A blood test alone cannot tell the full story of what’s happening inside a newborn’s brain after a brain injury. New research from the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison suggests that the hippocampus — a brain region critical for learning and memory — maintains its own powerful, locally regulated steroid environment during early development and after brain injury.
Department of Medicine presents Joseph McBride with Inspirational Educator Award
The University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine hosted its 2026 Education Day on February 27. During the event, faculty and staff were recognized with the department’s annual education awards. Joseph (Joe) McBride, MD, MA, an …
Ryan McAdams presented at 10th annual Advancing the Development of Pediatric Therapeutics (ADEPT) meeting
This February, Ryan McAdams, MD, professor in the Divisions of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery and Global Pediatrics, was invited to speak at the 10th annual Advancing the Development of Pediatric Therapeutics (ADEPT) meeting, sponsored by …
Cars Curing Kids awards Elizabeth Mann and Rachel Fenske grant supporting adolescent type 2 diabetes initiative
Elizabeth Mann, MD, assistant professor, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes; and Rachel Fenske, MS, PhD, scientist I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, have been awarded $13,770 by Cars Curing Kids to support year one of a …
Pelin Cengiz receives Meriter Foundation grant
Pelin Cengiz, MD, professor, Division of Critical Care, was awarded $99,999 from the Meriter Foundation. Her project, “A New Nonhuman Primate Preclinical Model to Test a Promising Therapy for Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy: Bridging the Gap from …
2026 Update in Pediatric Critical Care – Defining, Predicting, and Managing AKI in Children: Where Are We Now?
Speaker: Dana Fuhrman, DO, MS, associate professor at the University of Cincinnati and pediatric intensivist and nephrologist at Cincinnati Children’s
Anne Marsh awarded DHS grant for newborn screening follow-up program
Anne Marsh, MD, associate professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, Transplant, and Cellular Therapy, and director of the Pediatric Sickle Cell Clinic and Palliative Care Program at American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH), was awarded a $50,000 …
Physician-scientist Ellen Wald receives Hilldale Award
Since 1987, four University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty members have been honored annually for their substantial contributions to research, teaching, and service with the prestigious Hilldale Award. Faculty members representing the arts and humanities, biological sciences, …
Tiny Baby Conference explores care and outcomes of infants born at the edge of viability
The Department of Pediatrics Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery hosted its first-ever Tiny Baby Conference at Unity Point Health – Meriter on March 12–13. Claudette Onyelobi, MD, assistant professor, served as conference director. As …
Governor Tony Evers signs bill extending Medicaid coverage for birthing parents from 60 days to one year postpartum
On March 18, Governor Tony Evers signed Wisconsin Act 102 (SB 23/AB97) extending Medicaid coverage from the previous limit of 60 days to 12 months postpartum for birthing parents. The Wisconsin Chapter of the American …