For Assistant Professors Anne Ersig and Kitty Montgomery, pediatric palliative care and symptom science drive their innovative research.
Symptom Science & Palliative Care
Dr. Kitty Montgomery | Grant Award
Dr. Kitty Montgomery, PhD, RN, PCNS-BC, CPHON, was awarded a grant to support A Feasibility Study Exploring Discordance Between Child and Parent Symptom Reports During Cancer Treatment.
Dr. Megan Miller and Dr. Kris Kwekkeboom | Grant Award
Dr. Megan Miller, postdoctoral fellow, has received a Research Award from the American Holistic Nurses Association.
Dr. Tannaz Saeidzadeh and Dr. Kris Kwekkeboom | Grant Award
Dr. Tannaz Saeidzadeh, postdoctoral fellow, has received a Heilbrunn Nurse Scholar Award from Rockefeller University.
Giving Young Cancer Patients A Voice
Using the same technology that helps us stay socially connected, Kitty Montgomery, a new assistant professor at the School of Nursing and member of the UW Carbone Cancer Center, studies how the symptoms of pediatric patients with advanced cancers change over time. In doing so, she and her research team help young patients find their voices and communicate their experiences during a vulnerable time.
Mining notes from doctors and nurses could improve dementia diagnosis
Searching for clues in electronic health records could steer dementia patients to better treatment and follow-up examinations — especially patients from minority groups that tend to be less likely to receive specialized care.
Here, There and Everywhere
As the first pediatric nurse scholar jointly hired by the School of Nursing and the American Family Children’s Hospital, Dr. Anne Ersig, PhD, RN, splits her time between her clinical colleagues on one side of the street and her research peers and students on the other.
First Pediatric Nurse Scholar Hired
May 15, 2017 — The University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Nursing and the American Family Children’s Hospital are pleased to welcome Anne Ersig, PhD, RN, as the organizations’ first jointly appointed pediatric nurse scholar. In …