Dr. Nabeel Zafar, the Director of Global Oncology at the Carbone Cancer Center and an Assistant Professor of Surgical Oncology at UW-Madison, co-authored a recent Lancet Oncology Commission report that included more than 50 global …
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Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: September 2023
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see selections from …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: August 2023
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see selections from …
Wisconsin Surgery Resident Receives Grant to Study Disparities in Patient Outcomes
Congratulations to Clayton Marcinak, MD, a fifth-year general surgery resident who earlier this year was awarded a grant from the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research through their AHEAD (Advancing Health Equity and Diversity) …
Wisconsin Surgery Faculty Receives Grant to Support Collaboration in Sub-Saharan Africa
This past April, Syed Nabeel Zafar, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology, was awarded a 3-year, $120,000 grant from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment to support work he is doing in …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: February and March 2023
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see selections from …
Machine Learning Helps Researchers Detect Cancer Early
In a study published in Science Translational Medicine and led by professor of surgical oncology Muhammed Murtaza, MBBS, PhD, researchers used a machine-learning model to examine blood plasma for DNA fragments from cancer cells. The technique, …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: November 2022
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see the November …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: September 2022
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see the September …
Wisconsin Surgery Research Roundup: August 2022
Wisconsin Department of Surgery members engage in remarkable research that yields many impactful publications every month. We’re highlighting several of these publications monthly to showcase the diversity of research in the department; see the August …