UW–Madison Prevention Research Center receives $5 million from CDC to improve maternal and child health outcomes in Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin–Madison Prevention Research Center has been awarded $5 million in grant funding for the next five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to facilitate community-engaged research addressing maternal …

Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health grants Danielle Gerber award to launch Family-Led Academic Grand Rounds for Pediatrics

Medical training addressing the care of children with medical complexity is usually delivered by health care professionals in grand rounds sessions and in medical education, with a focus on medical diagnosis and treatment. Families’ experiences …

Peter Ferrazzano and Claire O’Leary receive support from Research Forward awards

Two members of the Department of Pediatrics are part of multidisciplinary research teams that received funding through Research Forward. This initiative aims to stimulate and support highly innovative and groundbreaking research at UW–Madison. Research Forward …

UW ICTR names Jo Wilson a member of its 2024 KL2 Career Development Award cohort

Jo Wilson, MD, assistant professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, was recently awarded an Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) KL2 grant for her research project, “Understanding the Impact of GSDMB Asthma Risk …

Paul Sondel and Amy Erbe-Gurel receive two-year grant to study bispecific antibody treatment for neuroblastoma

The Hyundai Hope on Wheels foundation has awarded a Hyundai Hope Scholar Award to Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor and research director in the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, and Amy Erbe-Gurel, …

Jill Denson receives funding from Morgridge Center for Public Service and ICTR to support a project that aims to understand what it’s like for people who give birth while incarcerated

University of Wisconsin–Madison Prevention Research Center Director Jill Denson, PhD, assistant professor, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, recently received funding to support her research project, “Where do the babies go? Infants of incarcerated …

Hartwell Foundation grant will support Amy Erbe-Gurel’s research on immunotherapy and high-risk neuroblastoma

Amy Erbe-Gurel, PhD, assistant professor, Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Bone Marrow Transplant, was awarded a Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award from the Hartwell Foundation. Erbe-Gurel’s project, “Inhibitors to Epigenetic Modifiers Improve the Efficacy of …

Six students and their mentors receive undergraduate research fellowships

On May 3, Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin hosted the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony for the 2023-2024 academic year. This year, six students mentored by Department of Pediatrics faculty members were highlighted at the event. Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty …