Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent evaluator of charities, scored the Medical College of Wisconsin the highest among all other Wisconsin charities that the organization rated. This also represents the sixth consecutive year that the Medical College received a four-star rating from New Jersey-based Charity Navigator.
Michael J. Dunn, MD, Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Physiology, has joined the Clinical and Translational Science Institute as Director of its new Translational Research Resources Office.
The Medical College has raised $19,794 for the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), and is just short of meeting its contribution amount from last year. Donations will continue to be collected through May 16. A new feature of the campaign this year is that donations to UPAF can be made online.
Robert Truitt, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics (Hematology/Oncology), will appear with his four daughters in episodes of 'Family Feud' scheduled to be broadcast May 15 and May 19. This is the Truitt family’s second time on 'Family Feud.'
Joseph Goveas, MD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, has received a highly esteemed Young Investigator Award from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression. Early career academic faculty in psychiatry from the United States and Canada compete for this award, which provides two years of project and professional development support for promising young neurobiological researchers.
Rashmi Sood, PhD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Medical College. She joins the division of Pediatric Pathology and the Children’s Research Institute. Her primary research interest is the study of the vascular bed of the placenta and the mechanism of pregnancy-related cardiovascular disorders.
Carlyle Chan, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, is serving as a panelist for a preview showing and discussion of a new one-hour Milwaukee Public Television (MPTV) documentary that explores how depression can effect a man's relationships and career. The documentary, 'Depression in Men Explored,' will be previewed in the MPTV Community Cinema series at Discovery World, 500 N. Harbor Drive, Wednesday, on May 14, at 7 p.m.
'Milwaukee Magazine' published a 10-page article in its May 2008 issue that highlights the rise and expansion of the Medical College of Wisconsin and the success of its leadership team. The Office of Public Affairs has purchased rights to the article, and College employees are free to print as many copies as they would like for meetings, networking and recruitment.
The 2008 Commencement ceremony takes place on Friday, May 16, at 4 p.m. at the Milwaukee Theatre, 500 West Kilbourn Ave. If you are participating in the Commencement ceremony, please note the following reminders.
Three Medical College faculty members and a medical student were elected to Wisconsin Medical Society leadership positions at the society’s annual meeting in Madison.
Srividya Kidambi, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition), received a Young Investigator Travel Award from the American Society of Hypertension to attend the society’s 23rd annual scientific meeting May 14-17 in New Orleans.
In order to ensure the EpicCare Ambulatory EMR is meeting the needs of the clinic staff and clinicians, the Clinical Informatics team has created a user satisfaction survey. All EpicCare Ambulatory users are asked to complete the survey by noon on Friday, May 30.
The Medical College of Wisconsin invites Medical College faculty to submit proposals for the Research for a Healthier Tomorrow’s 2008-09 funding cycle. Research for a Healthier Tomorrow is a component of 'Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin.'
The National Biomedical Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin has received a five-year, $5.66 million renewal grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. The renewal, which covers direct and indirect costs from April 1, 2008, to March 31, 2013, represents years 32 to 36 of the Center’s funding.
The Todd Wehr Library and the College library branches at Froedtert Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin will be open during the following times from Friday, May 9, through Thursday, May 22, because of final exams; from Friday, May 23, through Thursday, May 29, because of Memorial Day week; and from Friday, May 30, to Sunday, Aug. 17, because of summer break.
The Medical College has received a one-year, $358,150 grant from the National Eye Institute to study genes that control how immature retinal cells differentiate and become mature nervous system cells. This study may lead to a better understanding of how stem cells regulate differentiation and how the genes that control this process contribute to disease. Brian A. Link, PhD, Associate Professor of Cellular Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, is principal investigator for the grant.
By May 13, fifteen departments and divisions will have moved into the new Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Clinical Cancer Center. Each department or division that moved will have a new mail address, and the MCW faculty and staff who moved from the Research Park Center, the Health Research Center or the Medical Office Building having a telephone number with a 456 prefix will have a new Froedtert-assigned phone number.
