Quarterly is published four times a year by the Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association and UW School of Medicine and Public Health and includes news, alumni profiles, student-life stories, class notes and more.
The Lincoln Ramirez Neurosurgery Operative Skills Laboratory, which opened in University Hospital’s K Tower in late 2018, is fulfilling its mission and already has been the source of about two dozen research papers.
More feature stories
Wisconsin Partnership Program: Balancing our goals and responsibilities as a funder
The success of the Partnership Program’s grant programs and ability to support innovative and exceptional work is based in part on its commitment to a robust review process.
Trial by fire, water and mud
Twenty-six rural medicine students took part in an accident training to help them understand scenarios encountered by first responders in rural areas.
Pathway programs guide health care professionals from underrepresented populations
School leaders realize that increasing the number of under-represented minority students in the health care workforce relies upon getting more students into educational pathways
Henry A. Anderson, III, advances science through strong relationships
Anderson created the Henry A. Anderson, III, Endowment for the Advancement of Preventive Medicine, which provides funding for students in a variety of training programs.
Kathryn Budzak facilitates class camaraderie
Since medical school, Kathe Budzak has aimed to bolster the close-knit feeling among her classmates by writing letters and encouraging attendance at gatherings.
Past issues
Volume 21, No. 2 (2019)
Cover story: Graduation recap
Also: antibiotic resistance, neuroscience, Mary Finta profile, precision medicine, bioethics essay contest, WMAA awards, reducing opioid addiction's impact
Volume 21, No. 1 (2019)
Cover story: Outstanding Women of Color Awards
Also: Diversity Summit, school orchestra, celebrating the Carbone Cancer Center, Jasmine Zapata profile, Elizabeth Burnside profile, Blooming Bucky art project, cellular pharmaceuticals and the Wisconsin Idea
Volume 20, No. 4 (2018)
Cover story: 20 years of stem cell research at UW
Also: Native American Center for Health Professions, Brita Lundberg profile, Sheri Johnson profile, Marc Drezner receives lifetime achievement award, Procedures Fair recap
Volume 20, No. 3 (2018)
Cover story: An international conference highlights UW's research in oncogenic viruses
Also: New WMMA President Daniel Jackson profile, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Robert Fettiplace wins Kavli Prize, Dorothy Farrar and the All of Us Research Program, Julianne Lee endows scholarship
Volume 20, No. 2 (2018)
Cover story: 50 years of advances since first bone marrow transplant
Also: Hmong health, Byron Crouse profile, how the school is preparing students for internships, annual Bioethics Symposium, TRIUMPH, biotechnology
Volume 20, No. 1 (2018)
Cover story: Lily's Fund for Epilepsy Research
Also: Inaugural diversity summit, new surgery professorship, Stephen Meyn profile, medical student thank-you notes, milestones in genetic counseling, Gundersen physicians
Volume 19, No. 4 (2017)
Cover story: Fundus Photograph Reading Center
Also: Learning from patients, Eileen Smith lifetime achievement award, healthy classrooms, E. Richard Stiehm, Mini Med School, honoring Humberto Rodriguez
Volume 19, No. 3 (2017)
Cover story: sleep research
Also: Science of Successful Again Summit, Indigenous Health and Wellness Day, Kathleen Shannon profile, Stethoscope Program, Class of 1967 Great People Scholarship Fund
Volume 19, No. 2 (2017)
Cover story: Tobacco addiction
Also: Match Day and graduation, Survey of the Health of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association awards, Gail Allen and Elizabeth Neary profile, Mini Med School, Tibetan collaboration
Volume 19, No. 1 (2017)
Cover story: SPORE grant
Also: Historic letter collection, interprofessional health education, alumni winter event, John Drawbert profile, Wi2 and Orion agreement
Volume 18, No. 4 (2016)
Cover story: Immunotherapy
Also: Middleton Society, Advancing health equity, Fall reunion weekend, Angela Gibson profile, Belzer Lifetime Achievement Award, Alan Kaplan profile, The Ride for cancer research, Trout family profile
Volume 18, No. 3 (2016)
Cover story: Obesity prevention
Also: White coat ceremony, Advances in asthma research and care, Alumni weekend and reunions, new alumni association president, Mini Med School, Greg Landry profile, medical student research
Volume 18, No. 2 (2016)
Cover story: Melding medicine and public health
Also: Match Day and graduation, the ethics of transplantation, alumni awards and scholarships, Lauree Thomas profile, internal medicine residency reunion, Robert and Marlene Hartzman profile, Ethiopia partnership
Volume 18, No. 1 (2016)
Cover story: Alzheimer's chorus
Also: Training in Urban Medicine and Public Health program, pathway to college, team approach to Alzheimer's, Alumni Host Program, alumni winter event, Jeff Thompson and Sue Turney profile, Mini Med School, advancing palliative care, preparing physician-scientists, Ironman Wisconsin
