Children's Health
UWM, CHW partner on Institute for Child and Family Well-Being
With its goal of helping children who have faced significant adversity, a new collaboration between UWM and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin sits at the nexus of research, practice and policy.
Autism clinic helps teens thrive
UWM’s unique coordination clinic offers teenagers with autism a personalized plan to boost their physical strength.
New app tackles head trauma
The UWM App Brewery and Medical College of Wisconsin have created a free smartphone app that helps diagnose and track the treatment of head injuries among young athletes.
In a city known for high infant death rates, here are 5 ways UWM is improving babies’ lives
UWM scholars, experts and researchers are working in partnership with many others locally and across the nation to reduce infant mortality rates and improve the quality of life across generations for families and their babies.
UWM nurse developing pod to protect babies sleeping with parents
To help protect infants, Jennifer Doering developed the “Night Owl Sleeper,” an oval-shaped pod that sounds an alarm if bedding falls on it or an adult rolls over.
Barely noticed, 1.3 million spend their youth caring for adults
An estimated 1.3 million youth ages 8 and 18 help care for family members with serious health conditions.
Young parents apart can raise children together
Raising children can be especially challenging for young parents who may not have expected to add a baby to their lives.
Protecting the most vulnerable from environmental risks
Early research experience inspired Ruth Etzel to pursue a career studying the environmental hazards impacting children.
Safe infant sleeping gets a boost
UWM nursing and engineering professors and a team of students have developed a novel approach to co-sleeping safety.
Helping students before they fail
A new approach to exceptional ed aims to identify and assist students with special needs before they fall behind, rather than waiting to correct deficits.