Volume 8, Number 29

July 23, 2004


	University of Iowa's Peter Greenberg named chair of microbiology

		E. Peter Greenberg, a professor at the University of Iowa, has been selected to chair the UW School of Medicine's Department of Microbiology effective Jan. 1, 2005. (Full Story)

Wyoming legislature expands state's WWAMI education program

The Wyoming state legislature voted July 16 to support more students in the state's portion of the WWAMI medical education program. (Full Story)

Antibiotic-resistant strain of syphilis is spreading, UW study finds

UW researchers have found a mutation in some strains of Treponema pallidum, the spirochete bacterium that causes syphilis. (Full Story)

Erickson named assistant dean for WWAMI Montana clinical phase

Jay Erickson, a family practice physician in Whitefish, Mont. and assistant clinical professor of family medicine, has been named assistant dean for WWAMI clinical phase/Montana. (Full Story)

UW offering shuttle to South Lake Union area

The UW is now offering shuttle service linking UW Medical Center and the Health Sciences Center with the developing research hub at South Lake Union. (Full Story)