Breast Cancer Patients With Greater Need Do More Online Info Seeking
Patients with more concerns about their breast cancer are heavier users of online information according to a new study.
June 17, 2008 | Read more »

Pain and Policy Studies Group announces 2008 Fellows
Fellows will develop action plans to improve opioid availability that they will implement during the next two years with support from the PPSG.
June 11, 2008 | Read more »

Later Birth Order May Decrease Breast-Cancer Risk among Women Breast-Fed as Infants
Fellows will develop action plans to improve opioid availability that they will implement during the next two years with support from the PPSG.
June 10, 2008 | Read more »

Kiessling among 7 new Wisconsin Academy Fellows
Kiessling, member of UWCCC Cancer Cell Biology research program, will be formally inducted and celebrated in a ceremony on November 2nd at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center.
May 29, 2008 | Read more »

Wei Xu, PhD receives 2008 Shaw Scientist research award
Xu's research involves a novel approach to advancing the understanding of how breast cancer cells lose the ability to respond positively to anti-estrogen therapy.
May 26, 2008 | Read more »

John Kuo receives first HEADRUSH research award
John Kuo, MD, PhD was recently awarded the first HEADRUSH Brain Tumor Research Professorship at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Comrpehensive Cancer Center.
May 23, 2008 | Read more »

Few Cancer Patients Take Advantage of Clinical Trials
A new study says patients are not hearing that trials are a treatment option for them. Timothy Wassenaar, MD will present the findings at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
May 22, 2008 | Read more »

Wisconsin Kids Exposed to Secondhand Smoke at Home
Despite substantial progress in the past few years, hundreds of thousands of Wisconsin kids are still regularly exposed to high levels of secondhand smoke in their homes.
May 22, 2008 | Read more »

Panel headed by Michael Fiore releases update to 'Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence'
This Clinical Practice Guideline Update is designed to provide an evidence-based blueprint for clinicians and health systems to assist patients who smoke to successfully quit tobacco use.
May 7, 2008 | Read more »

John Kuo receives first HEADRUSH research award
On Tuesday, May 20, John Kuo, MD, PhD will be recognized as the First HEADRUSH Research Award Recipient. The award will be presented at 1pm in UW's Health Sciences Learning Center - Room 1220. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to Pat Lee.
April 30, 2008 | Read more »

John Kuo receives Young Clinician Investigator Award
The American Association of Neurological Surgeons have honored John Kuo, MD, PhD with this year's Young Clinician Investigator Award.
April 30, 2008 | Read more »

Laura Kiessling receives 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship
Kiessling is among 190 individuals selected by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation of New York.
April 30, 2008 | Read more »

Sanjay Asthana will be the director of the new Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training
The John A. Hartford Foundation, one of the nation’s leading funders in aging and health, has designated the SMPH a “Center of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine and Training.” The school will receive a three-year, $450,000 grant.
March 26, 2008 | Read more »

Research Sheds Light on a Key Component of the Visual System
Arnold Ruoho's lab has zeroed in on a component
of an important player in phototransduction—
the primary molecular event underlying vision.
March 26, 2008 | Read more »

Designer bacteria unlock biochemical secrets that may aid cancer treatment
The murky flasks of bacteria growing in Ben Shen's lab may change how we look at both chemistry and chemotherapy.
March 11, 2008 | Read more »

Researchers Find Physical Activity Linked To Breast Cancer Survival; Wisconsin Women Contribute to Findings
Can an active lifestyle after a breast cancer diagnosis improve a woman’s chance of surviving the disease? Based on a study published this month, moderate to vigorous exercise may be an important part of breast cancer patients’ treatment.
February 25, 2008 | Read more »