A 17-month-old girl with X-linked hypophosphatemia leads an active life today thanks to a treatment plan developed by Neil Paloian, MD, assistant professor, Nephrology, Blaise Nemeth, MD, Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, and members of UW Health’s …
Pediatrics faculty share expertise: November 2021
University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics faculty and researchers 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, …
Four Pediatrics faculty receive UW Health Physician Excellence Awards
At an awards ceremony on November 30, four members of the Department of Pediatrics were presented with the 2021 UW Health Physician Excellence Awards. These prestigious peer-nominated awards recognize UW Health’s most skilled and dedicated …
25 Pediatrics faculty named ‘Top Teacher’ in 2020-2021
Congratulations to the 25 pediatrics faculty who were selected for the Top Teacher award by University of Wisconsin medical students and residents. The awards are based on evaluations from students and interns. Below, the 2020-2021 …
What we published in October 2021
Faculty and researchers from the University of Wisconsin Department of Pediatrics published sixteen articles in October 2021: Barreda CB, Ehlenbach ML, Nackers A, Kelly MM, Shadman KA, Sklansky DJ, Edmonson MB, Zhao Q, Warner G, Coller RJ. Complex …
2021 DiSH – WI Session #16 – Short Introduction to Health Transition and Got Transition?
Resources UW Health Pediatric Diabetes, Keys to Independence Booklet: https://www.uwhealth.org/files/kids/docs/pedsdiabetes/peds_diabetes_keys_independence.pdf Endocrine Society Transition Readiness Assessment: https://www.endocrine.org/-/media/endocrine/files/practice/ts_transition_readiness_assessment.pdf Got Transition Readiness Assessment Tool (English): https://www.gottransition.org/resource/?tra-iep-english Got Transition Readiness Assessment Tool (Spanish): https://www.gottransition.org/resource/?tra-iep-spanish 2021 #AdultingwithDiabetes Class Recordings and Resources: Segment …
Lauren Zebertavage awarded fellowship from the Hartwell Foundation
Congratulations to Lauren Zebertavage, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, and her mentor, Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, for their recent fellowship award from the Hartwell Foundation. The two-year grant, “Developing effective immunotherapy combinations for …
Session #3 – November 16, 2021
Eight faculty nominated for Society for Pediatric Research
Congratulations to the following faculty who were nominated for the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR): Drs. Patrice Held, Bernadette Gillick, Jess Babal, Janet Lagare, Inga Hoffman, Sima Ramratnam, Luke Lamers, and Bryn Webb. SPR’s mission is to create a …
Elizabeth Cox named director of the UW Prevention Research Center
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has been named director of the UW–Madison Prevention Research Center (UWPRC) effective December 1. The UWPRC aims to improve the health of low-income women, infants, and …