The Department of Pediatrics at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health was ranked 9th in the nation among medical school pediatric departments receiving research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), according …
2023 news
Bernadette Gillick part of Waisman Center team awarded NIH grant to improve brain imaging in young children
A team of investigators at the Waisman Center was recently awarded a four-year, $2.5 million grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at the National Institutes of Health to both …
Ryan McAdams and research team receive Meriter Foundation grant to study fetal acidosis and mast cell activation
The Meriter Foundation has awarded a $75,411 grant to Principal Investigator Ryan McAdams, MD, professor and chief, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, and his co-investigators, Christine Sorenson, PhD, distinguished scientist, Division of Neonatology and …
Matthew Harer awarded Meriter Foundation grant to develop non-invasive method of detecting of newborn heart anomaly
Matthew Harer, MD, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a grant for $69,438 from the Meriter Foundation for a project titled “Use of Renal NIRS Monitoring to Identify Neonatal Coarctation …
Becky Richards awarded ASH Fellow Scholar Award and NIH K08 grant for research in new CAR T cell therapy
The American Society of Hematology (ASH) has awarded Rebecca “Becky” Richards, MD, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, an ASH Fellow Scholar Award of $100,000 for the period October 1, …
Dinushan Kaluarachchi awarded grant to improve surfactant treatment for preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome
Dinushan Kaluarachchi, MBBS, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, has been awarded a $6,273 grant from the Cars Curing Kids Foundation for his research project, “Less invasive surfactant administration (LISA) for preterm infants …
Cathy Lee-Miller awarded grant for pilot study of modified therapy for NCI standard risk B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)
Cathy Lee-Miller, MD, assistant professor and fellowship director, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, has been awarded a grant from the Cars Curing Kids Foundation for $30,458. The grant started in fall 2022 …
Department honors Dr. Ellen Wald’s time as chair with celebration and giving campaign
On February 2, more than 300 people convened virtually and in person at the Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) on the UW–Madison campus to collectively honor and thank Ellen Wald, MD, professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, for …
Department set to observe Thank a Resident — and a Fellow — Day on February 24
It is understood without qualification or a second thought that residents and fellows deserve gratitude and thanks for their dedicated contributions to their Department of Pediatrics clinical teams. They put in long days (and often …
Assistant Professor Promotion Cohort Program builds connections and paths to advancement
It started in 2020 as a strategy to work within the many restrictions required by the COVID-19 pandemic and still allow connection and communication among members of the Department of Pediatrics Division of General Pediatrics …