The deadline to apply for the Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s new Mentored Clinical/Translational Research Award is May 15. The overall goal of this K12 award is to provide training opportunities for MCW junior faculty working in clinical and translational research to become competitive, independent investigators. There is anticipated funding start date of July 1.
Laura Roberts, MD, MA, and Jinger Hoop, MD, MFA, collaborated with experts in the fields of medicine, ethics, psychology, law, medical education, religious studies and public health in the recently published book, 'Professionalism and Ethics: Q and A Self-Study Guide for Mental Health Professionals,' from American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.
Diana Kerwin, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (Geriatrics/Gerontology), received the United Community Center’s (UCC) Friend of the Hispanic Community award for her efforts to develop culturally sensitive dementia-screening services, outreach materials and programs for the Latino elderly and their families served by the UCC’s Latino Geriatric Center.
Katie Sparks, Assistant Director of Annual Giving in the Department of Development, was elected to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Alumni Association’s Board of Trustees. Her three-year term begins July 1.
Harold H. Harsch, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, was chosen to receive the Irma Bland Award for Excellence in Teaching Residents from the American Psychiatric Association.
Obesity, cancer, depression and health disparities, all high-priority issues in Wisconsin, will be tackled this year by participants in the Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute’s 2007-2008 Community Teams Program. Four Wisconsin communities and one statewide coalition will receive training and technical assistance as they address issues their communities identified as critical to improving health.
The 10th annual Robert and June Becker Health Policy Lecture will be held Monday, May 5, at 4 p.m. in Health Research Center rooms H1210-H1230. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.
During the week beginning May 5, Oracle users will notice a change to the appearance of the Oracle main menu, which lists the assigned responsibilities. Application names that were formerly compressed (with a “+” sign), when selected, will be automatically expanded on the right side of the screen, saving keystrokes.
An episode of 'Modern Marvels' focusing on the rat and featuring the College’s rat research program is scheduled to premier Wednesday, April 30, at 8 p.m. ET on The History Channel.
Andrew B. Peitzman, MD, Professor and Executive Vice Chairman for the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, will deliver the 28th annual Lunda Lecture on Wednesday, May 21, in Froedtert Hospital’s Helfaer Auditorium. His presentation, 'Non-operative Management of Blunt Abdominal Trauma: Have We Gone Too Far?,' will begin at 8 a.m.
Mary M. Horowitz, MD, MS, the Robert A. Uihlein, Jr. Chair in Hematologic Research, Professor of Medicine, and Chief Scientific Director of the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research at the Medical College, has recently been awarded two prestigious international honors.
Three faculty members, a third-year medical student, and the medical school class of 1972, along with the MCW/Marquette Medical Alumni Association, were chosen by the Medical College of Wisconsin Student Assembly to receive 2008 Standing Ovation awards.
The Medical College of Wisconsin United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) campaign runs through May 9. To date, the Medical College has raised $5,218. A new feature of the campaign this year is that donations to UPAF can be made online.
The Medical College has received a five-year, $1,048,315 grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to provide students with a thorough understanding of physiology, a discipline that spans the breadth from whole animal physiology to the cellular and molecular level. Hubert V. Forster, PhD, Professor of Physiology, is principal investigator for the grant.
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin has the best kidney transplant outcomes in the Midwest, according to data released this year by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. Of the 15 largest renal transplant centers in the Midwest (which includes Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and six other states), Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin ranks No. 1 in both patient and graft survival.
The James J. Smith Memorial Lecture will be held Monday, May 12, at 3:30 p.m. in the Medical College of Wisconsin Health Research Center Auditorium. The keynote speaker is Eric O. Feigl, MD, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Washington Medical School in Seattle. Dr. Feigl will give a presentation titled, 'Control of Coronary Blood Flow During Exercise (Why We Don’t Die When We Walk up the Stairs).'
