Medical College of Wisconsin faculty experts comment or are referenced in the following online stories, newest stories listed first. (RSS)
John Baker, PhD, professor of surgery and biochemistry, found a link between radiation exposure and increases in certain type of bacteria in the body. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Fox 6 news profiled the Gait Lab in a recent news report. Gerald Harris, PhD, professor and director of orthopaedic research; and Richard Marks, MD, professor of orthopaedic surgery, discussed the various applications and potential of the high-tech facility. Fox 6 News
Green Bay aldermen threw their support behind a possible Medical College of Wisconsin community-based medical education program site in Green Bay, passing a resolution 12-0. Green Bay Press Gazette
B. Tucker Woodson, MD, professor and chief of sleep medicine, discusses new research that suggests sleepwalking in adults is more common than previously assumed, and that many cases go undiagnosed. Health.com
The Medical College’s Department of Neurosurgery will share new research in concussion and other brain injury at this week’s conference: New Frontiers in the Translational Science, Clinical Management, and Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injury. Fox 11 Green Bay
Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH, professor and chairman of emergency medicine and Director of the Injury Research Center, discusses the unsafe environment created by new modalities of portable entertainment, and some possible technologies to make our surroundings safer. WISN-TV news
The Milwaukee Institute will spend $1 million to add two petabytes of computer storage capacity, which will be housed at Midwest Fiber Networks in Milwaukee’s Fifth Ward. The biggest users of the additional capacity will be the Medical College of Wisconsin's genomic and systems biology researchers. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel