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Peissig Named BIRC Director
Peggy Peissig, PhD, MBA, has been named Director of the Biomedical Informatics Research Center (BIRC) at Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (MCRF). “Peggy has shown outstanding … more
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Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation Researcher Attends President Obama's White House Announcement for Precision Medicine Initiative
Marshfield Clinic has been involved in personalized medicine database development for more than a decade, allowing providers to tailor health care to an individual’s precise genetic profile. … more
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Marshfield Clinic Receives $620,000 Grant to Improve Adolescent HPV Vaccine Rates
Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation (MCRF) has received a $620,000 grant to promote vaccination against a common infection that can cause cancer. The two-year project, funded by the Centers for … more
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Marshfield Clinic Receives $440,000 Grant to Study Long-term Effectiveness of MMR Vaccine
Researchers will evaluate immune response of a three-dose schedule in young adults A $440,000 federal grant will support Marshfield Clinic researchers’ study of long-term effectiveness of a … more
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CDC: Intranasal Flu Vaccine Didn't Shield Kids from H1N1 Last Season
This past summer when influenza experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) went over all their data on flu vaccine effectiveness (VE) during the 2013-14 flu season, they found a … more
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Ebola 101: Separating Fact from Fiction
Edward Belongia, MD Director, Center for Clinical Epidemiology & Population Health Dr. Belongia is an infectious disease epidemiologist and a former CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer & … more
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September Publications
Alpert BS, Dart RA, Quinn D. Oscillometric blood pressure: calculated risk or reward. Blood Press Monit. 2014 Oct;19(5):255. Borne RT, Peterson PN, Greenlee R, Heidenreich PA, Wang Y, … more
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Marshfield Clinic Joins National Obesity Treatment Study in Rural Communities
Marshfield Clinic researchers and doctors are looking for new, more effective ways to treat obesity in rural communities as part of a 5-year, $10 million national study. Nearly 20 percent of the U.S. … more
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IOSH receives R01 supplement to improve Dental Decision Simulation (DDS) software
The Institute for Oral and Systemic Health (IOSH) recently received a RO1 supplement, in collaboration with the HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research (HPIER), from the National … more
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National Children's Center receives major grant for agriculture safety
Farm parents, insurers, youth organizations and others increasingly turn to the unique capabilities of the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, to help … more