John Hokanson, MD, was awarded one of the six demonstration grants from the US Department of Health & Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (DHHS-HRSA) of approximately $900,000 for his 3-year project, “Wisconsin Critical …
Christine Sorenson, PhD, Awarded Intercampus Research Incentive Grant
Congratulations to Christine Sorenson, PhD, for her recent award of $50,000 through the UW-Madison/UW-Milwaukee Intercampus Research Incentive Grant program, for her project “Oxidative Stress Detection in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD).” BPD is a major cause of …
Faculty Honored with 2012 UW Health Patient Experience Physician Champion Award
Congratulations to our faculty members on being honored with the first 2012 UW Health Patient Experience Physician Champion Award. They rank among the top 5 percent of the 769 physicians being surveyed by Avatar in …
Facebook Use Does Not Lead to Depression, According to New Study by Dr. Megan Moreno
A newly published study in the Journal of Adolescent Health provides the first evidence to refute the supposed link between depression and the amount of time spent on Facebook and other social-media sites. Researchers led …
Mallery Olsen Receives Pediatric Oncology Student Training Award
Mallery Olsen, a medical student in the lab of Christian Capitini, MD, was recently awarded a Pediatric Oncology Student Training (POST) award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. This $6,000 award is for her project, “Tracking …
Endocrinology Fellows Receive Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society’s Travel Award
Congratulations to endocrinology fellows Jennifer Rehm, MD, Peter Wolfgram, MD and Kimberly Richards, MD, for being selected as recipients of the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society’s (LWPES) Travel Award. Each received $700 to support their …
Mario Otto, MD, PhD, Receives Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Award
Congratulations to Mario Otto, MD, PhD, for his recent award from Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation for his project, “Development of An Innovative Treatment Strategy for Neuroblastoma and Other Pediatric Tumors: A Novel Phospholipid Ether Analogue …
Dr. Judith Smith Awarded American College of Rheumatology Funding
Congratulations to Judith Smith, MD, PhD, for her award from the American College of Rheumatology for $75,000 for her one-year project, “Excess IL-23 production in ankylosing spondylitis and related arthritides.” The goal of this project …
American Family Children’s Hospital Moves Up in US News Annual Rankings
American Family Children’s Hospital has moved up substantially in this year’s U.S. News & World Report rankings of children’s hospitals. The hospital is ranked among the top 50 children’s hospitals in seven medical and surgical …
Pediatric Residents Placed into Fellowships
Congratulations to our current residents who have been placed into fellowship programs following completion of their UW residency: Dan Beissel, MD: Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at University of Missouri-Kansas City Kelly Bush, MD: Pediatric Hem/Onc fellowship …