The Medical College 2007 Report to Faculty, Staff and Students, which provides a brief summary of the College’s collective accomplishments during the past year, is available in PDF format.
Mary and Ted Kellner and the Kelben Foundation have given the Medical College of Wisconsin a $1 million gift to endow the Kellner Chair in Pediatrics. Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH, Director of the College’s Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children, will be the first Kellner Professor in Pediatrics.
Hoping to repeat last year’s success, Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin, Fox 6-TV, the Milwaukee Brewers and the National Prostate Cancer Coalition are joining together again to encourage men to protect themselves against prostate cancer.
Set for Tuesday, April 29 (rain or shine), from 7 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Miller Park, the free, private, confidential screenings will take place in a mobile clinic near the TGI Friday’s restaurant in the northeast corner of the ball park.
The Medical College of Wisconsin United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) campaign runs through May 9. A new feature of the campaign this year is that donations to UPAF can be made online.
The 10th annual Robert and June Becker Health Policy Lecture will be held Monday, May 5, at 4 p.m. in Health Research Center rooms H1210-H1230. Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.
On Monday, April 21, from 2 – 6 p.m., the Clinical and Translational Science Institute will host an open house of the Translational Research Unit.
A reception honoring Michael J. Dunn, MD, for his leadership as Dean and Executive Vice President of the Medical College, is scheduled for Monday, April 21, from 4-7 p.m. in the Alumni Center. There will be a brief program that begins at 5 p.m.
Colin D. Rudolph, MD, PhD, has been appointed Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Pediatrics by Robert M. Kliegman, MD, Chairman and Professor of Pediatrics.
The College’s Center for Health, Science and Society will host its fourth Science Café on Tuesday, May 13, at the Rosebud Cinema Drafthouse. The free event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature Drs. Joseph Carroll and Thomas B. Connor Jr., who will speak on 'Envisioning the Future: Emerging Technologies for the Restoration and Preservation of Sight.'
The Medical College was ranked 42nd among the nation’s 125 medical schools receiving National Institutes of Health research and training support in FY 06-07. This ties the highest ranking the College ever achieved (it also ranked 42nd in FY 02-03), and represents a four-place improvement in rank from FY 05-06.
This month MCW Libraries is highlighting the Clinical Resources Web page, which is designed to make it easier to link to medical resources for patient care, education and research. The Clinical Resources page links not only to MCW electronic resources, but also to other reputable medical information sites.
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) seeks applications for pilot and collaborative grants for new and established investigators. The goal is to stimulate translational and clinical research in and across the institutions that comprise the CTSI of Southeastern Wisconsin.
The Medical College has received a four-year, $2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to compare the housing access of drug users versus low-income residents who do not use drugs, and to determine the effects of housing status on HIV risk behavior. Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD, is principal investigator of the grant.
MCW IS would like to educate employees on the benefits of energy efficient computing, and what departments can do to make their computing more energy efficient.
The Medical College of Wisconsin United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF) campaign begins Monday, April 14, and runs through Friday, May 9. A new feature of the campaign this year is that donations to UPAF can be made online.
Rachel Neff Greenley, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Gastroenterology and Nutrition) at the Medical College, a member of the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin staff and an investigator at Children’s Research Institute, has been chosen to receive the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award from the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Alumni Association.
On Monday, April 21, from 2 – 6 p.m., the Clinical and Translational Science Institute will host an open house of the Translational Research Unit.
The 2008 Medical College faculty/staff telephone directories are being delivered to each department during the week of April 14.
Lawrence R. Goodman, MD, Professor of Radiology and Chief of Thoracic Imaging, received the Society of Thoracic Radiology’s 2008 Gold Medal award for lifetime achievement, the society’s highest honor.
Healthy women ages, 40 to 60, are being sought for the 'Healthy-bones Research Project,' to evaluate an osteoporosis education program. Polly Ryan, PhD, RN, Associate Professor in the University of Wisconsin College of Nursing and adjunct Associate Professor at the Medical College, is seeking 160 volunteers.
