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July 21, 2022

Research

Dr. Maria Mora Pinzón works to improve access to Alzheimer’s disease services within the Latinx community

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Madison 365

“My research is [focused on] how to improve access, how to make sure that communities benefit from the research, and how to make life a little easier, at least on the healthcare side,” says Dr. Maria Mora Pinzón, a preventive medicine physician and scientist at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who focuses her research on improving access to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) services within the Latinx community.

Dr. Maria Mora Pinzón works to improve access to Alzheimer’s disease services within the Latinx community

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Madison365

“My research is [focused on] how to improve access, how to make sure that communities benefit from the research, and how to make life a little easier, at least on the healthcare side,” says Dr. Maria Mora Pinzón, a preventive medicine physician and scientist at the Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who focuses her research on improving access to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia (ADRD) services within the Latinx community.

Pandemic support fading for 1 in 12 Wisconsinites who were food insecure

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Wisconsin Watch

Noted: Before the pandemic hit, 1 in 12 Wisconsinites were food insecure — meaning they couldn’t or were uncertain they could get the food they needed. Food insecurity is linked to children struggling more in school, worse health outcomes in all age groups and greater stress on families, according to the Wisconsin Food Security Project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Higher Education/System

Intersystem Transfer: Supporting Our Students in Wisconsin

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Inside Higher Education

The University of Wisconsin System places a high priority on improving baccalaureate completion rates, closing the opportunity gap for minoritized students and minimizing the financial and other barriers to degree attainment for all students regardless of where they begin their college career. In a collaborative attempt to remove transfer barriers for Wisconsin students, the UW System engaged in statewide initiatives and created strategic partnerships with the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) to improve credit transfer between or among institutions of higher education across the state. The system-to-system partnership is key to student success, reducing time and credits to degree, lessening student debt, and providing the workforce the employees needed to support the vitality of the state.

State news

‘He’s keeping the fires burning’: Why Trump continues to pressure top Wisconsin Republicans on false election claims

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Quoted: Trump lost Wisconsin by about 21,000 votes in 2020. It was a key state to his re-election and one that he won in a historic victory in 2016 that a Republican hadn’t pulled off in decades. The state is key to any new run for president, said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“Wisconsin is one of the states where he falsely claims to have been robbed of victory, so the recent Supreme Court decision gives him yet another opportunity to explain why his loss wasn’t actually a loss,” Burden said.

“Nearly two years after an election that every judge and security expert deemed to be proper, Trump’s continual fixation has an air of desperation.”

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Health

Half dozen cases of monkeypox in Wisconsin

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Spectrum News

Quoted: “[Infected people] are shedding virus through those blisters during that period, until it sort of scabs over,” said Dr. Ajay Sethi, a population health scientist at the University of Wisconsin. “They’re itchy, they can be painful. When they scab over, you’re no longer infectious. But there’s a several week period when you are infectious. It’s not that different from chickenpox.”

Athletics

Five women in NHL assistant GM jobs took different paths

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Associated Press

Noted: A finalist for top college player of the year, Meghan Hunter moved into coaching women’s hockey at the University of Wisconsin: “I just naturally gravitated into coaching because that’s all I really thought was available at the time.”

Hunter spent time with the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights and Hockey Canada, joined the Blackhawks in an administrative role in 2016 and climbed the ranks in scouting and hockey operations. Chicago promoted her to AGM in June.

“My path’s never been linear,” Hunter said. “I wanted to play in the NHL, so then when I realized that wasn’t a reality, I was like, ‘Wow, if I work in it, that’s pretty cool.’”

Business/Technology

UW Experts in the News

What abortions are still allowed in Wisconsin? ‘To save the life of the mother’ is up for debate

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Wisconsin State Journal

Dr. Claire Wendlund, a medical anthropologist at UW-Madison and a former practicing ob-gyn, said a pregnant woman might have cancer that can make abortion necessary. Radiation and chemotherapy to treat cancer can be destructive to the fetus, but delaying treatment might be life-threatening to the woman, depending on the type and stage of cancer, Wendlund said.

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