Damage to a part of the brain that regulates hyperactivity can contribute to both memory problems and seizures in the most common form of epilepsy, according to research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
UW–Madison With more than 1,700 research participants and 20 years of data, the Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention (WRAP) is now the largest, and among the longest-running, family history studies of Alzheimer’s disease in the world. “I’m especially grateful to our research team, which includes our remarkable...
By Kyle Jones, Channel3000.com 20 years ago, the UW School of Medicine and Public Health launched its landmark Alzheimer’s Prevention study. The Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention study started with just one person but has since grown to over 1,700 participants, the largest family history study of...
Grants of $1 million each, over five years, support community-academic partnerships and their initiatives to improve health and advance health equity by addressing the social determinants that influence health and well-being as well as the systems, structures and policies that shape these determinants and hold...
Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD, has been named the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health's inaugural associate dean for clinical trials and the research director of the new Wisconsin Medicine Institute for Clinical Trials, a joint venture between the school and UW Health. UW–Madison...
UW researchers are leading a new two-year study, funded by a grant from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), to increase representation in clinical studies....
Betsy Nugent, internationally recognized for leveraging clinical trials to transform research into therapies that help treat diseases and advance human health, brings a wealth of experience to UW as the inaugural Chief Clinical Research Officer. ...
