UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
In the latest Badger Talks video, watch Ajay Sethi, PhD, MHS, associate professor of population health sciences and faculty director of the MPH program, explains what we know about the new variant. He discusses vaccination strategy and also how to manage anxiety arising from news of new variants. Watch the video Ajay’s talk was also …
GHI Director Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, has announced plans to step down from his director role in July 2022. The institute is conducting a search for his successor, with an application deadline of Jan. 10. The director is expected to provide visionary leadership to advance the mission of GHI and UW-Madison global health activities as …
Population Health Sciences Associate Professor Dr. Sheri Johnson was recently appointed to the FrameWorks Institute’s Board of Directors. Read the full announcement here.
Dr. Elizabeth Cox has been named Director of the UW- Madison Prevention Research Center (UWPRC). The Mission of UWPRC is to improve the health of low-income women, infants and families through the conduct of high-quality applied health promotion and disease prevention research with a focus on achieving health equity.
Dr. Ajay Sethi was featured in a panel titled “COVID-19 and a Deluge of Data,” as a part of the Crossroads of Ideas Lecture Series that took place on November 2nd. Please click here to learn more.
On Friday, October 29th, Dr. Brad Astor presented at the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine Grand Rounds: “Impact of Observational Research on the Continuing Evolution of Hemodialysis Vascular Access Clinical Recommendations.” The recording of Dr. Astor’s talk may be accessed here on the UW Department of Medicine’s Youtube page.
Dr. Jasmine Zapata, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Population Health Sciences Affiliate, and graduate of the UW Preventive Medicine Residency, was named the 2020 Superhero of Medicine by the Wisconsin Medical Society to honor her efforts to eliminate health disparities. Read the full story here.
PHS Faculty member and Global Health Institute Director Dr. Jonathan Patz will be moderating the next Global Health Tuesday panel titled “What to Expect from COP26: How the U.N. Climate Talks Affect Everyone.” This event will be held on Tuesday, October 26th from 4:30-5:30 pm via Zoom. Those interested may view the event flyer here …
The Center for Urban Population Health (CUPH) will begin hosting their 20th anniversary monthly seminar series on October 15th, 2021. The series runs every third Friday of the month from noon-1pm and will highlight the work and partnerships CUPH has made over the past twenty years. The first seminar scheduled for October 15th is titled …
Dr. Ajay Sethi was recently featured in the University of Wisconsin news article, “300 interviews: Ajay Sethi’s pandemic pivot”, where he reflects on the past year and a half of providing COVID-19 expertise to the Madison community, Wisconsin, and beyond. Read the full article here.