University of Wisconsin–Madison

Center for Precision Medicine Undergraduates Honored with Prestigious Biochemistry Awards

On May 1, 2025, two outstanding undergraduate students, Amelia Rancour & Samanyu Ambedwadkar from the Center for Human Genetics and Precision Medicine (CHGPM) were recognized for their exceptional achievements in biochemistry research.

Precision Medicine Researchers Present Cutting-Edge Cancer Research at AACR 2025

Two members of the Murtaza Lab at the Center for Human Genetics and Precision Medicine (CHGPM) recently showcased their innovative research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025.

2025 UW Science Expeditions – Campus Open House

  Center for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine staff had fun vounteering at our booth at the 2025 UW Science Expeditions – Campus Open House earlier this month. Save the date for UW Science Expeditions – Campus Open House 2026: April 10th – 12th

Rare Disease Day Television News Coverage

February 28th 2025 was National Rare Disease Day with several local stations covering the impact of Rare Diseases and the work of the Undiagnosed Disease Program. ABC WKOW 27 | Madison, WI WIFR News | Rockford, IL CBS58 | Milwaukee, WI  

After 14 years of searching family has diagnosis for son’s rare condition

MADISON, Wis. – Imagine experiencing your child born seemingly healthy, but then struggle to grow, walk, learn or talk – and not be able to tell what is causing it. Danelle McGuire felt this despair for 14 years. Her son Treyson Wallace was born in May 2009, after a normal pregnancy, McGuire said, but soon …

Congratulations to Murtaza and Michelle Stephens of the Center for Precision Medicine Awarded the first 2024 WARF Innovation Award for their work, Simplifying the Process for Early Detection, Screening of Cancer

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 …

Congratulations to Jessica Lang on the publication of “Super-enhancers and efficacy of triptolide in small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type”

Congratulations to Jessica Lang on the recent publication of “Super-enhancers and efficacy of triptolide in small cell carcinoma of the ovary hypercalcemic type” in iScience: A Cell Press open access journal.  Full article available here.  

Congratulations to Muhammed Murtaza who was awarded a a three-year, $1 million Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement Phase II (UH3) Award from the National Cancer Institute.

Congratulations to Muhammed Murtaza who was recently awarded a three-year, $1 million Exploratory/Developmental Cooperative Agreement Phase II (UH3) Award from the National Cancer Institute. The grant will support his study titled “Treatment monitoring in early and locally advanced breast cancer using circulating tumor DNA analysis.” Read more.  

Congratulations to Irene Ong on her promotion to Associate Professor!

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 …

Dr. Muhammed Murtaza named director of Center for Precision Medicine

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 …