Christine Seroogy, MD, professor, was recently named the inaugural E. Richard Stiehm Endowed Chair in Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology. This professorship supports the scholarly pursuits of a member of the department’s Division of Allergy, …
Honors & Awards
Cris Ebby wins award for QI and patient safety presentation
Cris Ebby, MD, pediatric hospital medicine fellow, won a Recognition of Excellence Award for presenting one of the top four presentations at the UW Health GME Physicians Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Symposium on May …
Dean’s Teaching Award honors the work of Kathleen Kastner
Kathleen Kastner, MD, associate professor, Division of Developmental Pediatrics and Rehabilitation Medicine, was selected for a 2024 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) Dean’s Teaching Award. Established in 1992, the awards …
Daniel Jackson inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Over the weekend of April 6, Daniel Jackson, MD, professor, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, was inducted into the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). Founded in 1908, the ASCI is one of the …
WMAA honors David Bernhardt with Ralph Hawley Distinguished Community Service Award
The Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) honored its 2024 Distinguished Medical Alumni Award recipients during a banquet on April 19 at the Madison Concourse Hotel. Among the awardees was David Bernhardt, MD, professor, Division of …
Three department members receive UW Health Safety Leadership Awards
During Patient Safety Awareness Week, March 11–15, the UW Health Patient Safety leadership team honored providers who show exemplary leadership and go above and beyond to improve patient safety in their work areas. Three Department …
Pediatric Sedation Clinic named a Center of Excellence in Pediatric Sedation
The Society for Pediatric Sedation Board of Directors and Quality & Safety Committee named the Pediatric Sedation Clinic at American Family Children’s Hospital a Center of Excellence in Pediatric Sedation. The designation recognizes pediatric sedation …
Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer names paper by Christian Capitini ‘best’ of 2023
The previously published manuscript, “Production and characterization of virus-free, CRISPR-CAR T cells capable of inducing solid tumor regression,” was voted the Best Immune Cell Therapies and Immune Cell Engineering Paper of 2023 by the Journal for …
Bikash Pattnaik named Silver Fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology
Bikash Pattnaik, PhD, associate professor, Division of Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, was named a fellow of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) and a member of the Silver Fellows Class of 2024. ARVO …
Tanner Robertson’s zebrafish image named one of 12 winners in campus Cool Science Image Contest
An image of a transparent zebrafish’s lymphatic network captured with a Zeiss spinning disk confocal microscope earned microbiologist Tanner Robertson, PhD, recognition in UW–Madison’s 13th annual Cool Science Image Contest. Robertson is a post-doc researcher in the …