Congratulations to Lauren Zebertavage, PhD, post-doctoral fellow, and her mentor, Paul Sondel, MD, PhD, professor, Hematology, Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, for their recent fellowship award from the Hartwell Foundation. The two-year grant, “Developing effective immunotherapy combinations for …
Women in Medicine
Elizabeth Cox named director of the UW Prevention Research Center
Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD, professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, has been named director of the UW–Madison Prevention Research Center (UWPRC) effective December 1. The UWPRC aims to improve the health of low-income women, infants, and …
APS selects Megan Moreno for Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award
Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, vice chair of Academic Affairs and professor and division chief, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was selected for the distinguished Norman J. Siegel New Member Outstanding Science Award by the American Pediatric …
Sheryl Henderson to be honored at Outstanding Women of Color Awards
Sheryl Henderson, MD, PhD, associate professor, Infectious Diseases, has been named a 2021-22 Outstanding Women of Color Awards recipient and will be honored at a campus-wide reception on Thursday, March 3, 2022. The annual Outstanding Women …
Canada and Squires recognized with 2021 APP Excellence Awards
Congratulations to Karie Canada, MSN, RN, CPNP, Cardiology, and Kim Squires, MS, RN, CPNP, Nephrology, who were separately awarded the 2021 UW Health Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Award for Excellence in Clinical Service. This high honor recognizes APPs who go …
Meet Mary Ehlenbach, Pediatrics’ inaugural director of DEI
When the Department of Pediatrics embarked on its strategic planning process in the summer of 2018, faculty and staff agreed that creating a culture where people and ideas thrived was a top priority. This process …
Ellen Wald earns Folkert Belzer award
Now in her sixteenth year as a professor and chair of the Department of Pediatrics and the Alfred Dorrance Daniels Professor on Diseases of Children at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public …
Judy Smith awarded R21 from NIAID
Congratulations to Judy Smith, MD, PhD, associate professor, Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, on her recently awarded R21 from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for her project, “Unfolded protein response (UPR) determinants …
Megan Moreno to study social media discussions of alcohol use and norms
Megan Moreno, MD, MSEd, MPH, vice chair of Academic Affairs and professor, General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, was recently awarded a two-year, $419,734 R21 grant from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism …
Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi receives Career Development Award from National Eye Institute
Olachi Mezu-Ndubuisi, MD, OD, assistant professor, Neonatology and Newborn Nursery, was recently awarded a five-year K08 Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health/National Eye Institute in the amount of $1,221,730. The award will provide …