Tag School of Medicine and Public Health
Treating Wisconsin’s cancer patients, in Madison or just down the street
When Meg Gaines accompanied a patient to a recent appointment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, she gauged the center's impact right away.
Special protein helps maintain an efficient brain
The instruction manual for maintaining an efficient brain may soon include a section on synaptotagmin-IV (Syt-IV), a protein known to influence learning and memory, thanks to a study by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers.
Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis offers large social, fiscal benefits
Early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease could save millions or even billions of dollars while simultaneously improving care, according to new work by University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers.
Cancer researcher wins Shaw Award
University of Wisconsin–Madison cancer researcher Jing Zhang received a Shaw Scientist Award last week from the Greater Milwaukee Foundation to support her novel research on the roles cancer stem cells may play in the causes and treatment of cancer.
National Children’s Study set to roll out in Waukesha
The National Children's Study's Waukesha County Vanguard Center begins recruiting volunteers on Monday, May 11, to take part in the largest long-term study of children's health and development ever conducted in the U.S.
Curiosity blossoms into graduate career
Lynn Gilbertson, a first-year Ph.D. student in communicative disorders, has long had a deep curiosity about autism spectrum disorder, a condition that one in 150 U.S. children now have, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. First as a UW–Madison undergraduate and now as a doctoral student, she's been studying what types of sounds autistic children respond favorably to.
UW-Madison to create national Alzheimer’s research center
Gov. Jim Doyle announced today (May 4) that the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) has been awarded a multimillion dollar grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to create an Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.
UW-Madison researcher wins Hartwell Foundation Award
The Hartwell Foundation has named Laura J. Knoll, associate professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, one of 12 winners of its 2008 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards.
Swine flu 101: UW faculty discuss latest information today, April 29
Three of Wisconsin’s leading minds on infectious disease are teaming up today to offer medical professionals, and interested members of the public, the facts they need to know about swine flu.
Sleep: Spring cleaning for the brain?
If you've ever been sleep-deprived, you know the feeling that your brain is full of wool.
Researcher uses GPS to find asthma causes
David Van Sickle is looking for a few pioneering asthmatics. He wants to attach a GPS device to their inhalers before they boldly go out into a spring world filled with allergens.
Engineering students use EPA funding to conserve water at medical school complex
A group of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineering and science students are working to drastically reduce the amount of water used on the grounds of one of the university's latest building projects, and they've received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to do it.
Landscape found to influence spread of malaria in Amazon
The spread of malaria, one of the world's most prevalent insect-borne diseases and a leading killer of children, may have more to do with landscape than precipitation as the world warms, according to a new study.
HealthDay writer named biomedical writer in residence
HealthDay writer Amanda Gardner has already made the transition many other journalists now face — from writing for the print media to the virtual world. Gardner will be the School of Medicine and Public Health’s biomedical writer in residence the week of March 30.
UW-Madison medical student invited to White House for health care reform forum
Last December, when Siavash Sarlati responded to President-elect Barack Obama's national challenge and organized an informal health care reform discussion group in his father's Milwaukee home, he never dreamed it would turn into a trip to the White House.
Chemistry meets biology at screening center
When University of Wisconsin–Madison bacteriologist Nancy Keller and her team managed to genetically trick fungi into making metabolic byproducts that are notoriously difficult for scientists to get at, she wondered if the substances might have any clinically useful properties.
Genetic information personalizes warfarin prescribing
Warfarin, one of the world's most widely used drugs, is also one of the trickiest to prescribe. Half of those who take it are at risk of serious problems when given the standard starting dose.