Research at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health gave Doug Bartow’s physicians the tools they needed to diagnose a potentially life-threatening, genetic heart condition.
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Possible Alzheimer’s Predictor Found
Two new studies involving a newly identified gene show that Alzheimer’s disease could be diagnosed as much as 20 years before symptoms develop.
SMPH in “Social Mission” Top 20
The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) placed in the top 20 medical schools for fulfilling its social mission.
A Family on Ice
Mark Burish (’78 JD LAW) remembers the day his wife, Helen (’79 BS EDU, ’95 MA EDU), called him to say that a neighbor had encouraged her to take their two young children down to the rink and try skating for the first time. They would wear helmets and push chairs around the ice. The… Read more »
Cancer Center Researchers Honored
Two researchers at the UW Carbone Cancer Center were named 2010 Young Investigators by the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Joshua Lang and Justine Bruce were awarded three-year grants to continue their research projects on prostate cancer treatments.