William L. Murphy
More than half of all chronic conditions in adults over age 50 are related to bone and joint diseases. As a result, joint replacement surgeries are on the rise …
Rolf Reitz
One of the most exciting things about being a research scientist is finding a solution to a long-standing problem that makes the world a better place. …
Guri Sohi
Computer science professor Gurindar Sohi is a decorated computer architect whose research involving high performance systems has yielded numerous patents and papers and helped shape the field. His microprocessor work…
Yoshi Kawaoka
Yoshi Kawaoka is a globally recognized influenza expert and professor in the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. His work is changing how flu vaccines are made by providing faster and…
Rock Mackie
In the early 1990s, UW-Madison professors Thomas ‘Rock’ Mackie and Paul Reckwerdt wanted to solve a major problem in cancer therapy — the serious damage to normal tissues and organs…
Charles Mistretta
TRICKS (time-resolved imaging of contrast kinetics) is a three-dimensional imaging technique that takes the guess work out of contrast-enhanced MRI procedures. The technology was developed by esteemed medical physics professor…
James Thomson
The trailblazing stem cell discoveries of James Thomson are opening new frontiers in biomedicine, transplant therapy and drug development. Thomson led the first team to isolate and culture human embryonic…
John Wiley and John Perepezko
The collaboration of John Wiley, an electrical and computer engineering professor, and John Perepezko, a materials science professor, helped usher in the era of modern computing. Their chance encounter on…
Paul Moran
Paul Moran’s magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) innovations developed in the late 1980s have greatly improved clinicians’ ability to diagnosis injury and disease….