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New UW Collaborative Center for Health Equity (CCHE) Associate Director Named

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The UW Collaborative Center for Health Equity (CCHE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Angela Byars-Winston as an Associate Director.

Dr. Byars-Winston is a Professor in the University of Wisconsin, Department of Medicine and Division of General Internal Medicine. She is also Director of Research and Evaluation in the UW Center for Women’s Health Research and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER). She is co-investigator on the NIGMS National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) grant in the Mentor Training Core, through which she leads the Culturally Aware Mentorship Initiative. Dr. Byars-Winston is nationally recognized for her research examining cultural influences on academic and career development, especially for racial and ethnic minorities and women in the sciences, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM), with the aim of broadening their participation and success in these fields.   She currently leads the National Academy of Sciences consensus study on STEMM mentoring programs and practices at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Stem cell summer camp inspiring early careers in science and technology

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Every summer since 2007, students from some of the smallest high schools in Wisconsin have descended on the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for some big-time scientific immersion.

The Morgridge Rural Summer Science Camp has allowed more than 500 high-academic achievers from across the state to spend a week learning from leaders in stem cell research, a field that UW–Madison helped make famous. The students arrive passionate and motivated in science, but the hope is this deep dive into real research will seal the deal for a future scientific career.

Light dots represent all participating schools since 2007; dark dots are those participating in 2018. Morgridge Institute for Research

Now, 12 years into the camp, organizers are finding it has been a difference-maker.

UW-Madison Bioscience Opportunities Preview Weekend-Apply by July 31st

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The University of Wisconsin-Madison will host a Biosciences Opportunities Preview (BOPS) Weekend on September 20-23, 2018. This is a great all-expenses paid opportunity for prospective students to learn about opportunities in biological science graduate programs at UW-Madison.

New Faculty Focus: Olufunmilola Abraham   

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Olufunmilola Abraham is the first researcher to look at gamification for medication use and has built two video games that teach kids about medication safety and how to communicate effectively with their pharmacists, doctors, and nurses. As an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, she is currently evaluating a new program with Pittsburgh school and youth development programs, in which student pharmacists visit schools to teach children about the responsible use of over-the-counter medications.

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Ahna Skop, PhD, DSc
University of Wisconsin-Madison
2426 Genetics
Madison, WI 53706
608-263-1593
skop@wisc.edu

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