Medical College of Wisconsin researchers are conducting a pilot study, supported in part by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, of near-infrared light therapy for diabetic macular edema, a form of diabetic eye disease that results in central vision loss.
Ty Carroll, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Endocrinology, received an Outstanding Abstract Travel Fellowship Award from Merck and Company, Inc. to attend the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting June 15-18 in San Francisco.
The first Diabetes Symposium of Wisconsin will be held May 9 - 11 at the InterContinental Milwaukee Hotel, 139 East Kilbourn Ave.
The symposium will highlight new advances in diabetes management and improve the knowledge base of the health care team whom look after diabetic patients.
Applications for Institutional Research Grants must be received by the Research Affairs Committee by 5 p.m. on Monday, May 5.
The Medical College of Wisconsin has received a $7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify targets for drugs controlling high blood pressure. Allen W. Cowley Jr., PhD, Chairman and Harry & Gertrude Hack Term Professorship in Physiology, is principal investigator.
Denise A. Teves, MD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, received the International Society for Clinical Densitometry Young Investigator Award.
The Medical College of Wisconsin's Board of Trustees approved awards totaling $6,638,224 in support of 24 community/academic partnership projects statewide through the College's Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program. This program is the community/academic partnership component of 'Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin' that was created through funds as a result of Blue Cross and Blue Shield United of Wisconsin's conversion to a publicly-traded company.
Ann A. Tobin, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in Pathology, received a Minority Travel Fellowship Award from the American Physiological Society to attend the Experimental Biology Conference April 5-9 in San Diego, Calif.
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute is seeking applications for its new 'Mentored Clinical/Translational Research Award.'
The Medical College and its Clinical and Translational Science Institute partners are developing five Translational Research Units to provide resources and advanced technology for researchers and collaborators wishing to conduct collaborative, translational studies.
The MCW Society of Teaching Scholars, the 1st society established at a U.S. medical school to recognize educators, is seeking nominations for three education-related awards: the Edward J. Lennon Award; the Marvin Wagner Award; and the MCW Society of Teaching Scholars. All nominations are due Friday, May 9, at 9 a.m.
The Medical College of Wisconsin is offering another season of its popular 'Women in Science' subscription luncheon series. The series offers the public an opportunity to meet outstanding female faculty scientists and physicians, learn firsthand about their timely leading-edge research and make a contribution to science.
Three Medical College of Wisconsin faculty members and administrators served on Association of American Medical Colleges leadership committees in 2007. They include Michael J. Dunn, MD; Donna K. Gissen; and Phillip S. Clifford, PhD.
Eric Topol, MD, Director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute (TRI), Chief Academic Officer of Scripps Health and Chief of Genomic Medicine and Translational Science at the TRI, will give the 2nd Annual Donald Tresch Memorial lecture on April 1. His presentation, 'Will genomics change the future of medicine?,' will run from 5-6 p.m. in the Froedtert Hospital Helfaer Auditorium.
Graduating medical students at the Medical College of Wisconsin, and their peers nationwide, found out March 20 where they will be serving their post-graduate residency training. On this Match Day, a nationally administered computerized system gives the results of the matches it has made between medical students and residency training programs across the country.
The 10th annual Women’s Health Conference will be held Friday, April 25, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Brookfield Sheraton Milwaukee, 375 S. Moorland Road. The invited speaker is Hope K. Haefner, MD, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor.
A study involving several Major League Baseball pitchers indicates that the height of the pitcher’s mound can affect the athlete’s throwing arm motion, which may lead to potential injuries because of stress on the shoulder and elbow. The study was led by William Raasch, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical College, who also is the head team physician for the Milwaukee Brewers.
The eBridge Grants and Contracts module is scheduled to be implemented April 21. In preparation of the launch, the Office of Research would like to share some key upcoming dates and activities.
