March 25 - Keith Horvath, PhD, received a three-year, $688,000 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to develop a new smartphone application aimed at increasing medication adherence among HIV-positive patients. WauwatosaNOW
A new device designed by Medical College of Wisconsin researchers may alleviate symptoms of severe acid reflux in patients while they sleep.
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.
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Gastroenterologist Dr. Reza Shaker, along with his MCW research team, has invented a medical device capable of alleviating the symptoms of extraesophageal acid reflux disease in patients while they sleep.
Feb. 19 - In his Milwaukee Journal Sentinel column, Tom Still notes that MCW and UWM are investing more in research that can lead to inventions – often doing so in concert with private companies. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Feb. 19 - At a presentation hosted by the Wisconsin Innovation Network, James Antczak (Technology Development) discussed MCW’s ability to leverage its research strengths to develop ideas and products for patients and society. Milwaukee Business Journal
Feb. 12 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported on findings from 16 projects it funded nationwide focused on patient-centered care and health IT projects. Government Health IT
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. 29 - Fox-Channel 6 featured Kalpa Vithalani, PhD, and Joseph Hill, PhD, (both Technology Development) in a report on MCW’s collaboration with St. Matthias Parish School in Milwaukee as they worked with fourth-graders on a project designed to explain how creative ideas can be turned into patentable inventions. Fox 6 News
Jan. 24 - Members of MCW’s technology transfer office helped teach fourth graders the process of patenting inventions they’ve created. WITI TV
Jan. 22 - Staff from MCW’s Office of Technology Development and from the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center will work with fourth graders at St. Matthias Parish School in Milwaukee as they explain how creative ideas can be turned into patentable inventions. WauwatosaNOW
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.
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.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded a transformative grant to the Medical College that supports a partnership of eight Milwaukee institutions designed to move research discoveries more quickly to patient applications. The $20 million Clinical and Translational Science Award bridges institutions to connect faculty members with complementary interests and expertise, such as Dr. Michelle Johnson, whose robots are aiding in stroke rehabilitation.
The software automatically assesses digital images of the liver and is designed to help identify non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Milwaukee Business Journal
July 25 - The Medical College of Wisconsin has entered into a licensing agreement with Somna Therapeutics, LLC, to bring to market a new medical device designed to treat the symptoms of the most serious form of acid reflux, extraesophageal reflux disease.
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.