AGEM chose Gwen Costa Jacobsohn, PhD, MA for its October Author Spotlight for her important work in geriatric emergency medicine research. Read more…
Research
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…
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…
Dr. Brian Patterson awarded $1.7 million federal research grant aimed at preventing future falls in older adult patients
This new five-year grant, also from the AHRQ, will allow Dr. Patterson and a transdisciplinary team to expand this pilot program to two additional hospitals in the UW Health network…