Public Health
UWM partners with Milwaukee to improve beach warnings
A new buoy built by UWM researchers will improve water-quality warnings and help Milwaukee’s health department better monitor conditions at city beaches.
UWM alum helps inmates deliver healthy babies
As many as one in 10 female inmates enter prison pregnant. Cara Kreuziger educates and supports them to ensure their children have healthy starts.
Pioneering UWM alum honored for public health work
Lilliann Paine is committed to working to overcome the significant health disparities affecting low income and disenfranchised communities.
Researcher focuses on impact of violence on public health
Social and economic forces can create a type of violence that affects public health, UWM professor Jenna Loyd says.
Public health student sees how research can help community
After receiving a scholarship to study public health at UWM, Justin Rivas hopes to work with Latino communities.
Legacy pollutants linked to lifelong health issues
UWM professor Michael Laiosa studies the potentially harmful effects that legacy pollutants such as dioxin may have on fetuses.
Trust is key to boosting diversity in genetics research
Nursing professors and community leaders work together to overcome distrust in genomics research among African-Americans who are wary after decades of medical experimentation and discrimination.
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.
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?
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.