July 2010
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Wisconsin Partnership Program in the News
Baby Steps (On Wisconsin, Summer 2010)
Grant Helps County Study Black Infant Mortality (Kenosha News, April 24, 2010)
Wanted: Doctors for Rural Clinics (Wisconsin State Journal, March 28, 2010)
Group Gets Grant to Target Infant Mortality (Racine Journal Times, March 26, 2010)
Important Dates
August 4, 2010: Special New Investigator Program training session for those invited to submit full applications
August 20, 2010: Community Academic Partnership Fund applicants receive notice of status
September 10, 2010:
Invited New Investigator Program applications due
October 1, 2010:
Invited Community-Academic Partnership Fund applications due
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Audit of Wisconsin Partnership Program Presented to Regents
The Legislative Audit Bureau report's findings show the Wisconsin Partnership Program is meeting the vision laid out by the Insurance Commissioner.
The audit evaluated the Wisconsin Partnership Program's administrative and grants management procedures as well as examining 40 selected grants. Read More
UW School of Medicine and Public Health in Top 20 for 'Social Mission'
The Wisconsin Partnership Program-funded Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine is one of the key factors in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health garnering national recognition for its commitment to service.
The School of Medicine and Public Health ranked in the top 20 in a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine that ranked 141 U.S. medical schools on three measures. Read More
Researchers Find New Subtype of Breast Cancer
Using a Wisconsin Partnership Program New Investigator Program grant, Dr. Avtar Roopra and his team discovered an alteration in the REST gene, which may predict more aggressive strains of breast cancer and open the door to promising new therapies.
The discovery is an important step in personalized medicine - identifying some of the most aggressive forms of the cancer and suggesting a target to attack with new drugs. Read More
Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families News
Four LIHF Planning Grants Awarded
The Wisconsin Partnership Program provided $830,000 in grants this spring to help improve birth outcomes among African-Americans in southeastern Wisconsin.
The funds will be used to set a course toward improving access to maternal and child health resources and tailoring city-specific action plans that use evidence-based practices to close the racial disparity in birth outcomes. Read More
Legislature Joins Fight against Infant Mortality
The Wisconsin State Legislature has convened a Special Committee to study infant mortality, which will complement the Wisconsin Partnership Program's $10 million commitment to the issue in the state's African-American community.
The Legislative Special Committee will study the public health costs of infant mortality and steps taken in other regions to remedy the problem. The committee will develop a strategic plan to reduce infant mortality in Wisconsin and make recommendations to the Legislature. Read More