Institute for Health Sciences News
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UW System Board of Regents approves new bioinformatics major at UW-Eau Claire
Students at UW-Eau Claire soon will have the opportunity to pursue a degree in bioinformatics, a specialty field that is increasingly in demand. The new interdisciplinary major will be offered beginning in fall 2022.
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Current and future Blugolds show interest in new public health major
UW-Eau Claire's new public health major already is drawing interest from current and future Blugolds who want to study and solve the many problems threatening the health and well-being of populations around the world, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Governor Evers announces support for UW-Eau Claire Science and Health Sciences Building
Gov. Tony Evers announced March 7 the inclusion of $109 million for UW-Eau Claire's proposed new Science and Health Sciences Building in his 2019-21 state capital budget during a press conference in the university's Phillips Science Hall.
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Ted Meyer to Visit Eau Claire
Ted Meyer will be visiting Eau Claire and offering a workshop and two artist talks as part of the “Health + the Arts” exhibition at UW-Eau Claire’s Foster Gallery. All foster gallery events are free and open to the public.
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'Health + the Arts' exhibit to open Feb. 15
The Foster Gallery's exhibition explores the intersection of health and the arts from different perspectives: health and healing as represented in art, and art as a form of healing.
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Gift to fund first nursing faculty chair at UW-Eau Claire
The UW-Eau Claire Foundation announces the creation of the Jane W. and James E. Moore Chair in Nursing Research — the first donor-supported faculty chair in UW-Eau Claire’s department of nursing.
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UW-Eau Claire, Marshfield Clinic Health System partner to break down barriers to health care access
UW-Eau Claire students are part of a partnership between the university and Marshfield Clinic Health System that helps area residents overcome challenges in accessing health care and other related services.
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Blugold alum to help move UW-Eau Claire-Mayo research agreement forward
Blugold alum Dr. Timothy Nelson is helping guide a collaboration between UW-Eau Claire and Mayo Clinic Health System that will create life-changing undergraduate research experiences.
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UW-Eau Claire to offer degree in neuroscience beginning in the fall
Current or future University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire students with an interest in studying the brain and nervous system will have a new academic program available to them beginning in the fall.
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Dr. Kantor Announced as Eau Claire Healthy Communities Co-Chair
Dr. Mel Kantor was announced as the Eau Claire Healthy Communities Co-chair in August 2016 joining Maribeth Woodford.
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Blugold earns national honors for outstanding leadership in science
Last spring, UW-Eau Claire alumna Dr. Katie Kindt, a 2000 biochemistry/molecular biology graduate, was recognized by then-President Barack Obama for her outstanding leadership in science. During a White House celebration, the president presented Kindt with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to science and engineering professionals early in their research careers.
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Annual CHAASE forum to focus on senior care technologies
“Exploring Advances in Technology to Enhance Senior Care” is the theme of the 2016 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Center for Health Administration and Aging Services Excellence (CHAASE) annual forum. The event will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, in the Ojibwe Ballroom (330) of UW-Eau Claire's Davies Center.
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Health Themed Blugold Seminars
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Student Leadership Summit
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Chippewa Valley partnership expands reach in providing holistic patient care
A unique partnership between UW-Eau Claire, Marshfield Clinic, and Family Health Center of Marshfield Inc. is expanding to reach more medical patients in need of area resources to meet their underlying social needs.
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World Voice Day celebration held in May 2015
Celebration of World Voice Day 2015 was on campus in May with keynote speaker Dr. Rima DeFatta discussing "the voice."
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Students fill need in health care community
UW-Eau Claire partners with Marshfield Clinic Family Health Center to address patient health care needs related to social, behavioral, environmental factors.
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Researchers study worms for answers to human disease
Nematode worms become focus of biology research conducted by Dr. Jamie Lyman Gingerich and student researchers as they seek to understand human health and disease.
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Biology student to strive for 'Excellence' at Johns Hopkins
Kelsey Stuttgen is about to take her passion for biology across the country as she attends Johns Hopkins University to study human genetics. Not only did Kelsey work really hard, she also took full advantage of the unique opportunities at UW-Eau Claire.
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chemistry whiz AND competitive swimmer
Chemistry major Nick Hora plans to combine his love of sports, swimming in particular, and his dreams of medical school into a career in sports medicine. He's a chemistry whiz AND a competitive swimmer!
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Meet Dr. Mel Kantor
With over 35 years of expertise in health care, public health, epidemiology, dentistry and academic scholarship, Dr. Mel Kantor brings a range of experience and knowledge to UW-Eau Claire. He is poised to further strengthen the health science programs.
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Environmental Public Health grad returns to UWEC
Laura Suppes ’07, a UW-Eau Claire environmental public health graduate, has returned to campus as an assistant professor of environmental public health.
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Five science students awarded NSF summer research opportunities
Five UW-Eau Claire students will participate in the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) summer research program.
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Two materials science majors receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Two materials science students have been awarded prestigious Goldwater Scholarships, two of only nine awarded in Wisconsin and 283 awarded in the United States for 2014.