Aaron Struck wins award for research to better predict seizures
Epilepsy physician and researcher Aaron Struck, MD, won the INFORMS Analytics Society Innovative Applications in Analytics Award (IAAA) for research in how to better predict seizures in patients with critical illness.
Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers hires Elizabeth Bush as new statewide director
The Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program has hired a new statewide director. Elizabeth Bush will oversee Wisconsin’s AHEC state program office at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health.
Carbone Cancer Center members take new leadership roles
Four members of the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center have been named to new leadership roles.
Amy Kind receives award for geriatric research
Amy Kind, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, has been given a prestigious award by the American Geriatrics Society.
Jennifer Edgoose, Melissa Metoxen named Outstanding Women of Color
Two members of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health community have been named UW–Madison Outstanding Women of Color for 2018–19.
Search for new antibiotics gets major funding boost
Collecting bugs across the globe will continue and expand for a multidisciplinary research team at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Kirsten Gunderson receives Promising Medical Student Surgery Education Research Award
A third-year medical student at UW-Madison recently received a prestigious national award for her work in surgical-education research.
Ed Chapman wins prestigious Sir Bernard Katz award
Ed Chapman, PhD, has been awarded the Sir Bernard Katz award and will give a lecture at The Biophysical Society’s annual meeting this week, where he will also receive the award.
Sheri Johnson named to National Academies group
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute’s director will be one of the few people responsible for identifying the defining criteria for public health in the United States over the next decade.
Whitney Stevens-Sostre named Yale Ciencia fellow
Whitey Stevens-Sostre, a doctoral candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison neuroscience training program, has been named a Yale Ciencia fellow.
Kelleher joins exclusive company as Hastings Center Fellow
Paul Kelleher, associate professor of medical history and bioethics, was recently elected a fellow of the Hastings Center, a national bioethics research institute.
The Ride funds $365,000 in research at Carbone Cancer Center
On a beautiful September Sunday, hundreds of bicyclists pedaled the roads of eastern Dane County on The Ride to raise money for cancer research.