May 1 - Davis, John Imig, PhD, co-authored a study in Experimental Biology and Medicine that demonstrated that soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibition and peroxisome proliferator activator receptorγ activation in combination had the greatest beneficial effects on the multi-disease features and progression of kidney disease associated with cardiometabolic syndrome. Medical News Today
With medical information in a constant state of evolution, academic detailing offers a personal form of educational outreach that places the most current, evidence-based data directly in the hands of practicing physicians.
April 23 - Dr. Mark Kostic provided expert comment to NBC/Channel 4 and WTMJ-AM on the health risks associated with letters laced with ricin. 620 WTMJ
Apr 23 - William B. Campbell, PhD, Chairman and Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, has received the 2013 Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation Award in Excellence in Pharmacology/Toxicology. The award honors scientists whose foundation grant helped launch exemplary careers in academia, industry, and government.
Apr 17 - Carol L. Williams, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, is one of seven individuals being honored by the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation with Champion in Women’s Health Awards on Saturday, May 4. Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation founder and president, Sue Ann Thompson, will present the awards at a luncheon from 11:30am – 1:30pm.
March 25 - Appearing on NBC-TV/Channel 4’s “Wisconsin Tonight,” Dr. Paula Cody provides background on “Molly,” a new drug of abuse used by teenagers. Today's TMJ4
Researchers from the Medical College of Wisconsin and the BloodCenter of Wisconsin collaborate on cardiovascular research to address many pressing disorders of the blood and vascular system.
A partnership between UW-Milwaukee, Children's Research Institute of Children's Hospital and Health System, and the Medical College is dedicated to understanding how environmental factors relate to reproductive and childhood diseases and finding ways to prevent them.
Feb. 19 - The Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation named Carol Williams, PhD, (Pharmacology and Toxicology) a recipient of the foundation’s 2013 Champions in Women’s Health award. Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation
Jan. 14 - Dr. Mark Kostic (Pediatrics – Emergency Medicine) provides expert comment on Methoxetamine, a designer drug that killed a Milwaukee college student. CBS 58 News & Fox 6 News
Aug. 28 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a four-year, $2.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop a more precise clinical test for predicting a patient’s risk of developing heart disease.
Aug. 27 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) received a four-year, $2.5 million award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute to develop a more precise clinical test for predicting a patient’s risk of developing heart disease.
Aug. 13 - Alicia Thomas Barr, a graduate student in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), is the recipient of a United Negro College Fund (UNCF)/Merck Science Initiative graduate research fellowship.
Aug. 02 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a two-year, $420,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health to study the viability of a promising target for the pharmacological treatment of depression.
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.
Commencement was held for graduates of The Medical College of Wisconsin on May 20, 2011, at the Milwaukee Theatre. A total of 275 degrees were awarded to students of the Medical School and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, consisting of 206 MD, 21 PhD, 25 MS, 12 MA, and 11 MPH degrees.
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.
Dr. Daniel McDermott has dedicated his career to the development of new drugs and study of their safety and efficacy in patient populations. His remarkable body of work led to his selection as the Medical College’s very first Graduate School Alumnus of the Year.
July 11 - The many community-based organizations that support the Medical College of Wisconsin Cancer Center all have unique histories, but they have in common a singular dedication to improving cancer care in this region through vigorous research.