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Resident Match Day 2023: Department of Pediatrics announces incoming interns

The University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics is excited to welcome the following incoming residents for the 2023-24 academic year. A list of the individuals who matched with the Pediatrics and Child Neurology residency programs …

Artwork by Ryan McAdams featured on the cover of the Journal of Human Lactation

The Journal of Human Lactation featured an original painting, The Gift of Human Milk (acrylic on wood, 39 x 48 inches), on the cover of its February 2023 issue. The original artwork was painted by …

Mala Mathur promotes integrative medicine concepts and practices within the Department of Pediatrics

The UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s integrative health program was created in 2001 — one of the first such programs in the country. Today it continues as one of the largest. The UW …

Amy Peterson featured in news media for message on cholesterol screening for kids

Most adults know they should get their cholesterol checked, and many people know their “numbers.” But should children be screened for cholesterol? Amy Peterson, MD, MS, associate professor, Division of Cardiology, who founded and directs UW …

Pelin Cengiz awarded grant to study sex differences in nerve growth factor treatment for neonate brain injury

Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, has been awarded a one-year grant from the UW Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) for $62,640. The project is titled “Interneurons …

Mei Baker receives award to develop newborn screening assay for Angelman syndrome

Ultragenyx awarded Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism, and director, Newborn Screening Laboratory at Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, a $50,000 grant to fund her project “Development of a Newborn Screening …

Paula Cody serves as guest expert on Women’s Healthcast podcast series on sexual and reproductive health

Women’s Healthcast is a podcast produced by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It explores the latest issues and innovations in women’s health through interviews with UW …

Pediatrics faculty share expertise: February 2023

February 1: UW Health interview with Dr. Ellen Selkie Interview: Ellen Selkie, MD, MPH, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine | Source: NBC 26 February 2: Ask a doc: Wisconsin’s preterm birth …

Retina Research Foundation Pilot Study Award goes to Christine Sorenson for treatment study to prevent retinal detachment caused by proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR)

Christine Sorenson, PhD, distinguished scientist, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a Retina Research Foundation Pilot Study Award for $45,000. Sorenson’s project is titled “Treatment and prevention of PVR and retinal detachment,” …

Marcel Wuethrich awarded research grant to continue studies of potential antifungal vaccines

Marcel Wuethrich, PhD, distinguished scientist in the Division of Infectious Diseases, was awarded a research grant from the UW Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) for $79,847 for his project …

Pelin Cengiz awarded grant for non-invasive techniques to characterize eye function of neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)

Principal Investigator Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, was awarded a grant for $50,000 from the UnityPoint Health — Meriter Foundation to fund the project “Healthy Little Eyes.” Cengiz joins co-investigators Bikash Pattnaik, …

Travel grants go to Bikash Pattnaik and Meha Kabra to attend biennial eye research meeting in Australia

Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery with a joint appointment in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, and Meha Kabra, PhD, research associate in Pattnaik’s lab, were …

Laura Chen awarded grant to improve implementation of clinical practice guidelines for hyperbilirubinemia treatment

Laura Chen, MD, assistant professor, Division of Hospital Medicine, received a $4,000 grant from Cars Curing Kids to work with other pediatric hospitalist physicians at the American Family Children’s Hospital as part of the Academy …

April 13 marks the inaugural Murray Katcher Child Health Advocacy Lecture

The Department of Pediatrics honors current and former members who have shown outstanding and exemplary service in their careers through named lectureships. They are designed to strengthen the abilities of physicians practicing pediatric medicine in …

Pelin Cengiz receives 2022 Women’s Health Research Mentorship Award

Reach Out and Read podcast receives Silver Award from annual Anthem Awards

The trio responsible for the Reach Out and Read podcast was honored in February with a Silver Award in the Health category of nonprofit podcasts from the 2nd Annual Anthem Awards. The podcast’s host, Dipesh …

Department of Pediatrics ranks 9th nationally in NIH funding

The Department of Pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health was ranked 9th in the nation among medical school pediatric departments receiving research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according …

Bernadette Gillick part of Waisman Center team awarded NIH grant to improve brain imaging in young children

A team of investigators at the Waisman Center was recently awarded a four-year, $2.5 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health to both …

Ryan McAdams and research team receive Meriter Foundation grant to study fetal acidosis and mast cell activation

The Meriter Foundation has awarded a $75,411 grant to Principal Investigator Ryan McAdams, MD, professor and chief, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and his co-investigators, Christine Sorenson, PhD, distinguished scientist, Division of Neonatology and …

Matthew Harer awarded Meriter Foundation grant to develop non-invasive method of detecting of newborn heart anomaly

Matthew Harer, MD, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a grant for $69,438 from the Meriter Foundation for a project titled “Use of Renal NIRS Monitoring to Identify Neonatal Coarctation …

Becky Richards awarded ASH Fellow Scholar Award and NIH K08 grant for research in new CAR T cell therapy

The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has awarded Rebecca “Becky” Richards, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, an ASH Fellow Scholar Award of $100,000 for the period October 1, …

Dinushan Kaluarachchi awarded grant to improve surfactant treatment for preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome

Dinushan Kaluarachchi, MBBS, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a $6,273 grant from the Cars Curing Kids Foundation for his research project, “Less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) for preterm infants …

Cathy Lee-Miller awarded grant for pilot study of modified therapy for NCI standard risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)

Cathy Lee-Miller, MD, assistant professor and fellowship director, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, has been awarded a grant from the Cars Curing Kids Foundation for $30,458. The grant started in fall 2022 …

Department honors Dr. Ellen Wald’s time as chair with celebration and giving campaign

On February 2, more than 300 people convened virtually and in person at the Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) on the UW–Madison campus to collectively honor and thank Ellen Wald, MD, professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, for …

Department set to observe Thank a Resident — and a Fellow — Day on February 24

It is understood without qualification or a second thought that residents and fellows deserve gratitude and thanks for their dedicated contributions to their Department of Pediatrics clinical teams. They put in long days (and often …

Assistant Professor Promotion Cohort Program builds connections and paths to advancement

It started in 2020 as a strategy to work within the many restrictions required by the COVID-19 pandemic and still allow connection and communication among members of the Department of Pediatrics Division of General Pediatrics …

Tony Garcia-Prats awarded grant to assess new pediatric antituberculosis developments

Anthony Garcia-Prats, MD, MSc, PhD, associate professor, Divisions of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and Global Pediatrics, has been awarded a seven-month grant for $50,000 from Unitaid and the World Health Organization. The grant period …

Dinushan Kaluarachchi earns UW ICTR clinical research certification

Dinushan Kaluarachchi, MBBS, associate professor and director of neonatal clinical research, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, recently earned professional certification by completing the Certificate in the Fundamentals of Clinical Research. It is one of …

New Faculty Focus: Kelsey Legro, DO

Q&A with Kelsey Legro, DO, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Hometown: Peoria, Illinois Educational/professional background: I was an undergraduate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; I completed medical school at …

Pediatrics faculty share expertise: January 2023

January 2: Thanks for the 1,700 letters to the editor we published in 2022 — please keep them coming Interview: Joseph (Joe) McBride, MD, assistant professor, Division of Infectious Diseases | Source: Wisconsin State Journal …