CURRENT PRESS RELEASES AND OTHER NEWS STORIES
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Wednesday, September 24
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IME Video Library Keeps Growing
A few years old and improving with age, the Innovations in Medical Education (IME) Video Library has grown to 445 recordings with topics ranging from women’s health to microbiology and infectious diseases. [More] |
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Friday, September 19
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Wisconsin Partnership Program 2007 Annual Report
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health, in conjunction with the Oversight and Advisory Committee and the Medical Education and Research Committee, is pleased to announce the availability of the 2007 Annual Report of the Wisconsin Partnership Program [More] |
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Friday, September 12
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Nothing to Sneeze At
Breathing Space: How Allergies Shape our Lives and Landscapes, a history book by Gregg Mitman, a professor of medical history and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, has been selected for the long list of [More] |
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Monday, September 8
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Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research Grand Opening
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health took a big step toward its goal of uniting the twin siblings of research and patient care by opening the East Tower of the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research (WIMR) Wednesday. [More] |
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Tuesday, September 2
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Easing the Sneezing: Could Oral Drops Replace Allergy Shots?
Sneezing, a constant runny nose and congestion that makes it hard to sleep—all are signs that it’s the middle of ragweed season. But a new method of ragweed-allergy treatment and prevention, being tested at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine [More] |
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Thursday, August 28
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New SMPH Integrated Research Working Group Started
Researchers, staff, faculty, and students interested in exploring health from a multidisciplinary and integrative perspective have support from a new working group called Integrative Biopsychosocial Research in Population Health.
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Wednesday, August 27
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Collaboration Key to WIMR Researchers
The east tower of the new Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research is about to celebrate its grand opening, and already the building is working to foster collaboration among scientists working on similar problems — including the scourge of cancer — from [More] |
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Tuesday, August 26
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WiCell Research Institute Launches New Stem Cell Bank
The WiCell Research Institute, a private, not-for-profit supporting organization to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is launching its own stem cell bank to distribute cell lines beyond the 21 lines eligible for federal funding and distribution through [More] |
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Monday, August 11
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Family Medicine Resident on His Second Career
Grow old and realize your ladder is against the wrong wall. A second-year resident at the age of 49, Mike Weber personifies his favorite quote inspired by mythologist and writer Joseph Campbell. [More] |
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Thursday, July 31
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Laurence’s Path to Surgery
At age 47, a beginning third-year University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health student, Vincent Laurence plans to be a surgeon. [More] |
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Thursday, July 31
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Older Students in Medical School
Some people may never consider changing careers in mid-life to seek a medical degree. Yet a brave few are choosing to withstand the rigors of medical school later in life.
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Friday, July 18
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Stroke Patients Needed for IRIS Trials
Even after people recover from an initial stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA), statistics give reason to worry. Within five years, as many as a quarter of all ischemic stroke patients will suffer a second stroke and about half that many will suffer [More] |
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Friday, July 18
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Heart Muscle Experts Gather in Madison
A first-ever international conference devoted to studies of heart muscle contractility brought more than a hundred researchers from all over the world to Madison in May.
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Friday, July 18
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Professor Wins Inaugural Schuster Prize
Timothy Kamp PhD, a professor of medicine and physiology at SMPH, has been awarded the inaugural Schuster Prize for excellence in advancing cardiovascular medicine at the school.
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Friday, July 18
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UW-CTRI and Utah Researchers Crack “Kid-Smoking” Genetic Code
Based on multiple genetic studies, Tim Baker, Ph.D, of the SMPH Department of medicine, and colleagues here and at the University of Utah have found that if youth don’t begin daily smoking before age 17 they are dramatically less likely to ever become sev [More] |
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Friday, July 18
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Stem Cell Summit to Convene in Madison
SMPH researchers Timothy Kamp, MD, PhD, and Clive Svendsen, PhD, along with Bernard Siegel of the Genetics Policy Institute, are chairmen of the World Stem Cell Summit scheduled for Sept. 22-23 in Madison.
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Friday, July 18
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Research Posters Win Awards
Posters featuring basic research on Alzhemer’s disease and clinical research on smoking cession took the top awards in the Department of Medicine’s annual poster day in May.
