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When researchers test motor skills, hearing, vision and smell in people in their midlife, they are better able to identify those who may develop cognitive decline or impairment 10 years later, ac...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2024/february/motor-skills-test-may-predict-cognitive-impairment/

A new study indicates that the simple act of a doctor sitting in a chair during hospital bedside discussions improved the experience for physicians and patients alike.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2024/february/patient-communication-improves-when-doctors-sit/

Air samplers placed in school cafeterias provided an accurate look at a flu epidemic and at constant low levels of COVID-19 infections in a K-12 school district during the 2022-23 school year, ac...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2024/january/air-sampling-accurately-detects-virus-levels/

A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health suggests a link between gut inflammation and changes in the brain and declines in memory, further su...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2024/january/gut-inflammation-associated-with-aging-alzheimers/

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has been awarded funding from the National Institutes of Health for a nationwide research initiative to investigate the neurobiolo...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2024/january/uw-chosen-to-lead-alzheimers-clariti-study/

A new clinical trial at UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center uses a personalized medicine method to try to teach the immune system to recognize and destroy glioblastoma tumors.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/december/carbone-cancer-center-glioblastoma-clinical-trial/

Dan Hellenbrand grew up on a small farm near Lodi and by his 20s was on the path to his desired career in carpentry. Then, in an instant, that path vanished.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/december/dan-hellenbrand-spinal-cord-injury-inspires-career/

A blood biomarker and a method of testing cognitive processes such as memory and thinking could hold promise for identifying middle-aged Black people who are at risk for later developing Alzheime...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/december/alzheimers-detection-in-black-adults/

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health are exploring the ideal vaccine booster strategy for immunosuppressed patients to protect those at higher risk of s...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/november/covid-19-vaccines-immunosuppressed-patients/

The brains of deceased military veterans had higher levels of two abnormal proteins considered hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that military veterans face a greater risk for developi...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/november/study-links-past-military-service-to-alzheimers/

Paul M. DeLuca Jr., PhD, a longtime researcher and leader at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW–Madison, died on Oct. 30 at the age of 79.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/november/remembering-paul-deluca/

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health are investigating whether the drug leuprolide, which is approved for prostate cancer in men, can be used to treat s...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/november/alzheimers-lucinda-study/

Renowned academic leader and researcher Scott Reeder, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/october/scott-reeder-named-chair-of-radiology/

Patricia Téllez-Girón, MD, associate professor of family medicine and community health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is the esteemed face of health care a...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/october/tellez-giron-receives-prestigious-ohtli-award/

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health are investigating how well the updated monovalent COVID-19 vaccines work for inflammatory bowel disease patients.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/october/study-seeks-ibd-patients-to-test-covid-19-vaccines/

Using a new experimental technique to fix faulty eye cells, a team led by UW–Madison researchers was able to repair a gene mutation that causes one form of childhood blindness. The scientists s...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/september/gene-editing-technique-childhood-blindness/

Lifestyle and chronic health conditions in middle age, along with a person's education level, show associations with emerging blood markers of neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease, according...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/august/midlife-factors-in-neurodegeneration-alzheimers/

As incoming medical students described their motivation to pursue studies at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, a common theme arose: the desire to make an impact and give back to their...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/august/white-coat-ceremony-highlights-new-students/

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health has awarded four grants to help health systems and community partners in the state improve the health outcomes of mothers and thei...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/august/uw-awards-funding-for-maternal-child-health/

Hasmeena Kathuria, MD, will become the next director of the Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/august/kathuria-to-lead-tobacco-research-center/

Teens and young adults who received a brief social media counseling session during a health care visit remembered the lessons and reported safer online behavior six months later, according to a l...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/august/safe-social-media-use-study/

Richard Keller, PhD, a distinguished scholar of the social and historical dynamics of climate change and natural disasters, has become the next chair of the Department of Medical History and Bioe...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/august/richard-keller-medical-history-and-bioethics-chair/

Tamara Scerpella, MD, a nationally renowned orthopedic surgeon, academic leader, mentor and researcher, will become the next chair of the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation at the Unive...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/july/scerpella-named-orthopedics-and-rehab-chair/

The Inflation Reduction Act $35 cap on out-of-pocket costs for insulin led to increases in the total number of filled insulin prescriptions for Medicare beneficiaries, according to a new study by...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/july/inflation-reduction-act-insulin-cap/

Rapid on-site testing of nursing home residents for influenza allowed earlier detection of outbreaks, faster treatment with antiviral medication and much lower hospitalization rates, according to...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/july/rapid-flu-testing-in-nursing-homes/

The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health invites eligible faculty to submit a preliminary application for a New Investigator Program grant. Awards are up t...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/july/apply-for-new-investigator-program-grant/

The UW Health | Carbone Cancer Center and UW Program for Advanced Cell Therapy, or PACT, will soon begin a clinical trial using a recently developed cell therapy to treat severe dry mouth, which ...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/june/clinical-trial-for-severe-dry-mouth-launching-soon/

University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center will be designated as a Specialized Program of Research Excellence, or SPORE, by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for research initiatives to adva...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/june/spore-designation-for-prostate-cancer-research/

UW Health and the UW School of Medicine and Public Health are announcing the formation of the University of Wisconsin Clinical Trials Institute to advance health care innovations via clinical tri...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/may/uw-clinical-trials-institute-launches/

Members of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health's class of 2023 followed a myriad of paths to the university to pursue their degrees under one unifying vision: to advance health and health...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/may/2023-graduates-embrace-challenge/

A new survey from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health details which populations experienced the greatest change in alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding t...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/may/show-pandemic-alcohol-use-study/

A University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health center will be expanding its effort to recruit more American Indian/Alaska Native people into health professions.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/april/nachp-receives-additional-funding-to-recruit/

No matter how obscure his latest study of fundamental nervous processes might seem, Ed Chapman, PhD, will try to ease people's minds.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/april/ed-chapman-approach-to-problems-in-biology/

Nonprofit health organizations in Wisconsin seeking to improve the health outcomes of mothers and their infants during the prenatal and postpartum periods have until May 30 to apply for funding f...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/april/apply-for-maternal-and-child-health-grants/

Elizabeth Quinlan, PhD, an accomplished research scientist and strategic leader, will be the next chair of the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Pub...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/april/elizabeth-quinlan-named-neuroscience-chair/

Cancer researchers have long known that the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) is a leading cause of head and neck cancer, and now a study from the University of Wisconsin School of ...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/april/study-details-how-hpv-may-promote-cancers/

During the COVID-19 pandemic, community health workers like Hmongshee Khang were on the front lines focusing on an equitable response to reducing the disease's spread.

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/april/uw-institute-bolsters-community-health-workforce/

A data tool developed by UW–Madison researchers showing health-relevant metrics for every neighborhood in the United States is guiding a national model to help Medicare beneficiaries from under...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/march/federal-agency-uses-neighborhood-atlas/

Ozaukee County ranks the healthiest in Wisconsin and Menominee is the least healthy county in the state, according to new County Health Rankings & Roadmaps data from the University of Wisconsin P...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/march/county-health-rankings-and-roadmaps-released/

The Wisconsin Partnership Program at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health has released its 2023 Community Impact Grant Program Request for Partnerships. The Community Impact Grant Program ...

https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/march/wpp-accepting-community-impact-grant-applicants/