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UW School of Medicine and Public Health UW-Madison's Doctor of Physical Therapy will hold a "Meet the Program" event from 9am to noon on Saturday (November 7). Schedule include displays and refreshments, program overview and an optional facility and campus bus tour. http://www.med.wisc.edu/25084

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RSVPbyOctober 28 to Lisa Levy at (608) 265-9388 or levy@pt.wisc.edu. (No RSVP is necessary if you don't plan on taking the campus bus tour.)
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All UW School of Medicine and Public Health students who conducted research during the summer of 2009 are invited to present their work at the annual Student Research Forum, on Jan. 19. Registration deadline Nov. 15. http://www.med.wisc.edu/25341
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We'll be live-tweeting today (Nov. 2) from James Cleary's seminar, "Palliative Care, A Major Public Health Issue." The seminar starts at noon and takes place in Room 1309 in the Health Sciences Learning Center...
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The brown-bag lecture, "Eating to Learn, Learning to Eat: School Foodservice and Nutrition in Early Twentieth-Century America," will be presented at noon Oct. 29 by History of Science dissertator Andrew Ruisis...
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health Physicians
and medical students interested in health care reform are invited to
join a roundtable discussion hosted by the Wisconsin Medical Society's
Resident and Fellow, Medical Student, and Young Physicians sections at
the Society headquarters Monday, Oct. 26 from 6:30-8 p.m.

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Physicians and medical students interested in health care reform are invited to join a roundtable discussion hosted by the Wisconsin Medical Society's Resident and Fellow, Medical Student, and Young Physicians sections at the Society headquarters Monday, Oct. 26 from 6:30-8 p.m.
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health Bad news for the immune system: New research has boosted the number of likely common-cold viruses waiting to make you miserable from the long-accepted 100 to perhaps double that number. http://www.med.wisc.edu/25085

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UW School of Medicine and Public Health Could Ancient Virus Genes Help Fight Modern AIDS? http://www.med.wisc.edu/25110

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Madison, Wisconsin— Almost 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, scientists have yet to find an effective vaccine against HIV, the virus that destroys the immune system and causes AIDS. HIV is perhaps ...
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health is one of just seven research centers conducting the first clinical trial in the nation to determine the dose of H1N1 vaccine necessary to give immunity to people with asthma.http://www.med.wisc.edu/25154
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Learn about a new vision treatment, our new Alzheimer's center and more. Sign up for our Research Digest e-Newsletter. http://www.uwhealth.org/researchdigestoctober2009/enews/92
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health Read about our Transformation and learn why we're a school of medicine *and* public health.

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The University of Wisconsin Medical School became the UW School of Medicine and Public Health in 2005, signaling the plan to develop a revolutionary new model that unites public health and medicine.
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Madison, Wisconsin— In some of Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods, nearly half of all adults are addicted to cigarettes, despite the fact that prices are nearing $9 a pack while many household incomes are below $15,000.
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health What's the best way to combat the childhood obesity that is so
prevalent among Wisconsin's Native Americans? And how can we explain
the high rates of hypertension, asthma and infant deaths that are so
common in African Americans? The Collaborative Center for Health Equity
is poised to tackle such complicated questions.

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UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR)Read More Articles from the Summer 2009 Issue of QuarterlyDownload the Summer 2009 Issue of Quarterly (pdf)
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UW School of Medicine and Public Health Partnership Seeks Nominations for Oversight and Advisory Committee Member http://www.med.wisc.edu/1453