Advancing research, education, and clinical practice in precision medicine
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health is home to a thriving community of trainees who advance innovative research across disciplines. Among them is graduate student Hailey Porter, a researcher in the Center for Precision Medicine who works across two core faculty labs—those of Dean Ahuja and Dr. Kratz. In this video, Hailey highlights …
Congratulations to Irene Ong, PhD, Center for Precision Medicine Faculty and associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Sciences, who received an Igniting interdisciplinary Innovation (I3) award from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research. Ong received the $250,000 grant for the project From AI Innovation to Clinical Impact: Closing the Gap for Reliable AI-based Disease …
The 2025 Advancing Pathology Education (APE) and Advancing Precision Oncology (APO) joint conference was held on September 25th and 26th in Madison, WI at the Overture Center for the Arts. There were several Center for Precision Medicine lab technicians and faculty members in attendance. Drs. Irene Ong and Muhammed Murtaza gave talks during the conference, …
Drs. Bryn Webb and Stephen Meyn participated in the 2025 Undiagnosed Hackathon held at the Mayo Clinic and sponsored by the Wilhelm Foundation. See the event video here!
By Jen Ahlstrom The Center for Precision Medicine is pleased to share that Dr. Muhammed Murtaza, Director, along with core faculty members Dr. Jeremy Kratz and Dr. Irene Ong, will be presenting at the upcoming Advancing Precision Oncology Education Series in Madison, Wisconsin. This one-day event, titled 10 Years of Excellence in Wisconsin Precision Oncology, celebrates a decade …
By Jen Ahlstrom The first 2024 WARF Innovation Award has been awarded to Muhammed Murtaza, Director of the Center for Precision Medicine and associate professor of surgery, and Michelle Stephens, surgery researcher in the Murtaza lab within the Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, for their work, Simplifying the Process for Early Detection, Screening …
Dr. Irene Ong has recently been promoted to Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology with a joint appointment in Biostatistics and Medical Informatics. Her research interests lie in data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning, probabilistic methods, dynamical models, inductive logic programming, and statistical relational learning with applications to biological …
Muhammed Murtaza, MBBS, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Surgical Oncology has become the next director of the Center for Precision Medicine as the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. Murtaza is a cancer researcher and an associate professor in the Department of Surgery at the School. Since 2021, he has …
This year’s Gerard B. Odell Award winner is Bryn Webb, MD, associate professor, Division of Genetics and Metabolism. She is also associated as core faculty with the UW Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine. Webb’s research group is focused on better understanding the genetics and pathophysiology of rare Mendelian disorders. She has a particular interest …