Justin Perez, a third-year medical student at MCW, has been named a 2025-2026 Campus Compact Newman Civic Fellow! During his year-long fellowship, Justin will join other student leaders to develop long-term community impact. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

Immunotherapy has emerged as a new treatment for head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, but getting the immune system to attack certain tumors has been difficult. New discoveries made by MCW’s Dr. Joseph Zenga and his team could change that. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld has been taking hypertension work to a national level though a project started by (Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment) which aims to reduce high rates of hypertension (high blood pressure) in #Wisconsin. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

For people with hemophilia A, a simple cut or bump can cause excessive bleeding or bruising. MCW’s Dr. David A. Wilcox is working with colleagues to develop a new #GeneTherapy that could transform how patients with the disease are treated. #Research Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

When he was young, Cristhian Guiterrez Huerta decided he would be the first in his family to attend college. Now, he serves as national president of the Latino Medical Student Association and researches cardiovascular disease at MCW. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

Heart disease still accounts for 20 percent of deaths in the United States. While scientists are searching for better ways to treat the disease, MCW’s Dr. Ziqing Liu is taking a different approach by aiming to regenerate the heart altogether. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

Check out @tmj4.com's recent coverage of the MCW Orchestra! The group consists of MCW professors, students, and more who hold a deep passion for both medicine and music. Learn more: www.tmj4.com/news/milwauk... #Orchestra #Music #MedEd #MedicalEducation

Thank you to everyone who stopped by MCW Circle Drive for our Diaper Drive Event! Thousands of donations were collected to help families keep their babies clean and healthy and to help end #diaperneed in our community. #enddiaperneed #nationaldiaperneedawareness

Damaged retinal ganglion cells can lead to blindness. MCW’s Dr. Joel Miesfeld is conducting #research into the development of these cells to better identify ways to help them regenerate after damage. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge... #Ophthalmology #VisionHealth #MCWKnowledge

MCW and Milwaukee Diaper Mission will be holding the 3rd annual Diaper Drive event this Wednesday, September 17! Drop off your donations at 8701 W. Watertown Plank Rd. (MCW Circle Drive) from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and help us with this need in our community. #diaperneed #enddiaperneed

Earlier today, MCW President and CEO Dr. John Raymond spoke at the Rotary Club of Milwaukee where he shared the importance of funding #research and how it impacts health in #Wisconsin. Stable research funding drives excellence and innovation for both rural and urban communities.

Don’t miss tomorrow’s episode of Coffee Conversations With Scientists featuring MCW’s Dr. Jennifer Connelly! Join Dr. Connelly as she discusses the rarity of brain tumors and advancements being made in treatments to prolong life expectancy. Learn more: bit.ly/4lpWWKk

Born with a congenital heart disease, First-Year MCW Medical Student Raina Mari De La Cruz is pursuing her dream of a career in medicine shaped by a lifetime of firsthand experience with the health care system. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge... #MedicalEducation #MedEd #MedicalStudent

MCW’s Dr. Stephanie Olivier-Van Stichelen is conducting research on how increased sugar and sugar substitute consumption impacts our body during pregnancy and early life. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge... #Biochemistry #Research #MCWKnowledge

MCW’s Dr. Bo Wang created nanoparticles that regenerate human bone in a more targeted way than current therapies. “My dream is to commercialize these materials to help patients. And MCW is such a good research environment in which to do that." Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

Yesterday, @baldwin.senate.gov toured ThriveOn King, including spaces occupied by MCW, to learn about how community-driven collaboration is transforming #Milwaukee’s Bronzeville and Harambee neighborhoods. Thank you Senator Baldwin for your continued support of MCW and the community!

MCW hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony today to celebrate the grand opening of the new Center for Cancer Discovery (CCD)! The CCD is designed to serve as a hub for innovation that will accelerate #CancerResearch breakthroughs. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/newsroom/new...

Autoimmunity is the result a strong immune response that causes the immune system to attack its own cells. MCW’s Dr. Robert Lochhead has uncovered mechanisms that drive this autoimmune response, leading to potential vaccines and treatments. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

🎉Celebrate 100 years of alumni connection and impact! Join us in honoring this milestone by making a gift to the 100 for 100 Giving Campaign. Your support helps shape the next century of excellence at MCW. Give today: giving.mcw.edu/site/Donatio... #MCWAlumni100

MCW’s Dr. Jeffrey A. Kelly has spent four decades studying and pioneering HIV prevention methods, during which he also established MCW’s Center for AIDS Intervention Research. Learn more about Dr. Kelly’s legacy: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge... #HIVPrevention #Research #CommunityHealth #MCWKnowledge

MCW supports the National Institutes of Health and their commitment to biomedical #research. This commitment plays an integral role in the advancement of health and the development of life-saving treatments happening every day at MCW. Learn more: mcw.edu/research

Married to a native Ukrainian, MCW’s Dr. Doug Davis calls his work in building frameworks that support Ukraine's overall countrywide health care system ‘the most meaningful and impactful’ of his career. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge... #GlobalHealth #CommunityEngagement

Decades of work by MCW’s Dr. Michael McCrea and his team have advanced TBI testing to include more measures that can substantially improve treatment and outcomes for patients. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge... #TBI #Research #MCWKnowledge

We were proud to welcome a new round of students into the medical profession today during the 2025 School of Medicine White Coat Ceremony for our Milwaukee campus! We can’t wait to see what you accomplish as future doctors and welcome to MCW! #MCW25 #WhiteCoat

New students were inducted into the field of medicine during the 2025 White Coat Ceremonies for MCW-Green Bay and MCW-Central Wisconsin! Incoming students were presented with their traditional white lab coats and were celebrated by family, friends, and faculty. #MCW25 #WhiteCoat

Despite decades treatment progress, #CardiovascularDisease remains the leading cause of death globally. For Gage Stuttgen, PhD’25, an MCW School of Graduate Studies alumni, this complex disease offers a compelling challenge—and a new scientific opportunity. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

Incoming medical students attended their second day of new student orientation yesterday for the MCW School of Medicine. During their time on campus, students were given a presentation by Dr. Malika Siker and were treated to a Community Welcome Reception in the cafeteria courtyard. #ClassOf2029

Last week, MCW held the Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction Ceremony! Students from MCW’s three campuses were selected by their peers as exemplars of humanistic patient care and individuals who will also serve as models, mentors, and leaders in medicine.

When bacteria invade our bodies, they launch tiny satellites to ensure their survival. But, how these are formed at the atomic level has been a mystery. Thanks to MCW’s Dr. Francesca Marassi, scientists are now closer to figuring this out. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...

Last week, MCW’s Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences celebrated their senior resident’s graduation amongst family, close friends and faculty. We appreciate their dedication over the last four years and wish them success in the next chapter of their careers! #Ophthalmology #VisualSciences

MCW's Global Child Health Program hosted two physicians from Korle Bu Teaching Hospital last week! Drs. Lily Tagoe and Susan Zakariah met with members from the Dairy Cares Simulation Lab and the Department of #Pediatrics to help create a pediatric simulation program in Ghana.

#CancerResearch has long been governed by established theories – rules about which mutations respond to which drugs and which don’t. MCW’s Dr. Tommy McFall challenges those assumptions, opening doors for more personalized cancer treatments. Learn more: www.mcw.edu/mcwknowledge...