AGEM chose Gwen Costa Jacobsohn, PhD, MA for its October Author Spotlight for her important work in geriatric emergency medicine research. Read more…
2021 News
Allie Hurst awarded grant aimed at identifying victims of child sex trafficking during emergency department encounters
Irene (Allie) Hurst, MD, MS has received a grant from the Cars Curing Kids Foundation for her work titled “Operationalizing Sex Trafficking Screening in an Academic Emergency Department…
Michael Kim to lead pediatric readiness initiative at UW for community emergency departments
A new $520,000 workforce development grant from the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment will enhance access to quality, evidence-based pediatric emergency care…
New UW Health class aims to lower first responder suicide rate
According to a 2021 report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), law enforcement officers and firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty…
Michael Pulia awarded $2.4 million grant to study impact of COVID-19 on antibiotic prescribing and bacterial resistance
Dr. Michael Pulia will lead a major $2.4M federal research grant aiming to measure the impact of COVID-19 on overall and condition specific antibiotic prescribing and bacterial resistance patterns in acute care settings…