Category: UW Experts in the News

As the Democratic primary race moves to Pennsylvania, an analysis of the television ad spending in neighboring Ohio may offer a few lessons along the way. About $8 million was spent in the Buckeye State on television ads overall on the Democratic side, and 15 percent of that came from outside groups like labor unions and new 527 organizations.

Quoted: At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where patients are offered their choice of virtual or regular colonoscopy, finding midsize polyps means you can either get a regular colonoscopy or come back for another CT scan in one or two years (the recommended interval depends on the size of the polyps), to see if they’ve grown, says David Kim, a UW radiologist who performs the scans and coauthored last year’s NEJM study.

QUoted: When asked by Cybercast News Service why the NIH reduced the funds given to the young researchers it fears losing, panelist Robert Golden – dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the UW-Madison vice chancellor for medical affairs and a professor of psychiatry – said with a tighter budget, “senior” researchers usually are favored for funding by the NIH over less tenured researchers.

Daniel Resnick, M.D., professor of neurosurgery at UW Hospital, says, “Synesthesia tells us most about how different areas of the brain are related in anatomical, physiological, and functional ways. This may give us insight into how consciousness has developed through the interplay between areas of the brain associated with different senses — the mechanism by which we construct our virtual world inside our consciousness.”

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Dr. James A. Stewart, a professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin, said it is “fairly common” to have mastectomies performed on an outpatient basis.

Quoted: When to send a child to kindergarten is an issue many parents still grapple with, and researchers have yet to determine which children really benefit from redshirting, said Beth Graue, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an expert on academic redshirting.

Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin.

Quoted: Professor Allan Odden of the University of Wisconsin-Madison told the panel that smaller class sizes in early grades have a statistically significant impact on student learning and an especially large impact on poor and minority students.

Quoted: Donald Downs, a First Amendment expert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said the memo may have violated employees’ free speech rights, if it could be proved their complaints were of public concern. For example, employee pay cuts wouldn’t qualify, he said, but an impact on services could.

Quoted: David Gustafson of the Network for the Improvement of Addiction Treatment.

Quoted: Ken Goldstein, director of the Wisconsin Advertising Project.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: UW political scientist Charles Franklin.

Quoted: Pollster is including American Researchâ??s numbers, Charles Franklin, co-developer of the site and a professor at the University of Wisconsin, told me: â??Lots of pollsters have shown volatility, not just ARG.â? Prof. Franklin added, â??The inclusion or exclusion of a pollster runs the perils of cherry-picking polls, something weâ??ve tried not to do.â?

Quoted: Kenneth Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Barry Burden, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

Quoted: Study author Brent Valentine of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Rural Sociology says he wasnâ??t able to find out how many of the milkers are here legally, but he says the increasing number of immigration arrests has both farmers and workers worried, because they depend on each other.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison marketing professor Jack Nevin said the state was wise to promote its already proven tourism industry and the innovation that will be important for the stateâ??s economic development.

Quoted: Doctors in Argentina reported last year that MS patients who had intestinal parasites fared better than those who did not, and researchers at the University of Wisconsin are planning to launch another study as early as next month testing pig worms in 20 patients with the disease.

“We hope to show whether this treatment has promise and is worth exploring further in a larger study,” said John O. Fleming, a professor of neurology who is leading the effort.

Quoted: Doctors in Argentina reported last year that MS patients who had intestinal parasites fared better than those who did not, and researchers at the University of Wisconsin are planning to launch another study as early as next month testing pig worms in 20 patients with the disease.

“We hope to show whether this treatment has promise and is worth exploring further in a larger study,” said John O. Fleming, a professor of neurology who is leading the effort.

Quoted: UW-Madison political scientist Ken Goldstein, who directs the Wisconsin Advertising Project, a program that tracks political ad spending.

Quoted: Gene Clark, a coastal engineering supervisor for the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute.

Quoted: Menzie Chinn, UW-Madison professor of public affairs and economics.

Quoted: Michael Collins of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, an expert on Johne’s disease. “Almost by definition, there’s something wrong with them, and in some cases those can be infections that present issues for humans.”

Quoted: Greg Nemet, a professor of public affairs and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin, said the Big Stone II dispute is an example of a growing â??California effectâ? in environmental policy.

Quoted: Chris Ott, 37, and his partner, David Danaher, 40, decided to leave Wisconsin after the state passed a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage. Ott moved to Cambridge after he sold his home in Madison. Danaher, a professor of Slavic languages at the University of Wisconsin, plans to remain until he finds a post in Boston.

Quoted: Dr. Somesh Jha, who serves as chief scientist at NovaShield, is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Quoted: Mike Scott, an associate law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a former police chief, declined to comment specifically on the agent’s case. But he said removing someone from work burdens other employees and regular citizens can obtain occupational licenses.

Quoted: Dhavan V. Shah, a journalism and political science professor at UW-Madison, points to a 20-year study by the Pew Research Center that looked at changes in public opinions and values for answers.

Quoted: Commissioner Pamela Oliver, a University of Wisconsin-Madison sociologist, notes that many of the recommendations are feasible

Quoted: Tuncer B. Edil, an engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and a researcher for FieldTurf, a company that has built many of the cityâ??s turf fields, also said the material poses no hazards.

Quoted: human-sexuality researcher John DeLamater, sociology.

Quoted: Human-sexuality researcher John DeLamater of the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Phillip A. Koss, a University of Wisconsin-Madison adjunct professor and Walworth County district attorney.

Quoted: “How Computer Games Help Children Learn” is in another category. It’s a more academic look at modern education can embrace kids’ favorite afternoon activity: gaming.

“This is not a book about how computer and video games can help kids do better in school — although they can,” writes author David Williamson Shaffer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “This is a book about how computer and video games can help adults rebuild education for the post-industrial, high-tech world by thinking about learning in a new way.”