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.
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 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.
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.