UW-Madison

18 Sep

Posted at 11:53h in COVID-19, Research, Science, UW-Madison

Dr. Elizabeth Burnside and Dr. Jomol Mathew, who are both part of the All of Us Research leadership team at UW-Madison, recently received a National Institutes of Health (NIH) award for a project that will provide the first opportunity at UW to leverage real-time clinical data for research and contribute to the new National #COVID19 Cohort Collaborative, which aims to answer critical research questions to address the pandemic....

03 Sep

Posted at 16:04h in Genomics, Research, Science, UW Health, UW-Madison

While the collection of health data and information has always been part of medicine, advancements in technology have made it easier to compile this information from various sources and parse it out to identify trends. While making sense out of large swaths of information is a difficult task, it’s exactly what Dr. Jomol Mathew was hired to do....

03 Sep

Posted at 15:49h in Clinical trial, Community, Community Engagement, COVID-19, Diversity, Health Equity, Madison, Research, UW Health, UW-Madison

As UW Health and the University of Wisconsin begin scheduling participants for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine study, experts and leaders are focused on equity and inclusion to ensure a diverse population takes part in this phase 3 clinical trial. A diverse group of participants will give researchers the best understanding on how and if this vaccine works for everyone....

31 Aug

Posted at 11:14h in All of Us, COVID-19, Diversity, Equality, Genomics, Health, Health Equity, Madison, Milwaukee, NIH, Precision Health, Precision Medicine, Research, UW-Madison, Wisconsin

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....

19 Aug

Posted at 14:27h in COVID-19, Health, Madison, Milwaukee, Research, UW-Madison, Wisconsin

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....

03 Aug

Posted at 13:13h in COVID-19, Health Equity, UW-Madison

While the federal government has spent billions in an unprecedented effort to fast-track a vaccine that could be approved in just a few months, the rollout will be fraught with moral, ethical and political issues. Who gets it first? Who wants it? And who doesn’t? In this Q&A, UW-Madison's Dr. Jonathan Temte discusses these issues and more....