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Biomedical Engineer Justin Williams Receives Ramirez Award

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Justin Williams is the first recipient of the Lincoln F. Ramirez Award for Restorative Neurosciences, awarded by the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. ...

Class on Climate-Change Ethics to Spur Questions, Not Provide Answers

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Climate change will cause a lot of deaths around the world: natural disasters, increases in infectious diseases and drought-related famine will all become more frequent as the global climate warms. That’s one reason wh...

Sugar-Water Injections Relieve Knee Pain More Than Exercise

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Injections with a form of sugar known as dextroseprovide significant pain relief and improved knee-related quality of life compared to exercise among people who suffer from knee osteoarthritis. That’s according to rese...

UW Study: Asthma Boosts Apnea Risk

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - People who have asthma as children are more than twice as likely to develop sleep apnea as adults, according to new results from the Wisconsin Sleep Cohort. The study – which also shows that people with adult-onset ast...

Cai Awarded a R01 Grant on Development of Molecular Imaging Agents

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Weibo Cai, PhD, Assistant Professor of Radiology and Medical Physics and member of the UW Carbone Cancer Center Imaging and Radiation Sciences Program, was recently awarded an NIH R01 grant which started in April 2013. The g...

Save the Date: Simulation Days, June 5-7

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Mark your calendar for “Simulation Days,” June 5-7, to celebrate the accomplishments of the UW Health Clinical Simulation Program since opening in November 2011. Activities Daily simulator demonstration: June 5-7, 11am-1pm, Clin...

Dr. Richard Rieselbach Wins Prestigious Award for Health Care Advocacy

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - In recognition of his promotion of accessible and affordable health care, Dr. Richard Rieselbach, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, will receive the Richard Neubauer Advocate ...

Study: Meditation and Exercise Could Save Billions

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - The U.S. health care system and nation’s employers might save billions of dollars annually in sick days and medical costs from acute respiratory infections (ARI) such as colds and flu, if more people hit the treadmill or to...

Wisconsin United for Health Foundation Sets Agenda

Thu, 9 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

The Finance and Legal Committee of the Wisconsin United for Health Foundation, Inc. will meet on Monday, May 16, 2013, beginning at 2:00 p.m., in the Milwaukee Conference Room of Davis & Kuelthau, s.c., 111 East Kilbourn Avenue, Suite 1400, Milwa...

Researchers Find How Key Cancer Switch May Hide from Therapy

Tue, 7 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Medical researchers in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (UWSMPH) have discovered a previously unknown mechanism within human cells that may explain how many cancers develop a resistance to common c...

Dr. Byron Crouse Discusses Rural Medicine on NPR

Thu, 2 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Dr. Byron Crouse, associate dean for rural and community health and director of the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, was a featured guest May 1 on National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation," where he discussed how to attract physicians to rura...

Call for Applications: 2013 Lily's Fund Grace Grants

Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, through the Office of the Senior Associate Dean for Basic Research, Biotechnology and Graduate Studies, announces a call for applications for the 2013 Lily’s Fund Grace Grants. T...

Charles Mistretta Earns International Medical Physics Award

Wed, 1 May 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Dr. Charles Mistretta, the J.R. Cameron Professor of Medical Physics and Radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was recently selected as one of the International Congress on Medical Physics’ (ICMP) 50 med...

Dr. Stephen Y. Nakada Elected Trustee of the American Board of Urology

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Stephen Y. Nakada, the David T. Uehling Professor and chairman of the department of urology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, has been elected trustee of The American Board of Urology (ABU)....

Edward F. Jackson Named New Chair of Medical Physics

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Edward F. Jackson will become the new chair of the Department of Medical Physics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Jackson joins UW from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Cente...

Dr. Javier Nieto Named to National Advisory Board on Health Statistics

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Javier Nieto, professor and chair of the department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was appointed to a three-year position on the National Center for Health S...

Event Celebrates Area Health Education Center Alumni

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

The Wisconsin Area Health Education Center (AHEC) hosted its first alumni association event last November. All past participants of Wisconsin Express, Community Health Internship Program (CHIP) and Health Careers Camps were invited to the Health...

Stem Cell Researchers Earn Cozzarelli Prize from PNAS

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

A group of University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell researchers has been awarded a Cozzarelli Prize from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The scientists were honored for their 2012 paper that describes a way to transf...

UW-Madison Undergrad Studies Rural Health Issues

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Rhinelander, Wisconsin - Zachary Meyer, a University of Wisconsin-Madison undergraduate student majoring in kinesiology-exercise and movement science, aspires to become a primary care physician. Meyer is passionate about fixing the issues that p...

Watch Presentations from Our Bioethics Symposium

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

For anyone unable to attend the annual Bioethics Symposium held on April 11 at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, the presentations are available to view in our video library. This year's theme was "Ethical I...

Students Named to Alpha Omega Alpha

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Students at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health who stand out for their scholarship recently were elected to the 2013 class of Alpha Omega Alpha, the prestigious national medical honor society. Students inducte...

Does Living 'Down on the Farm' Lead to Healthier Immune Systems in Kids?

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Exposure to fresh air, plenty of sunlight, and hours of exercise each day are some of the obvious benefits of farm living, but a new study will look at how the dirtier side of farm life may be the real reason why kids who grow up...

UW Scientists Receive $2.5 Million to Explore Bacterial Transcriptomes

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Some populations of salmonella, once in the intestine, will divide into two subpopulations; one group will remain quiet and hide while the other starts a fight with the host immune system. In response, the immune system wipes eve...

UW-Madison Receives Accreditation for Fellowship in Molecular Genetics

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health's Department of Pediatrics, in partnership with the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, has received accreditation by the American Board of Medical Gen...

Meet the Obesity Epidemic's Offspring: the Sleep Apnea Epidemic

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Driven by a decades-long rise in obesity, sleep apnea prevalence in younger adults has likely grown 50 percent over the last 20 years, according to a new population model created by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine ...