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Identifying early inflammatory markers of type-1 diabetes is the goal of Martin Hessner, Ph.D., associate professor at The Medical College of Wisconsin and Director of the Max McGee National Research Center for Juvenile Diabetes
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May 21 - Paula Traktman, PhD, Walter Schroeder Professor and Chairman of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), has been elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.
May 20 - Robert Chayer, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine and Director of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, has been appointed the Chucker Aring Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
May 15 - One large project aimed at helping improve Veterans’ health that involves Medical College of Wisconsin faculty is the Million Veterans Program (MVP). MVP is a national, voluntary program funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs aimed at determining how genetics impact health.
May 7 - Michael Kron, MD, MS, professor of medicine (infectious disease) at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) has been selected as a Jefferson Science Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences.
May 7 - Elizabeth Worthey, PhD, assisted Greenfield High School’s SMART (Students Modeling a Research Topic) team on a presentation centered on a family with an aggressive form of cervical cancer and its potential link to MGMT (0-6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase). Greenfield Patch
May 7 - The 9th Annual Block Melanoma 5K Run and 3K Walk, organized by Ann’s Hope Foundation, will be held May 19 at the Milwaukee County Zoo. WauwatosaNOW
May 7 - In an Appleton Post Crescent article, Dr. Louella Amos explains why toddlers may experience sleep terrors and offers advice for parents on how to handle bedtime problems with children. Appleton Post Crescent
May 7 - In an interview on WUWM-FM’s “Lake Effect,” Dr. Ulrich Broeckel discusses genetics and obesity. A recent study in which MCW was involved identifies genes contributing to body mass in different races. WUWM-FM
May 1 - Drs. Grzegorz Telega , David Cronin II and Ellis Avner reported in Pediatric Transplantation on a new evidence-based, clinical algorithm they developed to help physicians treat complex patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease. Science Codex
May 1 - Yi “Sherry” Zhang, PhD, is lead author of a study to be published in Obesity that pinpoints two new genes linked to obesity. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel