Baby Badger Network Overview

The Baby Badger Network (BBN) is a collaborative effort between genetics and non-genetics healthcare providers to increase access to genomic testing for critically ill infants in Wisconsin NICUs.

Principal Investigators

• Jessica Scott Schwoerer, MD │ Medical College of Wisconsin │ Children’s Wisconsin
• April Hall, PhD, MS, CGC │ UW Madison | American Family Children’s Hospital

Coordinating Site Leads

Neonatology

• Krishna Acharya, MD
  Medical College of Wisconsin │ Neonatology
• Ryan McAdams, MD
  UW Madison │Neonatology

Genomics

• Stephen Meyn, MD, PhD, FACMG
  UW Madison | Peds-Genetics
• Donald Basel, MD
  Medical College of Wisconsin │ Pediatrics – Genetics

Education

• Sara Zoran MS, CGC
  University of Wisconsin Madison 

Genetics Collaborators in the BBN

Emplify Health by Gunderson:

• Dr Greg Rice MD | Emplify Health by Gunderson
• Jaclyn Schlang MS, CGC

Marshfield Clinic:

• Dr Samuel Huang MD
• Anna Cisler MS, CGC

Adovcate Aurora:

• Divya Ramachandra, CGC

ProHealth:

• Abigail S Lewinter, MS, CGC