Gray Areas of Diabetes Management at School
Thank you to all the school nurses and health care professionals who came together to discuss the challenging and confusing aspects of diabetes care at school! Check out some highlights from the discussion and expert …
Dr. Huttenlocher Receives WARF Named Professorship
Anna Huttenlocher, MD (Professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology) was selected for the prestigious WARF Named Professorship award and has chosen the name “Anna Ruth Brummett Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Microbiology and Immunology” for …
University of Wisconsin, UChicago and NIH-led study sheds light on childhood asthma gene
A study published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal sheds light on the most common genetic region associated with childhood-onset asthma in African Americans. “While people of African ancestry tend to have more asthma and more …
Department of Pediatrics Faculty Receive Messages of Appreciation for National Doctors’ Day
In Celebration of National Doctor’s Day, UW Health offered an opportunity for people to submit notes of gratitude to their physician. Over seventy notes were received from families and patients who are served by Department …
What We Published in April 2020
1. Ascierto PA, Fox B, Urba W, Anderson AC, Atkins MB, Borden EC, Brahmer J, Butterfield LH, Cesano A, Chen D, de Gruijl T, Dillman RO, Drake CG, Emens LA, Gajewski TF, Gulley JL, Stephen …
Save the Date: Virtual Pediatrics Research Week Begins 5/26/20
In response to COVID-19, the Department of Pediatrics’ annual Research Week will offer alternative programming to spotlight the scholarly work from its residents, fellows, faculty and staff. Through a mix of livestreamed lectures and interactive …
Travel Funds Awarded to Erika Zevin, MD
Congratulations to Endocrinology/Diabetes fellow Erika Zevin, MD, who was awarded travel funds of ~$800 to attend the 23rd Advanced Postgraduate Course on Growth and Growth Disorders being held in late September 2020 in Stockholm, Sweden. …
Bruce Klein, MD, Awarded Grant from Vaxine
Bruce Klein, MD, was recently awarded a 1-year, $38,500 grant from Vaxine, an Australian biotechnology company focusing on development of innovative vaccine technologies. This objective of this grant, for the project titled, “Developing Advax adjuvanted …
2020 St. Baldrick’s Summer Fellowship Awarded to Capitini Lab
Congratulations to Christian Capitini, MD, who was recently awarded a $5,000 Summer Fellowship from the St. Baldricks’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, to fund a student in his lab this …