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Winter /'08 Alumni News cover

Sarah K. England, PhD ’93, works in her laboratory with Stephanie Pierce, a molecular physiology and biophysics graduate student. Dr. England, Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, researches how labor is triggered in pregnant women. She recently completed a health policy fellowship during which she drafted legislation in Washington, D.C.

Dr. England's Alumna Profile is featured in this issue. The entire Winter 2008 Alumni News is also available in pdf format.

President's Message

I would like to thank all of the alumni who took the time to respond to the readership survey we conducted in 2007 for the Alumni News magazine. Through your valuable input, we have a better understanding of our strengths and how we can build on them.

A job well done

In 13 years as dean and executive vice president, Dr. Michael J. Dunn strengthened research programs, oversaw significant programmatic and physical growth, and raised the national reputation of the Medical College of Wisconsin. His recruitment of faculty leaders and shaping of the College’s vision remain as part of his legacy at his alma mater. Dr. Dunn’s tenure ends May 5 when his successor, Jonathan I. Ravdin, MD, begins his service.

Up to data

There is no shortage of information in medicine, but there is an enormous need for organizing, using, sharing and researching this data to improve medical practice. Alumni in medical informatics are working on these challenges while the College’s joint degree program with MSOE has been training professionals in the field for more than 10 years.

Side Effects

As practicing physicians field increasing numbers of questions from patients about prescription medication, many alumni question the manner in which drugs are advertised directly to consumers and consider whether the omnipresent ads do more harm than good.

Presidential Volunteer Award recipients

Family medicine alumni receive Presidential Volunteer Awards for helping train primary care physicians in Armenia to improve health care delivery in the former Soviet nation.

Wife of alumnus hopes fund speeds Alzheimer's discoveries

John R. McKenzie, MD ’55, and his wife, Marilyn, recently established the John R. McKenzie, MD Endowed Fund for Alzheimer’s Research through a $100,000 IRA rollover gift to the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Alumna Profile Sarah L. England, PhD '93

Through a unique fellowship, Sarah K. England, PhD ’93, learned the leap between her laboratory and the Legislative branch of government is not as far as one might think. She also discovered an affinity for health policy that complements her research and academic aspirations.

Alumni Notes

Professional and personal accomplishments and activities of Medical College of Wisconsin alumni.

In Memoriam

Obituaries of Medical College of Wisconsin, Marquette School of Medicine, and Marquette University School of Medicine alumni.