Researchers have found that a protein, lymphotactin, which plays a vital role in the body’s immune response, can rapidly shift its shape between two totally unrelated structures, each with a unique role in defending the body. Their discovery alters a fundamental concept of biochemistry established in the 1960s and may inspire the search for other proteins with the ability to change form, and help address diseases of misfolded proteins such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, mad cow disease and many cancers.
The Medical College’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute is a new and innovative resource to support and advance education, collaboration and research in clinical and translational science. It was established at MCW in response to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) request for applications for a Clinical and Translational Science Award. As part of the NIH’s roadmap initiative, this award will enable institutions to create an innovative and transformative environment that will promote the ap
Andrew Petroll, MD, has received a joint appointment in the departments of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) and Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine (Center for AIDS Intervention Research) as an Assistant Professor. He has also been appointed to the medical staff of Froedtert Hospital. Dr. Petroll’s clinical interests include providing care to individuals with HIV and AIDS, including early access to new HIV medications. In addition, he treats patients with other infectious diseases, including sexually transmitt
The Faculty and Staff Gift Drive Committee asks College employees to help it reach its goal of $500,000 for 2007-2008. Nearly $400,000 has been raised to date in support of various departments, divisions, centers and programs within the Medical College of Wisconsin. Those employees who are not currently donating should have recently received Gift Drive materials.
A team of Medical College of Wisconsin Dermatology residents won the co-championship of Dermpath Bowl II, a 32-team national dermatopathology competition sponsored by Dermpath Diagnostics. The competition was held in conjunction with the American Academy of Dermatology annual meeting.
Microsoft Healthcare Users Group (MS-HUG) and Microsoft Corporation recognized the Family Medicine Residency practice of the Medical College of Wisconsin and St. Joseph as a winner of a Healthcare Innovation Award in the disease surveillance category. The award recognized their efforts to treat conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and childhood obesity.
Tom P. Aufderheide, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine, has been elected a Fellow of the American Heart Association (AHA) by the AHA Council on Cardiopulmonary, Perioperative, and Critical Care. Dr. Aufderheide is one of only two individuals elected an AHA Fellow by this council this year and only the fifth emergency physician to receive the award from this council.
Earnestine Willis, MD, MPH, Kellner Professor in Pediatrics and Director of the Center for the Advancement of Underserved Children, received the 2008 Sacagawea Award from Professional Dimensions, a networking organization for professional women.
Judy E. Kim, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, was selected from experts world wide to be a member of the Vision and Hearing Loss Expert Group for the national Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries and Risk Factors Study. The project, funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to unite a community of experts and leaders from around the globe to assess trends in the state of all major diseases and injuries, while raising awareness and understanding of the causal factors behind them.
The 16th Annual Emergency Medicine Research Forum will be held Thursday, April 3, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Froedtert Hospital Helfaer Conference Center. The forum is intended for emergency medicine faculty and residents, private emergency medicine physicians, emergency medicine nurses and any other interested health care professionals.
The Office of Human Resources has published an updated version of the College’s Preferred Care Option Provider Directory. It is up-to-date as of March 2008.
The courtyard on the south side of the Medical College’s Basic Science Building (BSB) will be closed for the duration of several construction projects in the College’s BSB, MACC Fund Research Center and Allen-Bradley Medical Science Laboratory.
The Medical College has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences to investigate potential new pathways for targeting cancer drugs. Robert Deschenes, PhD, the Joseph P. Heil, Jr. Professor in Molecular Oncogenesis and Chairman and Professor of Biochemistry, is principal investigator for the grant.
Richard N. Katschke, Associate Vice President of Public Affairs, received the Knox Courage Award from the Wisconsin Association of Biomedical Research and Education (WABRE) during the association’s recent annual meeting. It is the first time the organization presented the award to someone who is not a scientist. Also at the annual meeting, Jeanne L. Seagard, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Physiology, was elected WABRE treasurer.
