DFMCH official home of New Osher Center for Integrative Health at UW
The new Osher Center for Integrative Health will capitalize on opportunities to collaborate across UW–Madison and throughout the world....
28 February, 2023
Health Equity
UW Health: Heart disease a leading cause of death for women, despite perception that it primarily affects men
In Wisconsin, Illinois and across the United States approximately 60 million women are affected by heart disease, even though it is often thought of as primarily impacting men....
24 February, 2023
Diversity in clinical trials: Advances and areas for improvement
It is impossible to view a trial as being of high quality without adequate representation of all patient populations....
15 February, 2023
Team Spotlight: Mabel Peters
In this interview, Mabel Peters, who works with the UW Clinical Research Office as a clinical trials liaison, discusses her career path, and why diverse participation is so critical to the success of clinical trials....
08 February, 2023
The long game: Over 25 years, Shiva Bidar has moved UW Health toward greater equity
Shiva Bidar’s steady influence on the public and private sector’s role in developing sustainable models of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hasn’t always drawn headlines, but it's garnered results....
08 February, 2023
Recruiting Indigenous patients into clinical trials: A Circle of Trust
The Circle of Trust is a new conceptual model that can help investigators and the American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) community work together to promote inclusion of AI/AN populations in clinical trials to improve health outcomes....
03 February, 2023
The NIH-led research response to COVID-19
National Institutes of Health (NIH) representatives state that international investment, collaboration, and coordination have been key to responding to the COVID-19 pandemic....
02 February, 2023
UW study focuses on Alzheimer’s disease treatment and prevention in Black adults
As the first generation of Alzheimer's disease drugs hits the market, some researchers are troubled by the lack of clinical data available on the effectiveness of these drugs in Black people. ...
02 February, 2023
Inclusive drugs: designing clinical trials for the pregnant population
Experts share why protection by the exclusion of pregnant people leads to a lack of evidence-based medicine and ways to improve clinical trial conduct....
19 January, 2023
Association of Clinical Research Professionals’ response to FDA draft guidance on diversity in clinical trials
Increased diversity in clinical trials should be a requirement, not a suggestion....
12 January, 2023