News from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
The $189.3 million Health Sciences Renovation will unify programs currently scattered across five buildings, expand instructional labs and enhance collaborative learning in high-demand fields.
UWM professors Habib Rahman and Inga Wang are working on an advancement that could greatly help both patients and therapists.
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.
If compound survives an arduous approval process, it could be used to treat depression, Alzheimer’s or schizophrenia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
