April 16 - Amy Hudson, PhD, received a two-year, $476,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to study immune response to certain herpesviruses. WauwatosaNOW
Apr 17 - Nikki Johnston, PhD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, Tina Samuels, Research Associate II in Otolaryngology and Communication Sciences, and Clive Wells, Program Manager II in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, received the Broyles-Maloney Award for best original thesis at the annual meeting of the American Bronchoesophagological Association.
Apr 15 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a two-year, $476,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study immune response to certain herpesviruses.
Apr 02 - Paula Traktman, PhD, Chair and Walter Schroeder Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Senior Associate Dean for Research Development, has been elected as a 2013 Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. She will receive her designation at a ceremony during the academy’s annual meeting in Denver.
March 25 - Amy Hudson, PhD, (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) received a two-year, $476,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to study immune response to two forms of human herpesvirus. WauwatosaNOW
Mar 21 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a two-year, $476,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study immune response to certain herpesviruses.
March 20 - Paula Traktman, PhD, is one of 87 scientists worldwide elected to Fellowship in the American Academy of Microbiology. EurekAlert
Feb 12 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a two year, $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study proteins associated with tuberculosis immunity.
Stephen Gauld, PhD, MCW assistant professor of pediatrics in allergy and immunology, and microbiology and molecular genetics, will study the factors involved in regulating the production of autoantibodies, which target an individual’s own tissues and are linked to autoimmune disorders like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. Health News Digest
Sept. 25 - Joseph T. Barbieri, PhD, Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Director of the Medical Scientist Training Program at MCW, has assumed the role of chair of the MD-PhD Steering Committee for the MD-PhD Section of the Association of American Medical College. Dr. Barbieri recently completed his term as chair-elect and will serve a one-year term as chair.
Sept. 24 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a two-year award for more than $400,000 from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study how the bacterium which causes tuberculosis (TB) survives inside the human body in a latent state which is less susceptible to antibiotics
Sept. 06 - John Routes, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, has been elected President of the Clinical Immunology Society for 2013-2014. Dr. Routes is currently a member of the society’s Executive Committee, and will assume the presidency in July.
Sept. 04 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a one-year, $8,000 award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to help fund the 19th annual Midwest Microbial Pathogenesis Conference (MMPC), which will be held from Sept. 7-9, at MCW.
Aug. 21 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a one year, $50,275 supportive care research grant from the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to study new therapies for hearing loss in pediatric cancer patients.
Aug. 14 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a two-year, $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to investigate the interactions between bacteria that live in the intestine and the intestinal immune system.
The Senior Awards Dinner for the Medical School Class of 2011 was held May 19, 2011, at the Italian Community Center in Milwaukee. The night was an opportunity to celebrate four years of accomplishment with friends and family.
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.
July 05 - Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the Children's Research Institute in Milwaukee have found that extremely small particles of elemental selenium are highly toxic to leukemia and certain solid tumor cells but well tolerated by normal cells. The small particles are generated when certain selenium-containing dyes are exposed to light, and this small size appears to be essential for the anti-cancer effect.
July 02 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a two-year, $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to investigate a promising biological avenue for treating nerves affected by botulism.