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.
University of Wisconsin researchers continue work towards new clinical applications, two decades after stem cell research began on campus.
More feature stories
Native American Center for Health Professions focuses on recruitment, training
The center is chipping away at decades of American Indian and Alaska Natives being under-represented in health professions.
Using expertise for patient advocacy
Brita Lundberg, MD ’91 (PG ’94), decided to leave the practice of medicine and return to the classroom for patient advocacy training. Now she's making a career out of it.
Marc Drezner earns Belzer Lifetime Achievement Award
During his research, teaching and patient care career—which began with 25 years on the faculty at Duke University followed by 18 years at UW-Madison—Drezner has been recognized as an expert in bone and mineral metabolism.
Sheri Johnson reflects on a year leading the Population Health Institute
Sheri Johnson shares her history and explains some of the biggest challenges facing population health in Wisconsin.
Procedures Fair offers students valuable practice
The annual Procedures Fair provides students hands-on experience in many of the procedures that physicians, particularly in primary care, encounter regularly.
Past issues
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
