May 20 - Robert Chayer, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, has been appointed the Chucker Aring Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
May 7 - Dr. Jon Lehrmann will participate in the Marquette University College of Nursing Health Care Forum on access to mental health care services in the Milwaukee-area. Nursing.advanceweb.com
May 7 - Drs. Jon Lehrmann and Stephen Hargarten provide expert comment in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on the 28% suicide rate increase over an 11-year period among middle-aged Americans. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
May 3 - Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH, professor and chair of emergency medicine; and Jon Lehrmann, MD, Charles E. Kubly Professor and chair of psychiatry and behavioral medicine, discussed the rising rates of suicide among men, and the need for further research to identify causes and prevention strategies. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Apr 29 - The Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR) has received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Mental Health to engage social networks of persons living with HIV in the former Soviet Union to support other people who are HIV positive.
Apr 24 - The Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR) will present a one-day conference, “Fronteras Y Barreras/Borders and Barriers: Addressing Latino Immigrant Experiences with Health, Healthcare, and HIV in the United States,” on Monday, May 13, at the Italian Community Center. Nationally-recognized experts will present recent research on issues facing Latino immigrants, and provide opportunities for attendees to discuss best practices for addressing these barriers.
Mar 22 - The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR) has received a three year, $688,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse to fund development of a new smartphone application aimed at increasing medication adherence among HIV-positive patients.
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
As President of the AMA Foundation Board, psychiatrist Dr. Clarence Chou is promoting physician engagement in community health.
Feb 26 - The Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR) has received a one year, $50,000 grant to study the tensions the criminalization of HIV exposure creates in public health, and the resulting impact on clients.
Feb. 12 - Dr. Carlyle Chan (Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine) was elected Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education for 2013. WauwatosaNOW
Feb 07 - The Medical College of Wisconsin’s (MCW) Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR) has received a five-year, $919,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health to support its post-doctoral fellowship program. The training program has been continually supported since its inception in 1996.
Jan. 31 - Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH, professor and chair of emergency medicine and director of the Injury Research Center; and John Weigelt, MD, DVM, the Milton & Lidy Lunda/Charles Aprahamian Professor in Trauma and chief of trauma and critical care, discuss the medical care provided at Froedtert Hospital’s Level 1 trauma center for gunshot victims. WUWM FM
Jan 25 - Jeffrey Miller, DNP, APNP, in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, was recently appointed by Gov. Scott Walker to the Wisconsin State Board of Nursing. He began serving on the board in September.
Jan 23 - Carlyle Chan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine as well as Bioethics and Medical Humanities in the Institute for Health and Society, was elected Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
Gaining access to appropriate medical care can be difficult for patients limited by geography, disability or specialist availability. Alumni are engaging telemedicine in a number of creative ways to serve patients in the U.S. and internationally through distance technologies that allow for video conferencing, remote exams, diagnostics and follow-up care.
Oct. 23 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a two-year, $440,000 award from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Nursing Research to investigate the decision-making processes between Latina girls and their mothers when it comes to obtaining the HPV vaccine.
Oct. 17 - Joseph O’Grady Jr., MD, FAAP, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, received the Special Achievement Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics for distinguished service and his leadership and commitment to making improvements in mental health practices and training for primary care providers.
Oct. 04 - Recognizing and treating depression will be the focus of the first Depression Recognition Day at the Medical College of Wisconsin on Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sept. 26 - A study led by the Medical College of Wisconsin and published online in the American Journal of Public Health found that New Jersey law requiring individuals with HIV to disclose their HIV-positive status to their sexual partners does not appear to be an effective HIV prevention intervention.
Sept. 10 - Carlyle H. Chan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and the Institute for Health and Society (Bioethics and Humanities), has been invited to serve as one of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education’s (ACCME) representatives to the Coalition for Physician Accountability. The coalition seeks to advance the quality of healthcare and professional accountability.
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.
Graduating medical students were matched to their residency positions via the National Residency Matching Program on March 16. Of the 202 fourth-year medical students at the Medical College, 196 students obtained first-year residency positions on Match Day.
July 19 - The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) has received a $2.3 million, four-year grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Drug Abuse to implement and evaluate evidence-based HIV prevention strategies in Ukraine.