What teens find important on social media is a better measure of how they interact with technology than how many minutes they spend using social media, according to a new study led by Megan Moreno, …
Sickness and Diabetes
Thank you for joining the second session of Diabetes in School Health (DiSH) Project Echo! Highlights: 37 attendees from various locations in Wisconsin logged in to DiSH! Discussion centered around illness, ketones, and blood ketone …
Dr. Sharon Bartosh: Celebrating Over 15 Years of Steroid-Free Immunosuppression
Over 330 children have received kidney transplants at the University of Wisconsin’s American Family Children’s Hospital since its Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program began in 1967. Beginning in 2004, the program began offering a steroid-free immunosuppression protocol option utilizing the anti CD52 …
Dr. Elizabeth Cox Named Associate Director of the Primary Care Research Fellowship
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD (Professor, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine) has accepted a role as Associate Director of the Primary Care Research Fellowship (T32), which is funded by HRSA and administered in the …
What We Published in January 2020
The following scholarly articles were published by Department of Pediatrics faculty and staff during January 2020: Altman MC, Beigelman A, Ciaccio C, Gern JE, Heymann PW, Jackson DJ, Kennedy JL, Kloepfer K, Lemanske RF Jr, McWilliams LM, Muehling …
AFCH 100th Anniversary Commemorative Poster Available for Purchase
American Family Children’s Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer, Diane Heatley, MD, created a beautiful Madison- and AFCH–themed print (pictured above) as a fundraiser for Friends of UW Health’s “Cheers to 100 Years” Gala. For a $100 donation, you …
Dr. Judith Smith Recognized for Immunology Research
Judith Smith, MD, PhD (Associate Professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology) was recently recognized for her on-going research in immunology and selected for the highly competitive Vilas Associates Award by the University of Wisconsin Office of the Vice Chancellor for …
Pediatric Heart Program Earns Nationwide Recognition
Few public celebrations in Madison, Wisconsin, have eclipsed the enormity of the grand opening of UW Health’s American Family Children’s Hospital (AFCH) in 2007. Featuring colorful, spacious patient rooms; a whimsical, child-friendly interior design; and the …
Yury Bochkov, PhD, Secures NIH Subaward
Congratulations to Yury Bochkov, PhD, for his recent one-year subaward from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). This subaward to U19-grant “Airway Inflammation and Airway Remodeling,” from the National Institutes of Health/National Institutes of …
Pediatric Complex Care Program Awarded Two Grants from Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin
Congratulations to Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, Mary Ehlenbach, MD, and Kristan Sodergren, NP, of the Pediatric Complex Care Program (PCCP) on two recent one-year awards funded by the Children’s Health Alliance of Wisconsin’s Advancing Family-Centered …