Social networking Web sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, can have a tremendous impact on adolescents’ health. Previous research with traditional media has shown that exposure to substance use and sexual content is linked to …
Margaret Boyden, MD, Appointed Post-doctoral Trainee
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Margaret Boyden, MD, as a post-doctoral trainee on the National Institutes of Health-National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Hematology training grant (Principal Investigator: John Sheehan, MD) beginning …
Dr. Dipesh Navsaria Receives Young Physician Leadership Award from Wisconsin Medical Society
Congratulations to Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, for being named by the Wisconsin Medical Society as the Kenneth Viste, Jr., MD, Young Physician Leadership Award recipient. This award was established in 2006 to recognize a …
Aaron Carrel, MD, Faculty Promotion Approved
We are pleased to announce that the UW School of Medicine and Public Health CHS Appointment and Promotion Committee has approved the promotion to Professor (CHS) for Aaron Carrel, effective July 1, 2011. Congratulations Aaron!
Judith Smith, MD, PhD, Awarded UW Graduate School Funding
Judith Smith, MD, PhD was recently awarded over $41,000 from the UW Graduate School for her project, “The interaction of IFN-beta and endoplasmic reticulum stress in mediating hepatic ischemia reperfusion injury.” The objective of this …
Dr. Pamela Kling Receives UW Graduate School Award
Pamela Kling, MD, recently received an award of over $34,000 from the UW Graduate School for her project, “Regulating Placental Iron Transfer in Fetal Growth Restriction.” This project will examine the role of NO signaling …
D.B. Sanders, MD, MS, Earns Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc.
Congratulations to D.B. Sanders, MD, MS, on receiving a Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics, Inc. This 3-year award of over $260,000 is for his project, “Determinants of lung health in …
Michael Wilhelm, MD, Named 2011 Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) KL2 Scholar
Michael Wilhelm, MD, has been named as one of the 2011 Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) KL2 scholars. This award provides for 75% protected research time + $25,000/year to support his research. Dr. …
Dr. Frank Greer Nominated to be American Society for Nutrition Fellow
Congratulations to Frank Greer, who has been nominated to be an American Society for Nutrition fellow. This honor acknowledges a lifetime of accomplishment in research and service. The award will be given in Washington D.C. …
Lifecourse Initiative Improves Birth Outcomes in Wisconsin
Last year, Department of Pediatrics Professor Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, became steering committee co-chair of the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF), a $10 million initiative to improve birth outcomes in Wisconsin. Why? Because the …