May 27 - MCW’s Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities will host its first symposium on genetics and ethics on June 6 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Wauwatosa. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The 99th annual commencement took place on May 18 at the Milwaukee Theatre, at which the Medical College of Wisconsin and its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences awarded 202 MD, 38 PhD, 27 MS, 4 MA, and 18 Master of Public Health degrees, as well as bestowed numerous honors.
May 20 - The Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities Program in Genomics and Ethics will inaugurate its annual symposium on genomics and ethics on June 6. WauwatosaNOW
May 23 - The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Program in Genomics and Ethics will offer the first annual Genomics & Ethics Symposium on Thursday, June 6, at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee West in Wauwatosa.
Feb. 6 - Kimberly Strong, PhD, (Institute for Health and Society – Bioethics and Medical Humanities) discussed ethical questions posed by genome sequencing on WUWM-FM’s “Lake Effect". WUWM FM
Jan. 29 - Kimberly Strong, PhD, assistant professor of bioethics, discusses the Program in Genomics and Ethics at MCW and its role in analyzing ethical, legal, and social issues that arise with the advent of genomics technologies in health care. WUWM FM
Bruce Campbell, MD, professor of otolaryngology, talks about the complexities in relationships between doctors and patients in this audio essay featured on WUWM’s Lake Effect. WUWM-FM
MCW’s David Dimmock, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, comments on the national use of faster DNA sequencing to diagnose rare genetic disorders in newborns. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Aug. 10 - A former high school football star’s paralyzing injury, and the new technology that allowed him to re-establish communication with the world, is the focus of a new book and an upcoming presentation at the Medical College of Wisconsin sponsored by the MCW Medical Humanities Program.