The Green Bay Packers on Tuesday announced five grants totaling $250,000 are going to nonprofit organizations in Kenosha, Madison and Milwaukee as part of the team’s “ongoing pledge to support social justice and racial equity.”...
The following webinar, presented via a collaboration between the Foundation for Black Women's Wellness, the UW-Madison Collaborative Center for Health Equity, and the 'All of Us' Research Program at UW-Madison, highlights the importance of African American communities' participation in health research....
Our country needs a new path forward in the battle against COVID-19 Wisconsin's two medical schools are heading up this fight by launching innovative clinical trials, developing rapid diagnostic testing, studying the complexities of this virus and increasing our capacity to offer telehealth and virtual visits. Our health care professionals are working tirelessly. But these frontline fighters need support from everyone to limit the spread of this virus....
Our co-principal investigator, Dr. Elizabeth Burnside appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio's "Morning Show" to discuss the All of Us Research Program's efforts in Wisconsin, including the program's involvement in COVID-19 research....
UW Health physician William Hartman writes about how the community has come together to fight COVID-19....
A nationwide research project to advance personalized medicine could end up playing a role in the development of COVID-19 treatments, the project's leaders in Wisconsin say, and even address racial disparities in outcomes among coronavirus patients....
Al Castro, of Milwaukee's United Community Center, discusses how the Center is collaborating with local organizations to address the shifting healthcare needs of Milwaukee's Latino community during the #COVID19 pandemic....
As of Monday, there have been 4,051 cases of COVID-19 in Milwaukee County and 221 deaths. African Americans represent about a quarter of the county’s population but account for almost half of the deaths....
The UW-Madison team working to advance All of Us Research Program recruitment efforts in the greater Milwaukee area was recently honored as the UMOS Sponsor of the Year....