The Medical College’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute is hosting its first Grand Rounds of 2008 on Wednesday, March 19, at 5 p.m. in the MCW Alumni Auditorium. A reception will be held from 4-5 p.m. in the MCW cafeteria lobby. The event, 'The Power of Partnering: The MSOE SMART Team Program,' will feature presentations from high school students and their high school science teachers and mentors who collaborated in the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s (MSOE) SMART (Students Modeling a Research To
Olawale A. R. Sulaiman, MD, PhD, Instructor in Neurosurgery, received a $35,000 award from the Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation for his research study, 'Application of Diffuse Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imagine (STMRI) to Assess Axonal Regeneration after Spinal Cord Injury (SCI).' It is a pilot study that involves the use of novel imaging techniques for evaluating spinal cord injury.
Benjamin D’Angelo, PhD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the Medical College. His clinical interests include helping trauma survivors cope with problems such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, and vocational dysfunction that can arise after a traumatic event.
The MCW Libraries Resource of the Month is Books@Ovid, a collection that provides the complete text of 78 titles from a variety of clinical and basic science areas in a highly interlinked and easily navigated graphical interface, giving quick access to crucial diagnostic, research and reference information.
Applications for interim or bridge funding from the MCW Cancer Center for “reviewed-but-not-yet-funded” National Institutes of Health grants with a cancer focus are due Monday, April 7. The grants are to fund Medical College cancer research anticipated to begin July 1.
Jason J. Hallman, an Engineering Research Assistant in the Department of Neurosurgery and a graduate student in the Marquette University Department of Biomedical Engineering, received a $10,000 Student Research Grant from the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine. His proposal is titled, 'CIREN Investigation of Adverse Effects from Seat-Mounted Thoracic Side Airbags.'
The Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Neurology is presenting a symposium, 'Alzheimer’s disease: Prevention and Environment,' on Saturday, March 15. The symposium will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Health Research Center Auditorium and is designed for physicians and allied health professionals.
The Co-ed Softball League, comprised of 12 teams from the Medical College, Froedtert Hospital and Marquette University, will start play in May and continue through the end of August. The league has openings for individual players – both male and female. Games are played on Friday evenings at three parks at 6 and 7 p.m.
The Faculty and Staff Gift Drive Committee has set a goal for 2007-2008 of raising $500,000, and only $110,000 remains toward reaching it. This goal represents faculty and staff support for various departments, divisions, centers and programs within the Medical College of Wisconsin through the Faculty and Staff Gift Drive, specific departmental fundraising efforts, reunion gift projects and gifts designated as memorials or honors.
Applications for interim or bridge funding from the MCW Cancer Center for “reviewed-but-not-yet-funded” National Institutes of Health grants with a cancer focus are due Monday, April 7. The grants are to fund Medical College cancer research anticipated to begin July 1.
Low-fat diets are more effective in preserving and promoting a healthy cardiovascular system than low-carbohydrate, Atkins’-like diets, according to a new study by researchers at the Medical College. The study, published in the February edition of the scientific journal 'Hypertension,' was led by David D. Gutterman, MD, Northwestern Mutual Professor of Cardiology, Professor of Medicine and Physiology, and Senior Associate Dean of Research at the Medical College.
Midwest Airlines has donated several in-kind 'S' class airline tickets to the Medical College for use by symposium speakers traveling to the Medical College or faculty traveling on school business.
A television crew came to the College Feb. 21 to interview Howard Jacob, PhD, about the College’s rat research program. The interview will be a part of an episode of 'Modern Marvels' that focuses on rats. Modern Marvels is broadcast on The History Channel, and this particular episode is tentatively scheduled to air April 28.
A new version of the College’s Internet site, www.mcw.edu, will be launched at the end of the workday on Friday, Feb. 29. Those who work that Saturday or Sunday, or who access the site from home, will have the opportunity to see it then, and everyone else will be able to view it when they return to work on Monday, March 3.
Stephen Hargarten, MD, and Marlene D. Melzer-Lange, MD, participated in a Feb. 21 4th Street Forum panel discussion titled 'Guns, Our Health, and Public Policy.' A podcast of the program will be available on the 4th Street Forum Web site.
