Congratulations to Ellen Wald, MD, department chair and professor, Infectious Diseases, along with co-principal investigator Shelby O’Connor, PhD, professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and co-investigator Joseph McBride, MD, assistant professor, Infectious Diseases, who together are creating a …
2021 DiSH A La Carte Session #2: Carbohydrate Counting
Resources Beyond Type 1 Holiday Carb Counting Resources: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/yot2m2icrum8xjk8sdpm46mhphgu26ujPersonal Carbohydrate Log for Frequently Eaten Foods: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/3jn1pxe3ijvj0geppbwh0e8q7xnsjan5Staying Healthy With Diabetes HFFY: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/tc1vu4w7dvr546n1s396o3j9nk836zj5 2021 DiSH A La Carte #2 Presentation (.pdf)
Bruce Klein receives funding to study white-nose syndrome in bats
Congratulations to Bruce Klein, MD, professor and division chief, Infectious Diseases, who recently received a two-year, $125,000 grant from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for his project, “Develop an immune-based strategy to prevent and treat …
Bikash Pattnaik and collaborators receive grant from Spotlight Therapeutics
Co-Principal Investigators, Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and Krishanu Saha, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Co-Investigator Pawan Shahi, PhD, assistant scientist,Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, received a six-month $76,352 award from Spotlight Therapeutics for their project, …
Faculty to serve on NCCN committees
Ken DeSantes, MD, professor and division chief, and Cathy Lee-Miller, MD, assistant professor, both in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, have been appointed to National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) committees. DeSantes will serve on …
Two birth cohort studies recruiting volunteers
Researchers in the Department of Pediatrics’ Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology are recruiting families for two new birth cohort studies funded by the National Institutes of Health. The studies’ investigators include Anne Marie Singh, MD, associate …
SMAHRT student scholars to present summer research
The Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team, or SMAHRT, led by Megan Moreno, MD, MSED, MPH, vice chair of academic affairs and professor and division chief, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, invite members of the …
Joshua Ross named Chief Medical Officer of American Family Children’s Hospital
Congratulations to Joshua Ross, MD, associate professor and section chief, Emergency Medicine, who was recently named Chief Medical Officer of American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH). In partnership with the AFCH Chief Operating Officer and Chief Nursing Officer, Ross will be …
Summer in the lab: A conversation with Shapiro students, mentors
This summer a cohort of eighteen medical students are being mentored by pediatrics faculty as part of the Shapiro Research Program. The program, which began in 2002 with just nine students, provides opportunities for approximately …
Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi receives McPherson Eye Research Institute professorship
Congratulations to Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, MD, assistant professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, on being named the McPherson Eye Research Institute’s Retina Research Foundation Edwin and Dorothy Gamewell Professor. The professorship is for a three-year term beginning …