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09 Oct Woman aims to end generations of loss from ALS

Posted at 10:56h in Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, UW Health, Wisconsin, Public health, UW SMPH

For seven generations — as far back as she can track — someone in Michelle Francis’ family has died from a hereditary form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Using genealogy and research from family members, she has documented the names and faces of many...

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04 Oct UW study seeks IBD patients to study effectiveness of updated COVID-19 vaccines

Posted at 13:59h in Clinical Trials, COVID-19, Clinical Research, UW–Madison, UW Health, UW CTI, Wisconsin, UW SMPH

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health are investigating how well the updated monovalent COVID-19 vaccines work for inflammatory bowel disease patients....

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04 Oct Announcing WARF’s annual grant for UW-Madison research

Posted at 13:28h in UW–Madison, Wisconsin, Clinical Trials, Clinical Research

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) today announced $134.1 million in total annual support to the University of Wisconsin-Madison research community. The overall amount extends across all grant categories and research programs for the academic year ending in 2024....

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29 Sep Breast cancer clinical trial gives woman reasons to celebrate

Posted at 14:43h in UW Carbone, Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, UW–Madison, UW Health, Wisconsin

A UW Health breast cancer patient discusses her diagnosis, participation in a clinical trial, and the positive relationship with her doctor....

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27 Sep FDA and clinical trials industry experts focus new attention on rare disease studies

Posted at 13:46h in Clinical Trials, Clinical Research

With the recent launch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Rare Disease Endpoint Advancement (RDEA) Pilot Program, the clinical research enterprise gains new support for efforts aimed at efficacy endpoint (or clinical outcome) development and the timely approval of drugs and biological products that...

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26 Sep Lyme disease vaccine study looking for participants at UW Health

Posted at 09:53h in UW CTI, Wisconsin, Public health, Recruitment, Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, UW Health

UW Health is looking for 75 people to test a new Lyme disease vaccine that targets more strains of the tick-borne illness than a little-used shot taken off the market more than 20 years ago....

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20 Sep More than just the right words: The importance of translations in clinical research

Posted at 13:14h in Clinical Trials, Health Equity, Clinical Research, Community, Diversity

In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month The Association of Clinical Resrarch Professionals (ACRP) reached out to some cultural communications professionals to discuss the importance of clear communications between study teams and participants in clinical trials, no matter what their native languages may be....

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19 Sep UW’s 175th: Five ways UW–Madison ideas have changed the world

Posted at 15:00h in Wisconsin, Public health, Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, UW–Madison, Education

The world has changed a lot in the 175 years since the founding of the University of Wisconsin. Some history-changing ideas that continue to reverberate around the globe got their start right here on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus....

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18 Sep How to connect patients with rare diseases to clinical trials

Posted at 16:54h in Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, Diversity

Experts say a wider diverse pool of patients needs to be given a chance to participate in clinical research to get rare disease drugs faster to market....

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15 Sep NIH clinical trial of universal flu vaccine candidate begins

Posted at 14:37h in Clinical Trials, Clinical Research, Public health, NIH

Enrollment in a Phase 1 trial of a new investigational universal influenza vaccine candidate has begun at the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. ...

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