We are on the threshold of a new era in medical practice called personalized medicine, in which information about each person's genes, proteins, and environment will be used to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease.
Video: The time is approaching for our children and grandchildren when physicians will be able to tailor medical care to an individual's specific genetic code. This is personalized medicine.
Medical College of Wisconsin physicians are tailoring treatment plans to the specific biological characteristics of a person's cancer, an approach which favors successful results.
An advanced genetic screening method, developed by Medical College physicians and scientists, is helping couples to have a baby born free of inherited disease.
Medical College scientists and pediatric specialists are examining the genetic makeup of a child with an extremely rare disease, looking for abnormalities linked to the disease and then searching for potential therapies.
Medical College researchers are national leaders in discovering genes linked to obesity and its complications, and are committed to finding medical therapies that will prevent or reverse the development of obesity.
Coursework in genetics spans the entire four years of medical school, preparing students for the era in which physicians can use a patient's genetic code to help prevent, diagnose, and treat disease.
Graduate students in the Medical College's Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences are conducting significant research looking at genes and proteins for the underlying causes of diseases.
A $20 million National Institutes of Health grant, coordinated by the Medical College, is accelerating collaborations among eight Milwaukee institutions working together as the National Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin.
A new collaboration is strengthening a Medical College research program that helps patients regain motor control following stroke or other neurological damage. The collaboration involves the Medical College, the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and the Zablocki VA Medical Center.
The Medical College has committed 8.2 million over five years to support the Violence Prevention Initiative, which is engaging community leaders and agencies in planning and implementing violence prevention programs in high-risk communities.
Project Staying Alive aims to improve the lives of Milwaukee youth who are at risk for violent intentional injuries. The program is a collaboration of the Medical College, Milwaukee Public Schools, the Milwaukee Fire Department , and the Children's Service Society's Project Ujima.
Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin, an endowment of the Medical College, has awarded funding to 250 projects to date, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention in Wisconsin communities.
Fiscal year 2010 Medical College of Wisconsin Finance Report
The Medical College of Wisconsin Board of Trustees
Advisory Boards for the Cancer Center, Cardiovascular Center, and Digestive Disease Center
Women researchers and physicians at The Medical College of Wisconsin are making discoveries that are saving lives and improving treatments for patients with injuries and complex diseases.
The consortium provides oversight for the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program and serves in an advisory capacity for conversion funds allocated to research and education at the College.
The Medical College's Office of Technology Development convenes the Technology Innovation Council to discuss the patenting, marketing, licensing and development of early stage biomedical technologies.
The Medical College of Wisconsin/Marquette Medical Alumni Association provides services to strengthen connections among alumni and with the Medical College, and between students and alumni.
The Friends of The Medical College of Wisconsin is an organization of volunteers from the College, affiliated institutions and the community.