The Office of Academic Affairs Cheers Committee is holding a drive during the month of March to collect selected personal, clothing and small food item donations for soldiers injured in Iraq or Afghanistan who are sent to Lundstuhl Hospital in Germany for treatment. The soldiers typically arrive at the hospital without personal hygiene products or basic clothing. Anyone wishing to contribute to the drive is welcome to drop off their items in the Office of Academic Affairs, on the 3rd Floor of the Medical Ed
Four Medical College of Wisconsin experts were invited speakers at the national 'Neurological Emergencies Treatment Trials' network (NETT) meeting in Atlanta on Jan. 28. They discussed issues and shared their experience in similar studies with investigators who will participate in the NETT’s upcoming 'Rapid Anticonvulsant Medication Prior to Arrival Trail' (RAMPART) study.
Stephen Hargarten, MD, Chairman of Emergency Medicine, participated in a news conference Feb. 18 in Washington, D.C., urging governors and legislators to enact highway safety laws. Dr. Hargarten, who is also Director of the National Injury Research Center and Director of the Firearm Injury Center, joined members of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety to hold the news conference in conjunction with the release of its report, '2008 Roadmap to State Highway Safety Laws.'
Molly Cooke, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators at the University of California-San Francisco and a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, will give a presentation on Friday, March 7, as part of the MCW Society of Teaching Scholars Visiting Medical Education Professor series.
Applications for interim or bridge funding from the MCW Cancer Center for “reviewed-but-not-yet-funded” National Institutes of Health grants with a cancer focus are due Monday, April 7. The grants are to fund Medical College cancer research anticipated to begin July 1.
Medical College of Wisconsin researchers at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center are seeking medically stable stroke survivors with arm impairment for a research study to determine if robot-assisted training of stroke survivors in real activities improves muscle performance and functional ability.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 25, the Office of Public Affairs will be posting news and information about the Medical College in this space on a daily basis.
The Medical College has received a $1.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop a statewide program to identify and treat anxiety, depression, or confusion that some parents develop after hearing from a doctor that their baby tested positive on a routine screening test. Michael Farrell, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Internal), Pediatrics and Population Health (Bioethics), is principal investigator for the grant.
The Medical College held its 2008 Employee Service Award program on Jan. 25 and honored 183 employees with 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 years of service.
M. Rosalie Hogan, MD, a College faculty member for 13 years and the wife of faculty member Walter J. Hogan, MD, died Feb. 6 after a long illness. She was 75 years old.
Qing (Robert) Miao, PhD, has been appointed Assistant Professor of Surgery (Pediatric) and Assistant Professor of Pathology (Pediatric) at the Medical College. His research interests include studying the biological functions and molecular mechanisms of a newly identified pair of ligand receptors in regulating stem cell differentiation, primitive blood vessel formation during embryo development and postnatal blood vessel formation in tumors and other vascular diseases.
United States Speedskating has named Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Sports Medicine Center as its official health care provider. Carole S. Vetter, MD, Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, will be the lead physician for the athletes training at the Pettit National Ice Center.
Children's Research Institute human research protocol submissions will be accepted by the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Human Research Review Board electronically beginning Saturday, March 1.
A new version of InfoScope, the College's intranet, will be launched at the end of the workday on Friday, Feb. 22. The new design and layout was created to make the site easier to use, and is based on feedback from the Web Council's Intranet Committee, key stakeholders throughout the College and comments provided through the August 2007 Infoscope survey.
Medical College of Wisconsin neurologists at Froedtert Hospital are seeking stroke victims to participate in a national research study of an investigational drug to prevent stroke or heart attack in patients who've had a stroke. Despite current treatments, one of every four stroke patients will have another stroke or heart attack within four years.
Applications for research grants funded by the American Cancer Society are due Monday, April 7. The grants are to fund Medical College cancer research anticipated to begin July 1.