The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health will collaborate with three state research institutions for a historic initiative to improve personalized healthcare, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Friday.
UW-Madison's medical school will join UW-Milwaukee, the Marshfield Clinic - home to the country's largest population-based genetic research project - and the Medical College of Wisconsin for the Wisconsin Genomics Intiative.
With our combined knowledge, expertise and technologies here in Wisconsin, we have an incredible opportunity to become a worldwide leader in personalized healthcare,"" Doyle said in a statement. ""By aligning the intellectual capital of four major research institutions, we will meet an important scientific and public health need that could otherwise not be met, and which cannot be accomplished anywhere else but Wisconsin.""
The partnership aims to accurately predict individual disease susceptibility, target personalized treatments, determine individualized treatment responses and prevent diseases. It also aims to stimulate the economy with new jobs, and by attracting business and federally-funded research grants.
