Global Health News
The Office of Global Health prioritizes disseminating the global health community engagement, education, patient care, and research efforts of MCW faculty, students, and staff. See a preview of stories below.
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A 40-Ton Challenge
A team from MCW and others are on a mission to provide COVID-19 support to India.
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Research Seed Funding Invests in MCW Globally Engaged Faculty
The Office of Global Health continues to invest in MCW's globally engaged faculty and their collaborators with research seed funding. For FY22, three faculty were awarded funding for research with global collaborators in Colombia, Ethiopia, and Haiti.
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Twelve Medical Students Present Faculty Mentored Global Research at International Conference
Twelve MCW medical students and their faculty mentors had posters accepted for presentation at the annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health 2021 conference. Held March 12-14, it is the most important international meeting of academic institutions that engage in global health efforts.
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First MCW Team Competes in Emory's Intramural, International Global Health Case Competition
Emory University hosts an annual Intramural Global Health Case Competition that allows graduate and undergraduate students to collaborate and develop solutions for 21st century global health issues. For the first time, a multidisciplinary team of Milwaukee students participated.
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Improving Healthcare from Milwaukee to Tanzania and Beyond
MD student Quamaine Bond knows why he chose the field he chose. He loves to help people.
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Medical College of Wisconsin Offers Master of Science in Global Health Equity
This program is designed to prepare students to become global health leaders who learn by engaging with diverse local and global population.
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MCW Medical Students Share Public Health Messages on Coronavirus (COVID-19)
MCW students are passionate about helping the community stay healthy throughout the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) global pandemic.
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Multi-Agency Collaboration Updates Sex Trafficking Report
A multi-agency collaboration sex trafficking report which intends to provide perspective on where known sex trafficking incidents were occurring in Milwaukee.
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Surgeon Gives Back Through Service to Military, Communities Around the Globe
Combining his talents in medicine with his service in the military, Dr. Jim Ninomiya has made his career as a doctor a true humanitarian effort.
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The Prime Minister Who Weekends as a Surgeon
Dr. Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan and MCW fellowship alumnus, has an unconventional definition for what it means to de-stress over the weekend.
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Local Surgeon Receives Grant Award to Provide Treatment for At-Risk Populations
Lyle D. Joyce, MD, PhD received a grant award totaling $35,000 from the Thoracic Surgery Foundation (TSF) – a charitable arm of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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Clearing Hurdles
MCW clinical psychology intern has overcome many obstacles to reach her goals.
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Healing in the Pacific
MCW alumnus fulfills 30-year promise to himself.
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Alumna Bringing Health Care to Rural Haiti
Since completing her MCW residency in 1981, Dr. Catherine Wolf’s career in medicine has taken her well off the beaten path to where she is most needed.
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199 Years of Service: A Family's Legacy of Medical Work Continues
First-year resident Dr. Allie Taylor and her mother Dr. Susan Taylor are continuing their family’s legacy of mission work that has spanned more than four generations.
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First symposium in Nepal on Emergency Medicine and Education
On April 3, faculty representatives from the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) participated in an inaugural symposium at Dhulikhel Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal. The theme of this one-day symposium was “Challenges and Opportunities in Emergency Medicine Training and Research in Nepal.”
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In Memoriam: Dr. Fredrik Broekhuizen
Fredrik ‘Frits’ Broekhuizen, MD, a 15-year member of the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Obstetrics and Gynecology faculty, died Jan. 13 at age 72. Dr. Broekhuizen retired professor emeritus from MCW in 2016 and then continued teaching as a volunteer clinical faculty member.