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1. A GIS approach to waterborne infectious disease: Cryptosporidium

   A project using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to map the presence of live oocysts and environmental data to understand the movement of Cryptosporidium through the environment.

2. ACE Polymorphism in Hispanic/Latino Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

   Study to determine if a specific genetic (DD genotype) makeup occurs more in Hispanic/Latino patients, whether it leads to an increased severity of diabetic nephropathy, and whether the Hispanic/Latino patients are at higher risk for kidney complications as a result of diabetes

3. Aurora UW Medical Group Projects

   The Center for Urban Population Health serves as the primary source of facilitation for AUWMG faculty and resident/student/fellow projects, offering research support and space.

4. Blastomyces Dematitidis

   Various studies exploring the ecology and epidemiology of the fungus Blastomyces dematitidis.

5. Catalog of Initiatives to Address Infant Mortality and Disparities in Birth Outcomes

   A catalog of initiatives that either directly or indirectly relate to addressing issues around disparities in birth outcomes and infant mortality in general.

6. Center Scientist Development Program

   A program to engage UW-Milwaukee researchers in Center-related population health research through significant salary and/or research assistant support.

7. Children with Special Health Care Needs

   A survey to better understand the need and prevalence of Children with Special Health Care Needs in the City of Milwaukee.

8. Early Childhood Integrated Database System (ECIDS)

   Development of a database system that will improve collection, storage, and sharing of information among providers of services to young children with disabilities.

9. Evaluation of Ultrasensitive Troponin Assay to Detect Heart Attack

   An evaluation of the ability of the Ultrasensitive Troponin Assay to detec heart attack in a more accurate and efficient way than the current assay being used in emergency departments.

10. Feasibility of Modeling Stable Warfarin Dose

    Pilot study to determine the feasibility of modeling stable warfarin dose in persons of African American race/ethnicity.

11. Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR)

    A project to develop a formal Fetal Infant Mortality Review process to explore prenatal, intrapartal, and neonatal factors that may contribute to the high fetal and infant mortality rate in the city of Racine.

12. Geographic Clustering of ADHD in Children

    Pilot study to determine if cases of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) cluster geographically in the Milwaukee urban area in a manner dissimilar to a control population of children. Such a pilot study should inform a larger study that could involve secondary analysis to determine what environmental factors may be contributing to the cluster pattern.

13. Group Prenatal Care for Vulnerable Pregnant Teens

    Group prenatal care through a modified delivery model that empowers them to take more control and ownership of their care and increases their social support network through greater interaction with their pregnant peers.

14. Health Care Task Force on Pre- and Inter-Conception Care

    Aurora Women’s Health Services assembled a Task Force to engage in planning and assessment activities, and then create a 3-year strategic plan to move a women’s health care initiative forward.

15. Infant Mortality Action Group

    A multi-disciplinary group of researchers and others working together with the Center for Urban Population Health to conduct research addressing infant mortality.

16. Latinas Living with HIV

    A project piloting a community based participatory research approach to investigate the health issues and resource needs of urban HIV-infected Latinas residing in Milwaukee.

17. Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center

    To enhance the capacity of clinicians to provide quality health care services for people living with HIV/AIDS and other related co-morbidities.

18. Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission

    A comprehensive initiative to promote healthy and safe neighborhoods and reduce the occurrence of homicides in Milwaukee County.

19. Milwaukee Regional Cancer Care Network

    A network dedicated to breaking down barriers to access of cancer care.

20. PeriData.Net: Developing a tool for real-time access to state-wide perinatal data

    PeriData.Net®, a comprehensive web-based perinatal database, was created by a partnership among the Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care (WAPC), the Center for Urban Population Health, and Wisconsin birth hospitals. PeriData.Net serves as a platform for hospitals’ internal administrative reporting and quality management functions and for secure electronic submission of selected fields to vital records and other external data registries.

21. Pilot Study to Implement a Coumadin/Warfarin Dosing Calculator

    Pilot study to learn how to perform genetic testing and determine dosing recommendations before initiation of Coumadin therapy

22. Possible Complications of Infections during Pregnancy

    A Wisconsin Network for Health Research project exploring possible contributors to preterm labor.

23. Postpartum Depression (PPD)

    A project designed to respond to calls for innovative, interdisciplinary, community-centered care models that reach Milwaukee families at risk for postpartum depression.

24. Safe Mom, Safe Baby

    An evidence-based, collaborative model for providing sensitive and effective services to pregnant women experiencing Intimate Partner Violence in Milwaukee.

25. Social Network Testing

    This initiative utilizes targeted strategies such as social networks testing to increase identification of persons with undiagnosed HIV and HCV infection within various networks and link them to appropriate medical care and prevention services.

26. Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)

    An ongoing, population-based survey for observation and research on the health status of the people of the State of Wisconsin.

27. TIMES: Telemedicine in Milwaukee Elementary Schools

    Pilot project to use telehealth technology to enhance school-based health services and access to primary care in Milwaukee elementary schools.

28. TReating Children to Prevent Exacerbations of Asthma (TREXA): A CARE Network Protocol

    A Childhood Asthma Researcn and Education Network study being conducted at the Center for Urban Population Health and Aurora Health Care

29. Understanding Youth Violence Using African American Traditions

    A community-based participatory research process to assess the views of Milwaukee African American youth and adults regarding youth violence.

30. Utilizing Tailored Step-Count Feedback to Enhance Physical Activity in the Elderly

    Project to develop, implement, and test the efficacy of objective step-count feedback interventions coupled with motivational messaging to promote walking in the elderly.

31. Weight Loss: Perceptions and Self-Motivators in Family Medicine Patients

    Survey to obtain insight into patient perceptions of their weight compared to their actual body mass index (BMI).

32. Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles (WIPHL)

    An initiative to enhance delivery of substance abuse Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment (SBIRT) services throughout the state of Wisconsin. The Center is coordinating the Milwaukee-based portion of the project.

33. Wisconsin Network for Health Research (WiNHR)

    Providing the infrastructure for a statewide translational research network with the goal of helping Wisconsin become the healthiest state in the nation.

34. Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer’s Prevention

    A registry that will support genetic, epidemiological and clinical studies to identify and evaluate those factors which may delay or prevent the onset of Alzheimer's Disease.

35. Wisconsin Research and Education Network (WREN)

    A network to improve health outcomes for the people of Wisconsin.

About the Center

The Center for Urban Population Health, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and Aurora Health Care, Inc. that advances population health research and education to improve the health or urban communities.