Occupational therapy students assess injuries of a surprising patient
This year’s Patient Evaluation Day featured a special guest: UWM Chancellor Mark Mone, who injured his hands in a bicycle accident over the summer.
Health and Wellness
For the first time, a drug discovered at UWM approved to begin clinical trials
If compound survives an arduous approval process, it could be used to treat depression, Alzheimer’s or schizophrenia.
UWM researchers win grant to study how social media affects suicide among at-risk youth
A team of researchers from UWM’s Joseph J. Zilber College of Public Health has received a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study how social media affects suicide rates among at-risk youth.
More problems equal more pain for middle-age and older adults, UWM study finds
Chronic pain can be stressful and debilitating, UWM Assistant Professor Antoinette Spector found. What’s worse, the stress of dealing with health issues can make that pain worse.
UWM partners with Oneida, Menominee nations on mental health, wellness
Leah Rouse, an associate professor of educational psychology and counseling psychology, coordinates a team that is working with the nations on projects to improve access to mental health and wellness in tribal lands in northern Wisconsin.
UWM scientist lands $542,000 NSF award for modeling virtual tumor tissues
Mahsa Dabagh will use the five-year grant to construct the model and apply it to a prevalent type of pancreatic tumor, known as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, which could aid in early detection.
Community paramedics help close a gap in health care
Many patients making 911 emergency calls would have been better treated in a different way. A program at UWM trains first responders to recognize that and find ways to offer better care.
Governor visits UWM health and wellness center in focus on mental health care
Gov. Tony Evers toured UWM’s Student Health and Wellness Center on Wednesday morning as part of his efforts to spotlight the importance of mental health care.
Symposium focuses on the burgeoning needs of family caregiving
The number of people in the United States who are caring for aging family members has skyrocketed in recent years, but public policy hasn’t caught up. That was the focus of a gathering at UWM recently.
New master’s degree prepares students to become registered dietitians
UWM is offering a new master’s of public health degree track in nutrition and dietetics that will prepare graduates to take the exam needed to become a registered dietitian nutritionist, one of only two such programs in dietetics in the Milwaukee area.