Health Sciences
Dr. Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel honored with Way Klingler Young Scholar Award
Dr. Jenya Iuzzini-Seigel is an assistant professor of speech pathology and audiology in the College of Health Sciences. She is a 2020 recipient of the Way Klingler Young Scholar Award. Iuzzini-Seigel joined Marquette in 2015. Since then, she has made great contributions to the College of Health Sciences. Her research focuses on the different diagnoses…
Marquette Student Receives Science Coalition Award
MILWAUKEE — Alissa Wuorinen, a junior majoring in biomedical sciences in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, received an award from the Science Coalition for her second-place finish in its “Fund it Forward” video challenge. The Science Coalition is a national non-profit organization of more than 50 private and public research institutions dedicated…
Marquette To Offer Wisconsin’s First Entry-Level Clinical Doctorate Of Occupational Therapy Degree Program
Enrollment now open for the OTD program at Marquette University
Marquette Professor Awarded $2.3 Million Grant For Stroke Research
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Allison Hyngstrom, associate professor and chair of the Physical Therapy Department in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, has received a $2.3 million R01 grant from the National Institutes of Health for stroke research. Hyngstrom is the contact principal investigator on the grant, collaborating with Dr. Matthew Durand, assistant professor…
Marquette Researchers Receive $1.9 Million Grant To Study Neuroscience Of Addiction, Depression
MILWAUKEE — Drs. Robert Wheeler and John Mantsch, faculty researchers in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health that will fund neuroscientific research into psychiatric disorders such as addiction and depression. Their project, entitled “Aversion signals in…
Marquette Professor Awarded $1.9 Million Grant For Spinal Cord Regeneration Project
Dr. Murray Blackmore, associate professor of biomedical sciences in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette University, has received a $1.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a five-year project that targets regenerating injured nerve cells in spinal cord injuries. The grant is his third NIH grant of more than $1 million…
Marquette University Biological Sciences Professor Receives $1.2M NIH Grant
MILWAUKEE – Dr. Edwin Antony, assistant professor of biological sciences at Marquette University, has received a $1,246,735 grant from the National Institutes of Health to further explore how damaged DNA in the cell is repaired. The results of this research could potentially influence the future of cancer treatments. Defects in DNA repair mechanisms– the tools…
Marquette’s College Of Health Sciences Receives $500,000 Gift To Fund Spinal Cord Injury Research
MILWAUKEE – Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences today announced that it has received a $500,000 gift from the Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation to establish the BRPF Excellence Fund in Spinal Cord Injury Research. The Bryon Riesch Paralysis Foundation, located in nearby Waukesha, Wis., was formed by Marquette alumnus and friend of the College of…
Marquette University’s College Of Health Sciences Receives $1 Million Gift To Establish A Neurologic Disorder Rehabilitation Clinic
MILWAUKEE — Marquette University’s College of Health Sciences today announced that it has received a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor. The gift will establish the Neuro Recovery Clinic to treat individuals with chronic disability following neurologic conditions like stroke, brain injury and spinal cord injury through intensive and long-term services not available in…
Marquette Biologist Receives $900,000 National Science Foundation Grant To Study Cell Biology Research
MILWAUKEE — Dr. Rosemary A. Stuart, a Marquette University professor of biological sciences, has received a $900,000 National Science Foundation grant for cell biology research, studying the function and regulation of mitochondrial ribosomes. Mitochondria are commonly referred to as the “powerhouse” of the cell because they produce the energy carrying molecule ATP through a process…