Stories indexed under: School of Medicine and Public Health

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• Graduating couples happy to enter residency together May 9, 2011
• First Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine students set to graduate May 4, 2011
• High cost a key factor in deciding to forgo health care May 2, 2011 The high cost of health care prevents parents from taking their children to the doctor or buying prescription medication, regardless of how much money they make or whether they have health insurance, according to a study presented Sunday at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Denver.
• Avastin works well against age-related macular degeneration April 29, 2011
• Teachers' role in health care reform headlines Healthy Classrooms Symposium April 28, 2011
• Astronomy technique could help assess deadly melanomas April 26, 2011 As a young graduate student with a passion for surfing, Andy Sheinis soaked up a lot of California sun.
• Worm studies shed light on human cancers April 20, 2011
• School of Medicine and Public Health to offer addiction medicine fellowship April 20, 2011
• Study finds brain regions go offline at different intervals April 13, 2011
• Insights gained from growing cold-causing virus on sinus tissue April 11, 2011 Using sinus tissue removed during surgery at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, researchers at University of Wisconsin-Madison have managed to grow a recently discovered species of human rhinovirus (HRV), the most frequent cause of the common cold, in culture.
• Population Health Institute releases 2011 county health rankings March 30, 2011 The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today released the 2011 County Health Rankings. The County Health Rankings are the most comprehensive report of its kind to rank the overall health of nearly every county in all 50 states by using a standard way to measure how healthy people are and how long they live.
• Thirteen recently tenured faculty honored with Romnes awards March 29, 2011 This year’s Romnes Faculty Fellowships recognize a baker’s dozen of talented, up-and-coming faculty from across campus.
• Eleven faculty members named Kellett award winners March 29, 2011 Honors go to professors five to 20 years past first tenured position
• Mistretta honored for medical physics research March 28, 2011
• Two new basic science departments established March 24, 2011
• New School of Nursing building, WIMR research tower included in budget March 23, 2011 “We are ... turning away three well-qualified applicants for every one we accept’”
• Childhood illnesses exact high cost on the entire family March 21, 2011 Families whose children have serious health problems spend a much higher percentage of their incomes, averaging nearly $600 more a year on out-of-pocket health care costs than families of healthy children, a new national study reveals.
• Researchers find reduction in asthma attacks tied to seasonal allergies March 16, 2011
• UW-Madison researcher Thomson wins prestigious Albany Prize March 16, 2011 In recognition of his pioneering work in isolating human stem cells and the promise they hold for the future of medicine, Wisconsin researcher James Thomson has been named a co-recipient of the 11th annual Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research.
• Married couple to become physicians together Feb. 28, 2011