Michelle Kelly awarded R21 to test inpatient portal ‘BedsideNotes’
Principal Investigator, Michelle Kelly, MD, MPH, associate professor, Hospital Medicine, along with Co-Investigators Peter Hoonakker, PhD, distinguished senior scientist, Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement, and Catherine Smith, PhD, professor, The Information School, were recently awarded $292,973 …
October 15, 2021
Investigators collaborating on new R01 from National Eye Institute
Congratulations to PI Ismail Zaitoun, PhD, associate scientist, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (DOVS), and Co-Investigators, Nader Sheibani, PhD, professor, DOVS, Christine Sorenson, PhD, distinguished scientist, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, professor, Neonatology and Newborn …
October 14, 2021
Judy Smith awarded R21 from NIAID
Congratulations to Judy Smith, MD, PhD, associate professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, on her recently awarded R21 from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her project, “Unfolded protein response (UPR) determinants …
October 12, 2021
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: September 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers 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, …
October 8, 2021
Robert Steiner collaborating on new NIH U01 grant
Congratulations to Robert Steiner, MD, clinical professor, Genetics and Metabolism, who is a co-investigator on a new U01 grant through the National Institutes of Health/National Human Genome Research Institute (NIH/NHGRI). The five-year grant, “Linking variants to multi-scale …
October 7, 2021
Megan Moreno to study social media discussions of alcohol use and norms
Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, vice chair of Academic Affairs and professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was recently awarded a two-year, $419,734 R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism …
October 5, 2021
What we published in September 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty published fourteen articles in September 2021: Ausderau K, Kabakov S, Razo E, Mitzey AM, Bach KM, Crooks CM, Dulaney N, Keding L, Salas-Quinchucua C, Medina-Magües LG, Weiler AM, Bliss …
October 1, 2021
Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi receives Career Development Award from National Eye Institute
Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, MD, OD, assistant professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, was recently awarded a five-year K08 Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute in the amount of $1,221,730. The award will provide …
September 30, 2021
HuiChuan Lai and team awarded NIH supplement
HuiChuan Lai, PhD, RD, professor, Nutritional Sciences, Pediatrics, and Population Health Sciences, and a team of researchers were awarded a one-year supplement in the amount of $177,098 from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes …
September 29, 2021
‘Cool Science’: Peter Ferrazzano wins campus image contest
A photo of white matter, with its predominant orientation of fibers colored to reveal pathways traversing the regions, has won University of Wisconsin–Madison’s 2021 Cool Science Image Contest. Peter Ferrazzano, MD, professor and Division Chief, Critical Care, …
September 24, 2021
Christian Capitini and Peiman Hematti awarded new R01 NHLBI grant
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, along with Co-PI Peiman Hematti, MD, professor, Department of Medicine, who were recently awarded a new NIH R01 grant from the National …
September 15, 2021
Summer in the lab: Reflecting on student and mentor experiences
Education and research are central to the missions of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics and the School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH). This summer, fifteen faculty shared their knowledge and enthusiasm for …
September 13, 2021
SMAHRT to publish theme issue with JMIR Mental Health
The Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team, or SMAHRT, led by Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, vice chair of academic affairs and professor and division chief, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, will publish a theme …
September 10, 2021
Faculty accolades: New leadership roles and honors
Congratulations to the following Department of Pediatrics faculty who were recently selected for awards or new leadership positions: Mei Baker, MD, professor, Genetics and Metabolism, was selected to serve as the Population Genomics Program Leader for …
September 9, 2021
Lucas Dos Santos Dias awarded American Heart Association fellowship
Lucas Dos Santos Dias, PhD, postdoctoral fellow, Infectious Diseases, received a two-year, $140,752 American Heart Association (AHA) postdoctoral fellowship for his proposal, “Vaccine prevention of cardiovascular fungal infections.” The project is co-sponsored by mentors Marcel Wüthrich, PhD, distinguished …
September 7, 2021
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: August 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers 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, …
September 5, 2021
Kelsey Lewis receives ICTR AHEAD grant
Kelsey Lewis, PhD, honorary fellow in the Department of Pediatrics and Wittig Postdoctoral Fellow in Feminist Biology at the Center for Research on Gender and Women, along with mentor, Jennifer Rehm, MD, assistant professor, Endocrinology and Diabetes, and …
September 4, 2021
Arij Beshish awarded fellowship from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
Congratulations to Arij Beshish, MD, PhD, pediatric fellow, who was recently awarded a fellowship from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. This two-year award, in the amount of $131,500 in direct costs, will support her comprehensive pulmonary fellowship training …
September 3, 2021
What we published in August 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers published fifteen articles in August 2021: Allen BJ, Stratman ZE, Kerr BR, Zhao Q, Moreno MA. Associations Between Psychosocial Measures and Digital Media Use Among Transgender Youth: Cross-sectional Study. JMIR …
September 2, 2021Christian Capitini receives endowed professorship
The Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs has appointed Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, to the Jean R. Finley Professor in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. This endowed professorship is for a five-year term …
August 31, 2021
Amy Erbe-Gurel receives Pablove Foundation grant
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, associate scientist in the Sondel Lab, who was recently awarded a one-year $52,500 grant from The Pablove Foundation for her project, “Improving specific targeting of neuroblastoma tumors through bispecific SNIPER …
August 30, 2021
Christian Capitini awarded pilot grant to study new therapies for pediatric solid tumors
Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor, Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, along with co-investigator Krishanu Saha, PhD, associate professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, were recently awarded a $50,000 grant from …
August 27, 2021
Elizabeth Cox joins mentoring team for new NICHD-funded project
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has joined the mentoring team for a newly funded K01 research career development award for Alejandra Ros Pilarz, PhD, assistant professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin Sandra …
August 26, 2021
Kent MacLaughlin receives FSID grant
Congratulations to Kent MacLaughlin, a graduate student in the Eldridge Lab, for receiving $45k in funding from the Foundation for the Study of Inflammatory Disease. His project, “The inflammatory and genetic response to oxygen dose,” …
August 12, 2021
Elizabeth Cox to evaluate the ‘Announcement Approach’ for HPV vaccination
In collaboration with investigators at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and West Virginia University, Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, and her PROKids research team received a five-year P01 grant from …
August 10, 2021
Dipesh Navsaria begins joint appointment with School of Human Ecology
Congratulations to Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, associate professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, who began a joint appointment as a clinical associate professor of human development and family studies at UW–Madison’s School of Human Ecology (SoHE) …
August 4, 2021Pediatrics faculty share expertise: July 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on the topics of child health, vaccinations, and Covid-19, to …
August 2, 2021What we published in July 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers published fifteen articles in July 2021: Atkins AE, Cogley MF, Baker MW. Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency: Do Preterm Infants Require Special Consideration? Int J Neonatal Screen. 2021 …
August 1, 2021
Carol Diamond honored by Arnold P. Gold Foundation
Carol Diamond, MD, associate professor, was inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Foundation’s Golden Humanism Honor Society, a national cohort of physicians, fellows, residents and medical students who strive to inspire and cultivate humanism within themselves, …
July 30, 2021
Researchers awarded ICTR grant to improve diagnosis of HIE
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, Principal Investigator, associate professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, along with Co-PI, Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Critical Care, were awarded a $50,000 Basic and Clinical Translational Research Pilot award from the UW Institutive of Clinical and …
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