Mei Baker, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and co-director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Newborn Screening Laboratory, received the Harry Hannon Laboratory Improvement Award in Newborn Screening from the Association of Public Health …
Resident Grad Douglas Diekema, MD, Wins AAP Ethics Award
Douglas Diekema, MD, a 1989 graduate of the UW Pediatrics Residency Program, received the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) William G. Bartholome Award for Ethical Excellence at its national meeting on October 13, 2014. The …
DocTalk Connects Doctors With Health IT Entrepreneurs
Michelle Kelly, MD, is one of a number of entrepreneurs, physician-scientists and students at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health who have come together to start a monthly meetup called DocTalk Madison. The …
Dr. Bruce Klein Receives Wisconsin Partnership Program Grant
Bruce Klein, MD, has received one of several grants recently awarded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. The three year, $500,000 grant will enable Dr. …
Winners Announced for Project ACE Logo Design Contest
Dr. Elizabeth Cox’s research team recently hosted a logo design contest for their diabetes study, Project ACE (Achieving control, Connecting resources, Empowering families). Project ACE is a three-year collaborative study between UW and Children’s Hospital …
D.B. Sanders, MD, MS, Receives UW-ICTR and Gilead Sciences Awards
Congratulations to D.B. Sanders, MD, MS, on his new awards from the UW-Institute of Clinical and Translational Research (UW-ICTR) and Gilead Sciences. As an ICTR KL2 scholar, Dr. Sanders will receive 75% protected research time …
Supporting Adolescent Girls with PCOS
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 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 …