Health
Crash study aims to make roads safer
Assistant Professor Bob Schneider studies fatal bicycle and pedestrian crashes in an effort to make Wisconsin’s roads safer.
Autism clinic helps teens thrive
UWM’s unique coordination clinic offers teenagers with autism a personalized plan to boost their physical strength.
‘Light’ approach to healing wounds moves closer to market
Two UWM researchers enrolled in I-Corps training to learn how to make a breakthrough research discovery available to health care providers.
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.
At the busy intersection of high-tech and the public’s health
Plant-based meat substitutes are available and eventually we will grow meat in a test tube – but will the public buy them?
How nationwide health care reforms got their start at UWM
UW-Milwaukee alum Steve Burd reflects upon being at the forefront of the nation’s health care reform conversation.
UWM physicist develops new diagnostic tools for cancer
The next generation of tools to diagnose prostate cancer could come from UWM, where physicist Sarah Patch is using sound to detect tumors.
Innovation and research at UWM
Research done at UWM leads to better health, a cleaner environment, economic development and a greater understanding of our world. Here’s a look at some of the innovative work that took place in 2015.
Gonzalez’s graduation goal: Save lives at Aurora St. Luke’s
An internship at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center helped introduce Gladys Gonzalez to transplant administration. She’ll continue work there after graduation.
Health Sciences dean: Investment needed for ‘high growth’
Ron Cisler says growing enrollment despite lowered investment has been his major focus since he became dean of the College of Health Sciences in July.