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MADISON—Phototherapy, the use of light in medical treatment, is producing surprisingly successful results in the treatment of a variety of ailments from topical infections and chronic wounds to autoimmune and chronic degenerative diseases. The Wisconsin Academy is pleased to welcome Dr. Chukuka S. Enwemeka, dean of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s College of Health Sciences, for a discussion about the latest medical applications for near-infrared and blue light.
Dr. Enwemeka’s Academy Evening talk, Full Spectrum: The Promise of Light as Medicine, will be held from 7–8:30 pm on Tuesday, March 25, in the DeLuca Forum of the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery, 330 North Orchard Street, Madison.
Presented by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters in partnership with the Morgridge Institute for Research, this Academy Evening talk is free and open to the public with online advance registration here: www.wisconsinacademy.org/fullspectrum. Please register in advance for this talk to ensure adequate seating for all guests. Visit the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery website for directions, parking, and other travel information.
About Our Presenter
Dr. Chukuka S. Enwemeka joined the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee as tenured professor and dean of the College of Health Sciences in 2009 and was appointed UWM distinguished professor in 2012. He received his BS and MS in Physical Therapy from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, respectively. Dr. Enwemeka earned his PhD in Pathokinesiology from New York University, and did his post-doctoral research training at NYU’s Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. He has written more than eighty-five original research papers, monographs, and book chapters, and delivered hundreds of papers, seminars, symposia, and workshops nationally and internationally. Worldwide, Dr. Enwemeka is one of the foremost authorities in the area of photoengineering of tissue repair process with visible and near-infrared light and lasers. His academic career has taken him to thirty-nine countries and all but five of the 50 states in the union, either as a visiting professor, invited presenter, keynote speaker, visiting scholar, or as an invited university guest.
About the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters
The nonprofit Wisconsin Academy brings people together at the intersection of the sciences, arts, and letters to inspire discovery, illuminate creative work, and foster civil dialogue on important issues. We connect Wisconsin people and ideas for a better world. For more information on our programs, or to become a member of the Wisconsin Academy, visit www.wisconsinacademy.org.
About the Morgridge Institute for Research
Our mission is to improve human health by conducting, enabling and translating innovative, interdisciplinary biomedical research in partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Madison and others, by leveraging our collective strength in research and education. For more information, visit www.discovery.wisc.edu/morgridge.
