The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) awarded Ryan Coller, MD, MPH, associate professor and chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, a $153,073 grand to expand the use of and enhance goal-setting processes during Individualized Service …
2023 news
Megan Yanny helps distribute school supplies to area students during back-to-school event for families with limited incomes
Last month, 100 Black Men of Madison hosted its 28th Annual Back to School Celebration at the Madison College Truax Campus in Madison, Wisconsin. The group distributed hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies to …
Kerry Gannon-Loew leads new clinic for teens with substance use disorders
Reaching a goal she had pursued from the day she arrived at the Department of Pediatrics in May 2022, Kathryn (Kerry) Gannon-Loew, MD, MS, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has opened …
New Faculty Focus: Danielle Rodgers
Q&A with Danielle Rodgers, MD, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Hometown: Middleton, Wisconsin Educational/professional background: After completing my undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame, I was a high school …
New APP Focus: Jennifer Howard
Q&A with Jennifer Howard, MSN, APNP, NNP, in the Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery. Hometown: Germantown, Wisconsin Educational/professional background: I recently graduated with my master’s degree from Alverno College and am a new neonatal …
Anna Huttenlocher publishes book about her father and his discovery of synaptic pruning
What is a sabbatical for? Travel, study, time away from the usual professional routine spent in ways that may enhance one’s work upon return — that is the norm. Anna Huttenlocher, MD, is a pediatric …
Paul Sondel and Amy Erbe-Gurel receive U01 subaward to study neuroblastoma vaccines
Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, senior scientist III in the Sondel Lab, are recent subaward recipients of a National Institutes of Health (NIH) U01 grant. Sondel and …
Christian Capitini receives ICTR Pilot Award to investigate immunotherapeutics targeting metastatic osteosarcoma
Christian Capitini, MD, associate professor and chief, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Sandro Mecozzi, PhD, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, were recently awarded a Translational Basic and Clinical Pilot Program award from …
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition welcomes Daniel O’Connell as its interim chief
Daniel O’Connell, MD, associate professor, stepped into his new position as interim chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition on August 1. He will oversee the division’s clinical and research activities, as well …
Bryan Vonasek granted loan repayment award for work on infection detection in malnourished Malawian children
Bryan J. Vonasek, MD, FAAP, postdoctoral trainee in the Division of Infectious Diseases and a recent UJMT Fogarty Global Health Fellow, will receive a two-year Pediatric Research Loan Repayment Award from the National Institute of Allergy …