Congratulations to Marcel A. Wüethrich, PhD, who has been chosen to receive the 2014 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research. Nine members of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s academic staff were chosen for the 2014 Academic …
Norman Fost, MD, MPH, Discusses Ethics in Sports
Norman Fost, MD, MPH, recently appeared on For the Record, WISC-TV’s news editorial program. He joined Neil Heinen and other UW Faculty to discuss the upcoming UW Bioethics Symposium and the importance of bioethics in …
‘Hidden’ Outcomes of Prematurity
Researchers in the laboratory of Marlowe Eldridge, MD, MSME, have found that young adults born prematurely but who are otherwise healthy may still have ventilatory impairments that manifest in low-oxygen environments. Their study, recently published …
Dr. Allen Wilson Receives UW Health Physician Excellence Award
Please join us in sending well-deserved congratulations to Al Wilson, MD, for receiving this year’s UW Health Outreach Excellence Award. Each year UW Health honors its most outstanding physicians with these awards. Thank you so …
Allison Redpath, MD, Chosen to Attend AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar
Congratulations to Dr. Allison Redpath, who has been chosen at the funded candidate for the AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Professional Development Seminar by the Dean for Faculty Development and Faculty Affairs. Designed for women …
UW Bioethics Symposium Features Pediatric Speakers
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will host its 6th annual Bioethics Symposium on Thursday, April 10. Titled “Sex, Drugs and Sports: ethical controversies in athletics,” the symposium will cover three …
Study Seeks to Improve Asthma Therapy for African-Americans
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Aurora Health Care in Milwaukee are collaborating on a new clinical study to determine what combination and dosage of medications work best …
Christian Capitini, MD, Earns Early Career Faculty Travel Grant from the American Association of Immunologists
Christian Capitini, MD, recently earned a $1250 Early Career Faculty Travel Grant from the American Association of Immunologists for his abstract entitled “19F-MRI for tracking NK Cells after adoptive transfer” at their 2014 annual meeting. …
Balancing Acts
At first glance, life after residency looks quite different for Department of Pediatrics graduates Daniel Schumacher, MD, MEd, and Megan Lederer, MD. On the East Coast, Dr. Schumacher is a pediatric emergency medicine physician at …
Tasha Scott to Present at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
Tasha Scott, PROKids student researcher, will present “Predictors of Family Engagement in Family-Centered Rounds,” as a podium presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) meeting in Vancouver, BC this May. As part of Elizabeth Cox’s …