The Froedtert Hospital President’s Award in Clinical & Translational Research was created to recognize Froedtert Hospital operational units and inter-professional teams who have made a significant contribution to advancing translational research. The Award will be presented in the Spring of each year. Please take a...
For such small organs, our kidneys perform some disproportionately large functions in our body. Unfortunately, the rate of kidney disease in the U.S is higher than you might think, requiring treatments ranging from medications to dialysis and, in...
The purpose of the pilot program is to provide modest support that will allow an investigator the opportunity to develop sufficient preliminary data utilizing the GPC’s data infrastructure as a basis for a larger application for independent research support for the investigator and the network....
The CTSI of Southeast Wisconsin congratulates Tammy Lyn Kindel, MD, PhD, recipient of the 2017 NIH Mentored Career Development Award. The award provides training opportunities for junior faculty working in clinical and translational research to become independent investigators. Dr. Kindel is an assistant professor of surgery...
Meredith Adams, MD, MS, assistant professor of anesthesiology and CTSI Clinical Research Scholar, has been awarded a four-year, $737,492 Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Development Award (K08) from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. The goal of the award, titled, “Identifying opioid response phenotypes...
Friday, April 21 1-4 p.m. We could just tell you what we are capable of…but we’d rather you see for yourself. Yes, we are open. Yes, we can work with anyone. Yes, we are capable of designing and fabricating nearly anything. The UWM Prototyping Center is home to...
September 7-8, 2017 Hyatt Regency Orlando Orlando, Florida The AAMC is accepting applications for the 2017 Grant Writers Coaching Group for NIH Awards designed for faculty who are actively working on a K or R NIH grant proposal. The focus is to increase diversity in medicine...
You’ve heard the saying, ‘we are what we eat.’ But, one doctor says we’re also when we eat. Learn how his research shows when we eat might increase or decrease our risk for developing fatty liver disease. We’ll also discover a recent study focusing on...
It’s one of the largest, most wide-spread public health crises our country and our community has ever faced. The incidence rate of heroin and prescription opioid abuse and related deaths has reached epidemic proportions. ...
A team of doctors need to fix a critically ill patient’s badly damaged esophagus, only to find that it’s beyond repair by standard practice. What they did instead, you’ll have to hear to believe!...
This year was a year filled with interesting news and stories of research and discoveries through translational science and throughout 2016, CTSI Discovery Radio brought you lots of them!...
Many translational research grants are strengthened pilot data that addresses the prevalence of various conditions in medical populations or current patterns and outcomes of care. While gathering primary data is often infeasible, use of existing databases can support such work. One solution to this problem...
Imagine if your body’s immune system developed an abnormality, and instead of helping to fight off infection, it began mistaking good bacteria and other matter in the intestinal or digestive tract as invading substances. For over one-and-a half-million people in the U.S. suffering from Inflammatory...
How many times have you heard it? “Trust your gut!” Well, do you? New findings from a recent clinical study on the human gut bacteria suggest that you should. On today’s show, we’ll learn about one local research team who’ve discovered a groundbreaking link connecting a...
“Advancing the Health of Veterans through Collaboration in Research and Discovery” - Veterans face a range of health issues that are unique to their service and different from the general population. These include physical, psychological, and physcosocial issues that impact both them and their families. ...
Helen Keller once said, “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but lacking vision.” On today’s show, we set our sights on The Froedtert and Medical College of Wisconsin’s Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, focusing on the pioneering vision and...
The ‘dog days’ of summer here, which means students will soon be heading back to classrooms for learning and fields for playing prep sports. As parents, it’s our job to guide our children toward educational opportunities that can positively impact their future. On today’s show, you’ll...
In this difficult funding environment, it is important that MCW faculty put forth the best possible grant applications. In conjunction with the CTSI, the Office of Research is pleased to provide resources for external review of applications for R01 level grants (from NIH or other...
Central Collaboratory 2016 is a unique event on Thursday, July 21, 2016 in Milwaukee, WI, bringing academia and industry together for a day of scouting, pitching and partnering. Inventors and industry leaders will have opportunities to discuss exciting possibilities in technologies, plus learn techniques...
With the recent Memorial Day and Independence Day holidays, we paid respect to our military veterans who sacrificed their lives and we celebrated our freedom that their sacrifice brings. For many veterans, the price of defending our freedom is high. Even the ones fortunate enough to...
