and development awards
Congratulations to the following residents and fellows who were recently awarded Department of Pediatrics Resident & Clinical Fellows R&D Awards from the Spring 2022 cycle. The purpose of the R&D Award Fund is to support …
August 16, 2022Pediatrics faculty in the news: July 2022
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 …
August 11, 2022
Yaw Asamoa-Bonsu awarded inaugural Nathan Smith Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care
The first chair of the then named UW–Madison School of Medicine’s Department of Pediatrics, Nathan Smith, MD’45, served from 1957 to 1963. In 1987, an endowment for a fellowship in his name was established. Earlier …
August 10, 2022Laura Houser, director of advocacy, plans new partnerships, education, and lectureship
Beyond its mission to advance children’s health through outstanding clinical care, exemplary education of trainees, and performance of world-class research, the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics includes “vigorous advocacy” as essential to its purpose. …
August 10, 2022
Anita Laxova, research program manager of groundbreaking cystic fibrosis randomized clinical trials, retires
After more than 30 years with the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics, Anita Laxova, emerita research program manager, has retired, stepping away from the demanding world of research laboratories and randomized clinical trials (RCT). …
August 10, 2022
Luke Lamers awarded ICTR pilot grant to study novel COA stent intervention
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Luke Lamers, MD, associate professor, Cardiology, and Co-Principal Investigator Colleen Witzenburg, PhD, assistant professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, who were recently awarded a $50,000 Translational Basic and Clinical Pilot Program grant from the …
July 24, 2022
Xin He awarded fellowship from Cancer Research Institute
Congratulations to Xin He, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Infectious Diseases, who was recently named a Cancer Research Institute Irvington Fellow by the Cancer Research Institute. His project, “Immunogenetics, cancer and IL-6 gene regulation by a long non-coding RN,” proposes …
July 23, 2022
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, …
July 22, 2022
Lauren Zebertavage honored with UW Postdoc Excellence Award
Lauren Zebertavage, PhD, research associate with the Sondel Research Group, was one of six UW–Madison postdocs recently recognized with the second annual Postdoc Excellence Awards, presented by the UW–Madison Postdoctoral Association. Zebertavage received the Postdoc …
July 21, 2022
Education staff receive accolades for professionalism, contributions to GME programs
Two Department of Pediatrics education staff were recently recognized for their contributions to education program management. Chris Wickler, fellowships program manager, received the Rising Star Coordinator of the Year award from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s GME Coordinator …
July 20, 2022Peggy Modaff to serve on the Little People of America’s Medical Advisory Board
Peggy Modaff, MS, CGC, distinguished clinical genetic counselor in the Department of Pediatrics and clinic coordinator with the Waisman Center Bone Dysplasia Clinic, will serve on the Medical Advisory Board for the Little People of America …
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