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Tuesday, July 8
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Catherine A. Fox Invited to NIH Molecular Genetics Study Section
Catherine A. Fox, PhD, associate professor of biomolecular chemistry in the School of Medicine and Public Health was recently selected to be a member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) study section on molecular genetics. She began a four-year t [More] |
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Tuesday, July 1
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Physician Assistant Program Awarded Federal Grant
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Physician Assistant program of the Department of Family Medicine is one of 15 programs in the nation awarded a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HRSA Title VII Training Grant for 2008-2011. [More] |
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Tuesday, June 3
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Hartwell Fellowship Aids Childhood Asthma Research
MADISON - Postdoctoral fellow Lisa Lenertz spends her days in Professor Paul Bertics' biomolecular chemistry lab at SMPH studying how one protein, critical for proper immune function, moves from the inside to the surface of white blood cells.
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Friday, May 23
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Researcher Receives First HEADRUSH Award
John Kuo, MD, PhD, was recently awarded the first HEADRUSH Brain Tumor Professorship Research Award at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center. [More] |
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Wednesday, May 21
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Blood and Bodies for Profit?
Today, a “blood drive” is a cheerful community event, featuring cookies and chats with the neighbors in the high school gym. [More] |
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Monday, May 19
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Clinical Trials: Best Kept Secret?
Why do so few cancer patients take advantage of clinical trials? A new study says one reason is they are not hearing that such trials are a treatment option for them.
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Saturday, April 19
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Symposium Tackles Science Underlying
Depression. Autism. Schizophrenia. Anxiety. These conditions all have two things in common—they’re directly related to serious changes in consciousness and brain activity... [More] |
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Thursday, April 17
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Sharon Younkin Presented the 2008 Partnership Award
The award is for working with community partners in creatively developing six community programs that provide experience for UW medical students in working with the underserved and at-risk populations.
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Wednesday, March 26
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New Database Shows ‘Wisconsin Idea in Action’
A new searchable, online database called the Wisconsin Idea in Action, which documents hundreds of examples of UW–Madison’s service to the state, made its campus debut this week.
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Monday, March 24
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Match Day at UW School of Medicine and Public Health
You could feel the anticipation and excitement as students, faculty, staff, family and friends waited in the packed Alumni Hall in the Health Sciences Learning Center to hear where the students’ training would continue. [More] |
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Thursday, February 28
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Physical Activity Linked To Breast Cancer Survival
Can an active lifestyle after a breast cancer diagnosis improve a woman’s chance of surviving the disease? Based on a study published recently, moderate to vigorous exercise may be an important part of breast cancer patients’ treatment.
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Monday, February 4
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Center of Excellence Expands Research
The school will receive a three-year, $450,000 grant and join 26 other leading schools including Harvard, UCLA, Yale, Johns Hopkins and Duke that have received this prestigious award.
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Monday, February 4
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Wicab Launches Clinical Trial to Test
The scientists hope that the device, which uses nerve fibers on the tongue to transmit information about head and body position to the brain, can make a serious difference for patients who have suffered a stroke or a brain injury—both in speed of rehabili [More] |
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Tuesday, January 29
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New research from the SMPH clarifies the phenomenon, supporting the idea that sleep plays a critical role in the brain’s ability to change in response to its environment. [More] |
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Wednesday, December 5
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Center Formed to Advance Innovative Medical Imaging Technology
The Wisconsin researcher who created the “gold standard” for medical imaging of blood vessels will lead a new center to tackle the next generation of imaging: taking sharper, cleaner, four-dimensional pictures hundreds of times faster than is possible now [More] |
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Monday, November 12
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Health Toll of Climate Change Seen as Ethical Crisis
The public health costs of global climate change are likely to be the greatest in those parts of the world that have contributed least to the problem, posing a significant ethical dilemma for the developed world, according to a new study. [More] |
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Tuesday, October 17
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Fewer Pregnant Wisconsin Women Smoking
The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy in Wisconsin declined from 23% in 1990 to 14% in 2004 according to a report released today by the University of Wisconsin’s Paul C. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center. [More] |
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