May 14 - The Medical College of Wisconsin and the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center are collaborating to improve the lives of those with traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries.
May 13 - The week of May 13-17 is VA Research Week, and the Medical College of Wisconsin will be observing the event with a series of articles that highlight the research collaboration between the College and the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center.
May 10 - Potential participants in clinical trials may not have a clear understanding of the methods used by researchers to ensure the safety of investigational drugs they are given. That finding is the subject of a new paper from the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) published in Clinical Trials.
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
April 8 - Dr. Harry Whelan is the lead investigator for an MCW clinical trial at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin that will explore the benefits of a photodynamic therapy treatment for pediatric patients with malignant brain tumors. BizTimes
Apr 11 - Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin are participating in the third national Cancer Prevention Study (CPS-3) of the American Cancer Society which is currently enrolling participants at locations around the state.
April 4 - Gannett Newspapers throughout Central Wisconsin and the Fox Valley reported on Dr. Geoffrey Lamb’s research published in Health Affairs. postcrescent.com
Apr 02 - Children and adolescents with recurrent or progressive brain tumors will have an opportunity to participate in a new Phase 1 clinical trial conducted by Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin investigating the safety of a novel brain cancer treatment.
March 25 - The National Pain Report discusses Dr. Thomas Chelimsky’s study reported in the Clinical Journal of Pain that found that chronic pain patients who are treated by primary care providers will experience significant improvement in their symptoms if their physicians are trained in pain management. National Pain Report
A new device designed by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers may alleviate symptoms of severe acid reflux in patients while they sleep.
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March 20 - An article in Medical News Today cites an MCW study reported in 2011 in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine that found that the most effective public health strategy to prevent allergic sensitization to latex is to stop using powered latex gloves. Medical News Today
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 - Sequestration will force $5-9 million in federal funding cuts to MCW. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel & The Badger Herald
Medical College faculty and staff have collaborations on six continents and nearly all states in the nation. For details on specific collaborations, see the following information, which is conservative summary of the continuously expanding collaborations in all missions of the Medical College.
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.
Feb. 12 - Steven Pinkerton, PhD, (Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine – Center for AIDS Intervention Research) received a $919,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to support two-year stipends for research fellows. Fox6 News & Milwaukee Courier
Feb. 6 - Kathryn Flynn, PhD, (Medicine – General Internal) was lead author of a study reported in PLOS One that studied the efficacy and quality of multi-center clinical trials. equities
Feb. 6 - In a study reported in JAMA Pediatrics, Dr. Jeffrey Jackson (Medicine – General Internal) found that placebos were as effective as most adult migraine medications for the treatment of pediatric migraine headaches. New York Daily News & Fox 6 News
A young girl with a rare genetic condition is alive and thriving today because of a new treatment plan developed by Medical College of Wisconsin physicians at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
Jan 31 - A collaborative research team established by the Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) created a new tool and recommendations to improve the efficiency and quality of multi-center clinical trials.
A new class of drugs known as targeted therapies are reshaping the future of care for cancer and other conditions.
Dec. 5 - The Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute and the Medical College of Wisconsin are recruiting patients for a clinical trial investigating a novel treatment for urea cycle disorders (UCD) in children.
The James M. Ross Professor of Diabetes in Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Dr. Anthony McCall has established himself as an expert in diabetes treatment, research, and education.
Julia Lechuga, PhD, assistant professor in psychiatry and behavioral medicine in the Medical College’s Center for AIDS Intervention Research, will investigate the decision-making processes between Latina girls and their mothers when it comes to obtaining the HPV vaccine. Hispanically Speaking News
October 16 - Hundreds of people participated in a 5K run on September 29th to raise money for the Sebastian Raclaw Abdominal Cancer Research Fund, named for the Milwaukee police officer battling Pseudomyxoma Peritonei. FOX 6 News
Joan Neuner, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, received $200,000 to study adverse bony effects of breast cancer therapies. FOX 6 News
More than 500 people participated in a 5K run to show support for Officer Sebastian Rawclaw and raise money for research and treatment. FOX6 News
Elizabeth Gore, MD, professor of radiation oncology and associate director of radiation oncology at the Zablocki VA Medical Center, finds stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with surgery and/or radiation therapy have a significantly reduced risk of developing brain metastases if they also receive prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI). Science Daily
Philip S. Clifford, PhD, associate dean for postdoctoral education in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and professor of anesthesiology and physiology at MCW, creates an interactive career planning tool to help budding scientists develop step-by-step plans to reach their goals. Science Careers
David Gutterman, MD, the Northwestern Mutual Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, and a contributing editor of The American Journal of Physiology—Heart and Circulatory Physiology, interviewed Michael Widlansky, MD, assistant professor of cardiovascular medicine, about a new study that found remote preconditioning led to better performances from athletes in some sports. American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology
An expert in cerebral vascular and skull base tumor surgery, alumnus Dr. Philip Stieg is Professor and Chairman of Neurological Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
All three recipients of The Medical College of Wisconsin’s Distinguished Service Awards this year are alumni. The award is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a Medical College faculty member.
For his exemplary work as a physician and his commitment to education, J. Frank Wilson, MD, was named an Honorary Alumnus of The Medical College of Wisconsin this year. Dr. Wilson is Chairman and the Bernard & Miriam Peck Family Professor in Radiation Oncology at the Medical College.
Upon concluding an inspiring term as President of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. David Holmes was honored by another group of peers as he was named the 2012 Medical School Alumnus of the Year. For more than three decades, Dr. Holmes has served as a consummate clinician, mentor, investigator, innovator and leader in cardiology at the Mayo Clinic and its College of Medicine.
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.
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
May 25 - The Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) is sponsoring the Master of Science in Clinical and Translational Science and the Graduate Certificate in Clinical and Translational Science programs at the Medical College of Wisconsin. The multidisciplinary programs, which are offered through the MCW Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, prepare researchers to become leaders of the next generation of clinical and translational investigators.