SMPH faculty members share their experiences related to COVID-19 and the ramifications of the pandemic on individuals, families, and communities in the latest issue of the Quarterly Magazine.
Year: 2022
Natascha Merten Appointed to Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences
The Department of Population Health Sciences (PHS) welcomes Dr. Natascha Merten as an assistant professor. In addition to her primary appointment in PHS, Dr. Merten will have a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine, …
Rebecca Myerson Featured in American Journal of Health Economics
A pair of studies led by Rebecca Myerson, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of population health sciences, showed that federal funding for the ACA navigator program had a positive impact on enrollment and that the private …
PHS Emeritus David Kindig & Sanne Magnan Launch Podcast about Population Health
In nine podcasts, David Kindig MD, PhD, a population health thought leader, is interviewed by Sanne Magnan MD, PhD about his 50 year population health scholarly and policy journey, including many stories, anecdotes and take-aways. …
Ajay Sethi Featured on CapTimes Ideas Fest Panel
Register for CapTimes to watch Dr. Sethi discuss How Do We Deal with Pandemic Fatigue? Watch the session here.
Jonathan Patz Featured on MSNBC
Jonathan Patz highlights a study on how infectious diseases are adversely affected by climate change and recent legislation around climate. Watch the interview with MSNBC here.
Watch Dr. Tiffany L. Green with Senator Baldwin on the Economic Impacts of Abortion Bans in Wisconsin
Watch Dr. Tiffany L. Green on the Economic Impacts of Abortion Bans in Wisconsin Virtual discussion will also feature Wisconsin residents and community leaders sharing their abortion stories and perspectives, join here
Healthy Metric Releases First Five Reports on Health and Health Disparities in Wisconsin
Healthy Metric went live today, releasing new brief reports focused on health disparities in Wisconsin. The first five reports from Healthy Metric provide an initial look at the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on …
2021 University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Report
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (PHI) 2021 Annual Report is available here. The Annual Report illustrates the ways in which we are challenging the status quo by analyzing the policies and systems that have …
Amy Cochran awarded American Family Insurance Data Science Institute Award
Quasi-Experimental Designs for Learning Systems: A growing number of systems, including hospitals and insurance companies, aim to derive knowledge from internal data to improve their day-to-day operations. Amy Cochran (Mathematics and Population Health Sciences), Gabriel Zayas-Caban (Industrial and Systems Engineering) …