Session Title: Pointers & Pitfalls for Posters, Podium Presentations, and Pitches Speaker: Mike Pitt, MD Session Overview: Manufacturers spend lots of time and money thinking about packaging because the it is the forward facing aspect …
WMAA honors four pediatrics faculty with Medical Alumni Association Awards
The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) recently honored four pediatrics faculty with its esteemed Medical Alumni Association Awards. Congratulations to the following award recipients. Daniel Jackson, MD, professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, received the Early …
Lessons learned from grassroots academic-community partnerships during COVID-19
After suspending kindergarten through 12th grade in-person education in March 2020 to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, school districts across the country were met with a harsh reality: remote learning was difficult and often …
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: March 2022
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty are at the forefront of media coverage as local, state, and national journalists seek out experts on the topics of child health, parenting, vaccinations, and Covid-19, to name …
Department of Pediatrics ranks 7th nationwide in NIH funding
The University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics continues to be a leader among pediatric departments in federal research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according to the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research …
2022 DiSH – WI Session #20 – The Long Game: Complications of Diabetes
2022 DiSH #20 Presentation (.pdf)
Resident Match Day 2022: Department of Pediatrics announces incoming interns
The University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics is excited to welcome the following incoming residents for the 2022-23 academic year. A list of the individuals who matched in the Pediatrics and Child Neurology residency programs …
Mei Baker to develop sickle cell data registry
Mei Baker, MD, FACMG, the Wynne Mateffy Professor of Pediatrics and co-director of the Wisconsin Newborn Screening Laboratory, was awarded a $15,000 subaward for her project, “Sickle cell data collection program in Wisconsin.” The project will develop the …
Matthew Harer awarded travel grant for PAS
Matthew Harer, MD, assistant professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a 2022 Travel Grant for Early Career Investigators by the International Pediatric Research Foundation and the journal Pediatric Research for his 2021 paper, “Renal tissue oxygenation …
James Gern named 2022 AAAAI Distinguished Scientist
James “Jim” Gern, MD, vice chair of research and professor and division chief of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, has received the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI) 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award. The AAAAI awards …