University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: August 2023

Natascha Merten’s Research in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Featured in Press Release

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STUDY EXPLORES MIDLIFE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH BLOOD BIOMARKERS OF NEURODEGENERATION AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE https://www.med.wisc.edu/news-and-events/2023/august/midlife-factors-in-neurodegeneration-alzheimers/ The research team led by Natascha Merten, PhD, MS, assistant professor of population health sciences and medicine, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, examined the extent that education, lifestyle factors and vascular and metabolic health in midlife were associated with …

New study on dogs as sentinels for multi-morbidities of human aging

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This August, PHS faculty member Dr. Natascha Merten, PhD, MS and Assistant Professor Dr. Freya Mowat, BVSc PhD, in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (School of Medicine and Public Health) have initiated a new large collaborative study. Dr. Mowat has successfully secured funding ($2,845,317 including indirect costs) for …

Mary Ryan joins UW as Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics

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Dr. Mary Ryan is an assistant professor in Population Health Sciences and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics.  Dr. Ryan received her PhD (2021) and MS (2019) in Statistics from the University of California, Irvine, and her BA (2016) in Statistics and Bachelor of Journalism (2016) from the University of Missouri. She has previously held positions as …