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For the smart choice, it’s academic.
The best care begins with you. giving
Bench to Bedside
Donors support translational research
study disease at a molecular or cellular level, then extend their progress to the clinical level, or the patient’s “bedside.”
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A number of topics covered in this issue of Froedtert Today directly relate to translational research at Froedtert & The Medical College of Wisconsin:
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) —the affects of long-term treatment of this often debilitating condition
• Ovarian cancer treatment —predicting which types of drugs will work best for individual patients
Reading these inspirational stories, there is no doubt about the worthiness of the work
these researchers, clinicians and care providers do to benefit individuals and communities in our state and beyond.
You might not be a researcher, nurse or physician, but you needn’t stand on the sidelines. You can support their work through Froedtert Hospital Foundation, the charitable arm of
Froedtert Hospital. Support for translational research comes from individual donors as well as federal funds, collaborations with other organizations and philanthropic sources. Recently, hundreds turned out to support translational research at the Heritage and Hope event, which raised more than $150,000.
For more information on how to support translational research and other programs, contact the Froedtert Hospital Foundation at 414-805-2699 or
froedterthospitalfoundation.org. n
o improve human health, scientific discovery must be translated into practical applications. Such discoveries typically begin with basic research at “the bench,” where scientists
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