On July 31, 2014, 16 adolescent girls and their family members from around the region gathered at the UW Health Research Park Clinic for the first lunch-and-learn symposium on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). The symposium …
Dr. Elizabeth Cox’s PCORI Research Featured in Wall Street Journal
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, and her diabetes research team were featured in a recent Wall Street Journal article on patient input on clinical trial design. In addition, it profiled one of the advisory board members …
David Wargowski, MD, Selected for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Award
Congratulations to David Wargowski, MD, and Georgiana Wilton, PhD, on their award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), entitled “FASD Practice and Implementation Center for Pediatrics.” This 4-year project is funded at …
Dr. Anna Huttenlocher Receives Arthritis Foundation Community Impact Leadership Award
The Arthritis Foundation of Dane County will award the Foundation’s Community Impact Leadership Award to Dr. Anna Huttenlocher at the Women Inspiring Change luncheon on October 1 at the Madison Concourse Hotel. The Arthritis Foundation …
Ashley Huth, MD, Selected as the 2014-2015 Chair of the UW Health Resident Quality and Safety Council
Ashley Huth, MD, has been selected as the 2014-2015 Chair of the UW Health Resident Quality and Safety Council. This council promotes resident participation in UW Health quality improvement (QI) and patient safety activities. With …
Dr. David Allen Receives UWHC Presidential Physician Leadership Award
Congratulations to Dr. David Allen for being selected for the 2014 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Presidential Physician Leadership Award. The UWHC Presidential Physician Leadership Award is designed to recognize the organization’s most competent …
Study Finds 50% of Wisconsin High School Coaches CPR Certified
Former pediatric residents Matt Harer, MD, and Jeff Yaeger, MD, MPH, recently published a study in the Wisconsin Medical Journal investigating CPR certification rates in Wisconsin high school coaches. CPR can increase survival in instances …
Dr. Elizabeth Cox’s Project Featured in PCORI Board of Governors Meeting
Dr. Elizabeth Cox’s project funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study family-centered tailoring of pediatric diabetes self-management resources was recently featured in the PCORI Board of Governors meeting. Congratulations Elizabeth!
Myriam Bouchlaka, PhD, Receives Inaugural AAI Careers in Immunology Fellowship
Congratulations to Myriam Bouchlaka, PhD, for receiving one of the inaugural American Association of Immunologists (AAI) Careers in Immunology Fellowships. AAI established this award in 2014 to advance the careers of AAI member scientists by …
Dr. Sharon Bartosh Elected to Board of Directors for American Society of Transplantation
Sharon Bartosh, MD, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Transplantation, an organization of more than 3500 transplant professionals, 90 % of whom are adult physicians (medical and transplant …