May 17 - Transportation crashes, unfortunately, are a fact of life. Faculty and staff in the Vehicle Crashworthiness Laboratory (VCL) and the Neurosurgery Research Facility (NRF) at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center use their biomedical engineering expertise to minimize the effect crashes have on the people involved.
May 7 - The Appleton Post Crescent reported on Walter and Dee Coyle, a DePere couple who are participating in a Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease clinical trial at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin. Appleton Post Crescent
May 6 - Piero Antuono, MD, professor of neurology, pharmacology, and toxicology and director of the Dementia Research Center, discusses the importance of clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease. Oshkosh Northwestern
May 03 - The Neuroscience Research Center plans to fund four categories of pilot grants to enhance research capacity in the area of neuroscience research. The largest awards will fund collaborative projects involving two or three faculty members.
May 02 - Frank A. Pintar, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and Director of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center Neuroscience Research laboratories, received the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Arnold W. Siegel International Transportation Safety Award. Dr. Pintar was recognized for his work on the biomechanics of side impact injuries that helped lay the foundation for the latest federal motor vehicle safety standards.
April 23 - Children in Muskego raised $450 in support of juvenile brain injury research at MCW and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Muskego Patch
April 23 - A worldwide shortage of helium and the challenges of creating new technology have contributed to the delay of the installation of a GE Healthcare 7-Tesla magnet, part of a $20 million expansion of MCW’s Center for Imaging Research. Milwaukee Business Journal
April 16 - In a Marquette Tribune article on President Obama’s national brain research initiative, Kristina Ropella, Executive Associate Dean at Marquette University’s College of Engineering, discusses nationally-recognized brain imaging technologies developed jointly by MCW and Marquette. Marquette Tribune
April 8 - Christopher Pawela, PhD, provided expert comment on an article in Brain Connectivity that, for the first time, correlates both functional and structural brain changes in epilepsy. Dr. Pawela is Co-Editor-in-Chief of Brain Connectivity. News-Medical.net
Apr 17 - A group of motivated eighth grade students from Muskego visited MCW this week to make a donation to Dr. Mike McCrea and the Neuroscience Research Center. The students led two fundraisers over the winter aimed at supporting traumatic brain injury research.
March 25 - Christopher Pawela, PhD, provides expert comment on article in Brain Connectivity by a team of Dutch scientists that found that patterns of brain communication in toddlers with autism shows evidence of aberrant neural communication even at this relatively early stage of brain development. Brain Connectivity
Mar 27 - The Neuroscience Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) will present a series of short discussions and interactive exhibits demonstrating the way our brains work on Wednesday, April 3, on the MCW campus.
A neurosciences team, led by Michael McCrea, PhD, and supported by a $2.2 million Department of Defense grant, is evaluating four screening tools to determine the most effective method for assessing concussions and determining recovery.
March 12 - In an article in Milwaukee Magazine, Dr. Oludamilola Salami (Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine) discusses his use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat depression. Milwaukee Magazine
March 12 - Michael McCrea, PhD, (Neurosurgery and Neurology) will received the Wauwatosa Library Foundation’s Arthur B. Kohasky Leadership Award on March 19. WauwatosaNOW
March 6 - Michael McCrea, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and neurology, will be presented the 2012 Arthur B. Kohasky Leadership Award from the Wauwatosa Library Foundation for his efforts to advance traumatic brain injury research and testing. WauwatosaNOW
Mar 05 - Michael McCrea, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology and Director of Brain Injury Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has been selected to receive the 2013 Leadership Award from the Wauwatosa Public Library Foundation.
Feb 21 - The national dialogue on traumatic brain injury has reached significant amplitude with the public platform of professional sports raising awareness, the experiences of soldiers over a decade of war reinforcing the implications, and the medical community rising with innovative efforts to improve diagnosis and care.
In 2004, Jeannette Vizuete began in the PhD program in Functional Imaging jointly offered by the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University. Jeannette is now nearing completion of the program and the achievement of her PhD. In this Q and A, Jeannette talks about her research and the program.
The Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University jointly offer a PhD program in Functional Imaging, which integrates experience in biomedical science and applied engineering in studies related to the brain.
Patients in the Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Program benefit from the expertise of Medical College faculty, as well as Froedtert’s advanced technology and specially trained health professionals.
Feb. 12 - Dr. John Lynch (Neurology) was interviewed by Ladies Home Journal in a first-person article by one of his patients, a 41-year-old woman who experienced a stroke. Ladies' Home Journal
Feb. 12 - Dr. Osama Zaidat (Neurology) was part of a national team of researchers contributing to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine that found that a stroke survivor's chances of living independently after 90 days are not improved by the use of devices inserted into the artery to dissolve or remove a stroke-causing clot shortly after the onset of symptoms. EurekAlert
Jan. 29 - Michael McCrea, PhD, (Neurosurgery) discusses his research on traumatic brain injury in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel interview. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel & Today's TMJ4
Jan. 24 - Michael McCrea, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and neurology and director of brain injury research, discussed the mechanisms behind traumatic brain injury and lifelong health ramifications of multiple concussions. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Jan. 14 - Michael McCrea, PhD, (Neurosurgery) will be a panelist at Marquette University’s January 28 “Marquette Presents” breakfast forum on “Concussion – Societal Impact of Sports-related Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.” Marquette University News
A guest of the Medical Humanities Program, alumnus Dr. Jon Mukand returned to the College to read from his latest book, which features his rehabilitation research and individual victories over paralysis.
A record number of students participated this year in the Medical College’s Medical Student Summer Research Program, which pairs first- and second-year students with a faculty mentor for a laboratory-based research experience. The program gives future doctors perspective on how new discoveries are translated into the tools and treatments of tomorrow.
Nov. 20 - A collaborative team of researchers from Marquette University, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the Medical College of Wisconsin received a one-year, $50,000 grant from the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin to study the mechanisms behind hand motor control and sensory feedback in stroke patients.
Computerized baseline testing measures an athlete's cognitive skills. Today’s TMJ4
Some vehicle safety ratings are based on information gathered at the Medical College of Wisconsin and provided to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. FOX 6 News
Sept. 27 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Neuroscience Center Advisory Board has added seven new community and business leaders to its membership. The goal of the board is to support basic and clinical research that will enhance understanding of brain function and improve the ability to treat neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, and brain and spinal cord injury.
Lead researcher Carol Everson, PhD, professor of neurology, cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy, says chronic sleep restriction leads to an arrest in bone remodeling that could potentially affect healing. Science Daily
Sept. 06 - The Center for BioMolecular Modeling (CBM) at Milwaukee School of Engineering has been awarded a four-year, $750,000 Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a project entitled Drugs, Drug Targets and You. The project is a collaborative effort of the MSOE Center for BioMolecular Modeling, led by Tim Herman, PhD; the Medical College of Wisconsin Neuroscience Research Center, led by Cecilia Hillard, PhD; and Shuchismita Dutta of the Protein Data Bank at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Aug. 29 - Julie Biller, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics and Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, was asked to testify on behalf of the national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation at the Sept. 15 open public hearing of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Anti-Infective Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Biller will speak in support of tobramycin inhalation powder (TIP) for treatment of cystic fibrosis.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has added a new crash test to its safety ratings, after research from MCW showed a particular type of crash can cause serious injuries. Consumer Reports
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.
June 12 - The Medical College of Wisconsin is partnering with Primorigen Biosciences, Inc., a Madison, Wis., stem cell company, to optimize technology that transforms adult stem cells into nerve cells capable of restoring nerve function for ultimate therapeutic use. Primorigen has been awarded a $344,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health. The project will be led by Arshak R. Alexanian, PhD, VMD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin; and Brad Garcia, PhD, Director of Technology and Business Development at Primorigen.
Michael McCrea, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and neurology and the director of brain injury research, is partnering with the United States Army to study assessment tools for mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion. United States Army News