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Recipients of 2011 UWCCC IIT Awards are Announced

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 12:00:00 CDT

It is the goal of the UWCCC to foster the development of investigator driven clinical research trials which define and develop novel agents and whose designs focus on a translational theme. A total of 60 translational research applications ...

MEDiC Collecting Shoes, Socks and Clothing for Needy Youth

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:00:00 CDT

MEDiC, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health student-run free clinic program, will be collecting new or gently used shoes, socks and youth/teen clothing, to be donated to its community partner, the Community Action Coalitio...

Smallest Tools Could Give Biggest Results in Bone Repair

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be assembled to turn a half-inch nut i...

Study Shows Calories Drive Earlier Puberty

Tue, 7 Feb 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Environmental pollutants, eating habits, lack of exercise and genetic traits have all been raised as possible causes of earlier puberty onset in girls in recent years. Now we may now know why: It's the calories, as reported ...

National Expert Carla Pugh to Lead UW Health Clinical Simulation Program

Thu, 2 Feb 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Dr. Carla Pugh, a nationally recognized leader in surgical education, has been named to lead UW Health's new Clinical Simulation Program. Pugh, a surgeon who currently heads the Center for Advanced Surgical Education at Nort...

Using the Compassionate Brain to Predict What Occurs in Real Life

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers are launching a new series of studies to understand how laboratory measures of virtuous qualities such as compassion relate to their behavior in the real world. Dr. Richard J. Davi...

Cycle for Sight Raises Funds for Vision Research

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

If you pedal a bike for an hour, and don't get anywhere, are you making progress? Yes, if you're one of the dozens of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, staff and community members who will be pedaling furiously to raise money for vision ...

The Waisman Center: Decades Later, What Would Harry Think?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Last fall, the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison bid successfully for the same National Institutes of Health core grant that the late Harry Waisman first won 45 years ago. The award continues the legacy of the UW-Madison pedi...

Share Your Memories of Paul Bertics

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health was stunned and profoundly saddened to lose faculty member Paul J. Bertics on Thursday, December 22, 2011. He died unexpectedly at his home in Madison. The sch...

Department of Surgery Among Nation's Best in Research Funding

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

By just about any measure, the Department of Surgery at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison is excelling in research. The department's vision is to be a national leader in surgical innovation by performing...

Advance Directives Don't Work for High-Risk Surgery

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Advance directives that limit the use of life-supporting treatments necessary for patient survival are a poor tool for helping patients express their wishes about surgery, according to a new study led by a University of Wisconsin...

JoAnne Robbins Earns Award from Wisconsin Speech and Hearing Association

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

JoAnne Robbins, PhD, professor of medicine in the gastrenterology division at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, has received the 2012 Frank R. Kleffner Lifetime Clinical Career Award from the Wisconsin Speec...

Save the Dates: Health Equity Leadership Institute is June 10-15

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

The Collaborative Center for Health Equity's third annual Health Equity Leadership Institute takes place June 10-15 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In partnership with the Maryland Center for Health Equity in the School of Public Health...

Studies Show Insomnia is a Major Health Problem

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Insomnia is a serious medical condition that should be treated with evidence-based medicine because it is linked to depression, diabetes, hypertension, drug abuse and even death, according to a review of recent research co-author...

Clark, Fillingame Earn Distinguised Teaching Awards

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Two University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health faculty members have earned Distinguished Teaching Awards from UW-Madison. Dr. Roseanne Clark, associate professor of psychiatry, has earned the Van Hise Outreach Distinguished Tea...

Global Health Institute Faculty and Staff Travel Grants Awarded

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute (GHI) is pleased to announce four travel grants awarded to UW-Madison faculty and staff members. With partial support from the Division of International Studies, these grants are awarde...

Researchers Find Gene Critical to Sense of Smell in Fruit Fly

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Fruit flies don't have noses, but a huge part of their brains is dedicated to processing smells. Flies probably rely on the sense of smell more than any other sense for essential activities such as finding mates and avoiding dang...

Medical Student Parker Hoerz Earns Public Health Award

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Parker Hoerz, a second-year medical student at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, received an American Public Health Association (APHA) Student Assembly award for the paper he presented at the October 2011 AP...

Stenting for Stroke Prevention Becoming Safer in High-Risk Patients

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Placing a stent in a key artery in the neck is safer than ever in patients ineligible for the standard surgical treatment of carotid artery disease, according to a new study published online in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.&nb...

UW-Madison Launches Surgery Research Program for Teens

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - High school students who may become the first in their families to attend college will be able to conduct medical research this summer on surgery topics at the University of Wisconsin. "Our overall goal is to interest the be...

Partnership Research to Focus on Racial Disparity in Alzheimer's Disease

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Why are African-Americans twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease compared to Caucasians, but much less likely to be diagnosed and treated early in the course of the disease? A researcher in the University of Wisconsi...

New Investigator Studies Target Alzheimer's, Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - Research into the health problems of Alzheimer's Disease, lung cancer and breast cancer will get a boost from three new grants made by the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health throug...

Burkard to Use Partnership Grant for Studies of Aggressive Breast Cancer

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - A University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center researcher, using a two-year grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program, will study an approach to targeted treatment for women with the most aggressive forms of breast cancer.&nb...

Lung Cancer Researcher Awarded Grant to Develop Innovative Treatment

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Madison, Wisconsin - A University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center researcher is testing, with support from the Wisconsin Partnership Program, an innovative approach to stopping the spread of lung cancer. Dr. Kevin Kozak, assistant professor o...

UW Researchers Receive Support from Patients

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 12:00:00 CDT

Patients and their families give back by donating locally to UW researchers. The Wisconsin State Journal reports on several UW researchers who have received donations supporting their research, including: Dr. David Gamm (retina research), D...