Elizabeth “Betsy” Nugent will become the inaugural director of clinical trials development and accreditation /chief clinical research officer, effective September 3. Nugent is charged with leading the establishment of the School of Medicine and Public Health and UW Health as a premier clinical-research organization. Nugent is...
WiNCORP is a partnership between Gundersen Health System, Marshfield Clinic Health System and ThedaCare that provides innovative cancer clinical trials to patients in Wisconsin. This partnership builds upon the collaborative relationship these three health systems have to improve access to cancer clinical trials for more...
The creators of the year-old WellnessScript LLC, a non-traditional virtual medical group, say they’re nearly finished raising $1.5 million that will go toward the company’s early growth, gaining customers and building scalable systems. WellnessScript, located at 159 N. Jackson St. in Milwaukee, was co-founded by Dr....
The 838 deaths reported in 2018 is a 10 percent reduction from the year before Opioid deaths are at their lowest level since 2015 according to the most recent data collected by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and reported through a new online tool...
The University of Wisconsin announced recently that it received a $3.42 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop an app to prevent opioid relapses. According to a release, the goal of the project is to develop and deliver models to forecast the probability of opioid...
Dr. Mark Thompson, chief medical officer at St. Louis-based SSM Health, has been named president of medical groups for SSM Health's Wisconsin region, SSM Health said Monday. He replaces Dr. Christopher Sprowl, who resigned in March after starting the job in January 2017. Thompson will direct physician...
UW-Madison scientists have bio-engineered bacteria to deliver certain therapies to patients with heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other conditions. In treating metabolic diseases like these, doctors will often rely on polypeptides as therapeutic agents. They include hormones, enzymes, antibodies and other small molecules. Despite their miniscule...
Advocate Aurora Health is searching for technology startups across the U.S. that focus on female health and parent education. Through Milwaukee-based subsidiary 83 Tech Harbor, the health care network with headquarters in Milwaukee and Downers Grove, Illinois, has launched a reverse pitch competition where the winning...
heboygan-based property and casualty insurer Acuity is giving $2.5 million to support the construction of a new neonatal intensive care unit, pediatric unit and birthing center at the new hospital that Advocate Aurora Health is building in Kohler. The gift is the largest single charitable contribution that Acuity...
Redox’s “Redox Gives,” a program to ensure that nonprofits and public health teams have the necessary access to data to fully empower their initiative, helped its first live recipient, the Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WWHF), the company announced today. According to a release, WWHF went live with electronic...