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.
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.
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.