The University of Wisconsin Pediatric Pulmonary Center (UW PPC) Training Grant was recently renewed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the next 5 years. This award of over $1.6 million provides funding …
Eleven Students and Mentors Chosen by the Shapiro Summer Research Program
The following eleven students and their mentors were recently awarded Shapiro Summer Research Awards. The Shapiro Summer Research Program provides opportunities for more than 60 first-year medical students to participate in eight- to 12-week summer …
Michelle Kelly, MD to Chair Academic Pediatric Association’s Patient and Family Centered Care Committee
Michelle Kelly, MD, was named the next chair Academic Pediatric Association’s (APA) Patient and Family-Centered Care Special Interest Group (SIG). During her three-year term, she will collaborate with committee members to host SIG sessions at …
A Focus on Childhood Asthma
As the new president of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), Robert Lemanske, MD, wants to improve school-based care for children with asthma. It’s a focus that not only fits his professional …
Margo Hoover-Reagan, MD, Receives ICTR Voucher Award to Study Prevention of Mucositis in Bone Marrow Transplant
Margo Hoover-Reagan, MD, was recently awarded a $5,000 voucher from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), for her project entitled, “Topical Phenylephrine to Prevent Mucositis in Bone Marrow Transplant.” This funding mechanism …
Endocrinology Team Members Receive Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award
Congratulations to Endocrinology/Diabetes fellows Tasa Seibert, MD, Allison Pollock, MD, and Robert Strait, MD for being selected as recipients of the Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award for 2015. Each received $750 to support their travel …
Sabrina Butteris, MD, to Chair American Board of Pediatrics Global Health Task Force
Sabrina Butteris, MD, was just named the next chair of the American Board of Pediatrics Global Health Task Force. She will assume her new role in October 2015. She will succeed Steven Ludwig, MD, medical …
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, Among Speakers at June 4 “Partnering With Patients” Mini Med School
Elizabeth Cox, MD, and colleagues from the UW Center for Patient Partnerships and the UW Departments of Family Medicine and Surgery, will speak at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s upcoming Mini Med …
Three Pediatrics Faculty Receive UW Health Physician Excellence Awards
Jamie Limjoco, MD, Kathleen Maginot, MD, and David Wargowski, MD, were among 10 UW Health physicians who received Physician Excellence Awards at a May 5, 2015, ceremony at the Health Sciences Learning Center. The awards …
New PICU Protocol Reduces Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections
American Family Children’s Hospital’s pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has instituted a protocol that has reduced central line associated blood stream infections (CLA-BSIs) — and likely decreased the time very sick patients spend in the …