Museum Moments are a ring of cards with activities for children ages 0-5 to engage in at MAM or at any art museum/gallery. CTSI Child Advancement Network (CAN)/Vroom supported us in both developing activities and providing the "Brainy Background" science behind each activity. In addition to...
Vroom is a free suite of tools that encourages parents and caregivers to play an active role in a young child’s brain development. Vroom does this by sharing the science of early learning in engaging and easy-to-use tips. Whether it’s mealtime, bath time, or any time...
The CTSI Community Science Café Program, led by Dr. Orsolya Garrison, DrPH, MPH, is an essential part of CTSI’s Trilateral Mutually Learning Ecosystem (healthcare system, research enterprise, and the community), with the community participating as equal partners from onset and throughout the translational research process....
The MCW/CTSI Ensemble Review Committee recently met with all 8 Ensembles to discuss their team dynamics, goal progression, and future milestones. In early 2020, this committee approved eight Ensembles to receive a $50,000 line of credit. Despite setbacks due to COVID-19 restrictions on clinical...
CTSI Discovery Radio received a Gold award recently in the Milwaukee Press Club’s annual Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism contest. The show’s October 2020 episode titled, The Epidemiology of Disease: COVID 19, took the top honor for Best Pandemic Story in Audio in the Pandemic Showcase Categories...
Breast cancer affects more American women than any other type of cancer. But the overall incidence and mortality rates don’t tell the whole story about breast cancer, leading to a large-scale study aiming to discover reasons for these significant disparities. Learn about...
Our CTSI Discovery Radio podcast has received two additional national awards from the 38th annual Healthcare Ad Awards program for 2020. Specifically, our March 2020 podcast (episode #71), “Breathtaking: The Serious Risks of Vaping” won a Gold Award and our January 2020 podcast (episode...
Millions of American struggle with something essential for life: Breathing. This is due to a lifelong respiratory disease known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD. Learn about the battle to breathe with COPD, including real-life experiences of those who have it, inside this...
