May 24 - The Wisconsin Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America’s (LFA) 11th annual Strides for Lupus-A Walk for Lupus Now Event will be held Saturday, June 9, on the Mount Mary Campus in Wauwatosa and along the Menomonee River Parkway. Registration will begin at 9:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 11 a.m. The Lupus Foundation of America, Wisconsin Chapter, Inc. supports researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
May 23 - Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin have identified novel biomarkers that could be used to confirm exposure to damaging radiation in large groups of people potentially exposed to unknown and variable doses for the purpose of triage and treatment.
May 23 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences. The project will investigate the neural mechanisms by which general anesthetics suppress and reawaken consciousness. Anthony G. Hudetz, DBM, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Physiology and Biophysics, is the principal investigator for the grant.
May 23 - The Suburban Milwaukee H.O.G (Harley Owners Group) Chapter and Suburban Motors Harley Davidson® in Thiensville are hosting the Have a Heart Motorcycle Ride on Saturday, June 9, to benefit the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Cardiovascular Center. The 70-mile ride through the Holy Hill area begins at 9 a.m. (registration at 8 a.m.) and includes a complimentary breakfast and lunch, raffles, commemorative pin, and live music by Press Play and Boogie Chillen’.
May 22 - On Wednesday, May 23, the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center and the Wisconsin Center of Excellence in Genomics Science (CEGS) will host Jarrod Marto, PhD, from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as this year’s Kern Visiting Professor. Dr. Marto is the Director of the Blais Proteomics Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at Harvard University. His seminar, Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Aberrant Molecular Events in Leukemia, will be held at 9 a.m. in the Cardiovascular Center Conference Room (H4950). A reception will follow.
May 22 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The project will investigate how type 2 diabetes (T2D) changes the body’s metabolic processes.
May 18 - Ahmed H. Kissebah, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized obesity researcher and father of the field of study on metabolic syndrome, died on Thursday, May 17, at his home in Brookfield. Dr. Kissebah was Professor of Medicine and Director of the TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Obesity and Metabolic Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He was 74 years old.
May 17 - Daniel J. McDermott, PhD, has been named the first ever Graduate School Alumnus of the Year by the Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette Medical Alumni Association. Dr. McDermott earned his PhD in physiology in 1969 from the Medical College.
May 17 - Elizabeth R. Jacobs, MD, Professor of Medicine, Associate Chief of Staff, Research and Development at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center and Associate Dean for Research at the Medical College of Wisconsin, has been named Graduate of the Last Decade by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business. Dr. Jacobs received her Executive MBA from UWM in 2009.
May 17 - The Medical College of Wisconsin honored alumni who have shown unwavering commitment to the Medical College at its recent alumni weekend in Milwaukee.
May 16 - The Medical College of Wisconsin received a one-year, $381,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Office of the Director to upgrade an important piece of equipment used in biological research projects statewide. The project will upgrade the capability of the Medical College of Wisconsin’s Bruker X-band E580 pulse spectrometer to improve Q-band technology.
May 14 - National experts in traumatic brain injury research from the Medical College of Wisconsin and other institutions will present new insights in prevention, diagnosis and imaging at an upcoming conference.
May 14 - Alexander L. Okun, MD, has been appointed Associate Professor of Pediatrics (special needs) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He sees patients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Dr. Okun is board certified in general pediatrics, developmental-behavioral pediatrics and hospice and palliative medicine. His clinical interests include providing team-based multidisciplinary care for children with complex chronic conditions.
May 10 - A Pewaukee family going through the DNA sequencing program at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and the Medical College of Wisconsin will host a golf fundraiser May 21 at the Legend of Brandybrook in Wales to support sequencing research for their sons and other families with medical mysteries.
May 10 - May 13-19 is Tinnitus Awareness Week. Tinnitus is the perception of sound(s) in the ear(s) or the head, with no external source. It is commonly described as: ringing, hissing, buzzing, static, roaring, or whooshing.
May 10 - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is hosting its annual Resident Research Day and CME Conference on Thursday, May 24, in the Medical College of Wisconsin Alumni Center. The event will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. and highlight recent research and practice issues in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation as well as research accomplishments of the department’s graduating residents, fellows, medical and graduate students.
May 09 - Neil Hogg, PhD, Professor of Biophysics, Assistant Dean of Students in the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Director of the Redox Biology Program, has been named Editor-in-Chief of Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, the official journal of the Nitric Oxide Society.
May 09 - The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) received federal support for the reconstruction of the Zoo Interchange in Milwaukee County. WisDOT has published a newsletter updating the public on the progress of the project with information on the redesign, construction staging, improvements to alternate routes to improve traffic flow, and information regarding business opportunities.
May 09 - The 4th Community Engagement in Research (CEnR) Conference is planned for Thursday, June 7, at the Westwood Conference Center in Wausau. Titled, Collaboration to Improve Rural Health, the conference is intended for those interested in learning more about collaborative endeavors to improve health throughout Wisconsin.
May 09 - Three members of the Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center (BBC) were selected to attend the proteomics course at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in July. Only 17 applicants from across the country were accepted for this year’s training.
May 08 - The Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin (CTSI) is hosting a Drug Development Collaborative Workshop on Thursday, May 31. The event will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the MCW Alumni Center to bring together investigators from across the drug development and discovery spectrum who are interested in forming new research collaborations.
May 07 - The fifth annual Jonathan B. Towne Lecture will be held Tuesday, May 15, in Froedtert Hospital's Helfaer Auditorium. Julie A. Freischlag, MD, William Stewart Halsted Professor & Chair of Surgery at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Surgeon-in-Chief at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, will give a presentation titled, Clinical and Personal Comparative Effectiveness, at 4:30 p.m.
May 04 - All nine Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin primary care clinics have received Level 3 (highest level) designation as patient-centered medical homes by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
May 04 - The Medical College of Wisconsin’s 99th annual commencement exercises will be held May 18 at 4 p.m. at the Milwaukee Theater. The Medical College’s Medical School and its Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences will award a total of 202 MD, 38 PhD, 27 MS, 4 MA, and 18 Master of Public Health degrees.
May 04 - The second annual Vascular Access Symposium is planned for Friday, May 25, in Froedtert Hospital’s Helfaer Auditorium. The half-day event runs from 1-6 p.m., and will include a reception.
May 03 - This video highlights stories of how people are being helped and health care is strengthened through collaborations between the Medical College of Wisconsin and its major health care and academic affiliates and community organizations.
May 03 - A team of researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin has been awarded a five-year, $927,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute on Aging to investigate the molecular changes that contribute to memory deficits that occur in normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease.
May 01 - Ann K. Rosenthal, MD, Will and Cava Ross Professor of Medicine, Chief of Rheumatology and Interim Chief of Medicine at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, is among 54 senior female faculty members from across the United States and Canada to be selected to participate in the 2012-2013 Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) Program for Women.
May 01 - There has been considerable public concern expressed about the safety of whole-body scanners used at United States airports to screen travelers. John Moulder, PhD, Professor of Radiation Oncology and Director of Radiation Biology, analyzed the available data and believes that while the machines most likely post a negligible radiation risk, concerns remain because of a lack of transparency and information regarding the scanners.
May 01 - The Medical College of Wisconsin’s 6th annual Women in Science series will feature preeminent cancer researcher Carol Williams, PhD. Dr. Williams, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the Medical College, will be the featured speaker at the May 16th luncheon presentation at the Woman’s Club in Milwaukee. This presentation is geared for the lay public.
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