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Slavens honored with government’s highest award for early career scientists and engineers

By Laura OttoFebruary 4, 2025HealthChildren's Health
A woman sits next to a wheelchair in a lab with her arm across the back of the wheelchair.

Slavens honored with government’s highest award for early career scientists and engineers

By Laura OttoFebruary 4, 2025HealthChildren's Health

Slavens, a professor of mechanical engineering at UWM, was honored for her pioneering research on shoulder pain experienced by both pediatric and adult manual wheelchair users.

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UWM researchers win grant to study how social media affects suicide among at-risk youth

By Nicole SchanenSeptember 27, 2024HealthChildren's Health
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A team of researchers from UWM’s Joseph J. Zilber College of Public Health has received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how social media affects suicide rates among at-risk youth.

Study provides clearer view of newborns with opioid withdrawal

By Laura OttoJuly 28, 2023HealthChildren's Health

The study, led by UWM researcher Keith A. Dookeran, found disproportionately higher effects among white newborns whose mothers are Medicaid enrollees and have the lowest income.

Brain study provides insight into how pandemic is affecting adolescents

By Laura OttoMarch 31, 2022HealthChildren's Health

UWM researchers are participating in the ABCD Study, the largest long-term study of brain and child health in the U.S., allowing them to explore how youths have been coping with COVID-19’s impact.

Pandemic within a pandemic: Childhood obesity rises during COVID shutdown

By Laura OttoMarch 24, 2022HealthChildren's Health

On this episode of Curious Campus, two experts talk about an often overlooked problem that research suggests has gotten worse over the last two years.

Federal grant awarded for obesity prevention in children with Down syndrome

By Laura OttoJanuary 19, 2022HealthChildren's Health

Michele Polfuss, UWM associate professor of nursing, was awarded $1.48 million in federal funding to lead a team of researchers from Children’s Wisconsin, UW-Madison, University of Pittsburgh, and University of Massachusetts.

Outreach projects help families catch up on children’s health care after pandemic

By Laura OttoJune 14, 2021HealthChildren's Health

Kris Barnekow, associate professor of health sciences, is leading the two outreach projects in Milwaukee with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

Landmark study of adolescent brain development renews for seven years

By Laura OttoApril 16, 2020HealthChildren's Health

The National Institutes of Health has awarded nearly $290 million of new funding to research institutions around the country, including UWM, to continue the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.

Work to uncover genetic underpinnings of autism wins $1.7 million grant

By Laura OttoOctober 31, 2019HealthChildren's Health

Christopher Quinn, a UWM associate professor, is exploring a certain gene mutation that affects the hearts and brains of children, causing a lethal disease called Timothy syndrome.

Technology’s role in everyday life can shape family discussions about screen time

By UWM NewsSeptember 4, 2019HealthChildren's Health

The ubiquity of smartphones — extending even into the classroom — complicates parents’ conversations with their children about screen time, says Noelle Chesley, associate professor of sociology at UWM.

Enrollment complete in landmark study of adolescent brain development

By Laura OttoDecember 3, 2018HealthChildren's Health

Enrollment of nearly 12,000 youths, ages 9 and 10, in a landmark study of brain development and child health is now complete, the National Institutes of Health announced today. A researcher from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is overseeing the collection of data from 384 Wisconsin participants in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study, the largest […]

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