Tag: School of Medicine and Public Health

Patricia Téllez-Girón Earns Prestigious Ohtli Award From Mexican Government

Patricia Téllez-Girón, MD, associate professor of family medicine and community health at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, is the esteemed face of health care and education in Madison’s Latinx/e community and across Wisconsin. In celebration of her efforts, this month she received the Ohtli Award, the highest recognition awarded by the …

UW shows strong presence at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference

The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) attracts scientists and clinical researchers from across the world to come together to share new ideas to advance the goals of prevention, treatment, and care improvement of Alzheimer’s disease. This year’s event is in Denver, Colorado — with a virtual option — and UW researchers are authors or co-authors …

Tupesis helps link resident training and global health

Medical residency training in the U.S. rests on 100 years of history that sends new doctors to U.S. hospitals to learn the intricacies of their chosen specialty, from cardiac and cancer care to family medicine. What residency programs are learning is how to integrate global health into that training. Medical residency training in the U.S. …

Plan tests ancient Chinese tradition to help elders with balance

As calming music plays in the background, 11 older women listen as physical therapist Diane Brose enters a warm-up for a discipline known as Tai Chi Fundamentals: “Feel your feet. Feel the four corners of your feet. Your knees are soft, your tailbone is heavy. Don’t worry about yesterday, tomorrow will take care of itself.  …

Cai Research Group at the 2017 SNMMI Annual Meeting in Denver

The Molecular Imaging and Nanotechnology Laboratory received multiple awards at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2017 Annual Meeting in Denver. The Molecular Imaging and Nanotechnology Laboratory received multiple awards at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2017 Annual Meeting in Denver.