Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Hoppe co-authors new study in AJOG Global Reports
Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD, professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Vice Chair for Clinical Research, recently co-authored a new study published in AJOG Global Reports. Co-authors include Srishti Gupta, BS; Megan Knutson Sinaise, MS; and Jennifer Zaborek, MS.In “A comparative analysis of blood pressure categorization using 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitori...
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Department of Ob-Gyn brings research to SMFM 2026 Pregnancy Meeting
The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine hosted the 2026 Pregnancy Meeting in Las Vegas February 8-13. Faculty, trainees, and staff in the department brought an impressive slate of research to the event. Learn more about their posters: The relationship between agentry during antepartum hospitalization and postpartum depression or anxiety symptoms – John Soehl, MD Adopting Tec...
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Adams promoted to Associate Professor (CHS)
Huge congratulations to Jacquelyn Adams, MD, MS, of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine! The UW School of Medicine and Public Health CHS Promotion Committee unanimously voted to approve Adams’ promotion to Associate Professor (CHS), effective June 28, 2026. Adams joined the UW Department of Ob-Gyn as faculty in 2020, following MFM fellowship training at our department. S...
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Beninati promoted to Associate Professor (CHS)
Huge congratulations to Michael Beninati, MD, of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine! The UW School of Medicine and Public Health CHS Promotion Committee unanimously voted to approve Beninati’s promotion to Associate Professor (CHS), effective June 28, 2026. Beninati joined the UW Department of Ob-Gyn in 2019 and has served as the interim director of the UW Health Fetal ...
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Neal receives WPP Postdoctoral Grant Award
The Wisconsin Partnership Program recently announced 17 recipients of Postdoctoral Grant Program Awards. Two researchers in the UW Department of Ob-Gyn received awards, which provide career development grants to enhance and expand postdoctoral research, education and professional development at SMPH. Grants are up to $20,000 each over one year.Melissa Neal, PhD, MPH, is a po...
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Hoppe receives grant to connect Meriter and UW SMPH maternal-child health data
Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD, professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Vice Chair for Clinical Research, received a grant from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Office of Social Health Sciences and Programs to support the project Data Link for Healthy Families! Hoppe will be the principal investigator for the project, working in collabor...
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Shapiro Summer Research students present Ob-Gyn-mentored projects at 2025 Research Forum
Students participating in the 2025 Shapiro Summer Research Program presented their work at the Annual Medical Student Research Forum on November 24, 2025. Students and their impressive presentations include: Alyssa Solberg, mentored by Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD: Trends in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Highlight Persistent Racial and Rural-Urban Disparities: A Statewide Analy...
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Ong receives Meriter Foundation grant
Congratulations to Irene Ong, PhD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Sciences, who received a 2026 Research and Education grant from the UnityPoint Health Meriter Foundation! Ong received a one-year grant for $99,997 to support a project aimed at predicting high-risk term and postpartum preeclampsia using UW Health and UnityPoint Health-Meriter Hospital ele...
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