UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Congratulations to PHS Pathway Program Scholars: ADEPT Scholars: Emma Svenson AHEAD Scholars: Frania Mendoza Lua & Brittanni Wright STRIDE Scholars: Johnny Uelmen LEADS Scholars: Shaneda Warren Andersen More information on the ICTR Pathway Program here.
Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, emeritus dean and professor of pediatrics and population health sciences, received the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Bonnie Ramsey and Richard C. Talamo Distinguished Clinical Achievement Award: The award recognizes those who have spent their careers in research of and care for people with cystic fibrosis, and whose contributions have altered the course of the …
Dr. Uelmen was awarded a grant for Improving Ecological Modeling and Forecasting of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Wisconsin through the Wisconsin Partnership Program’s New Investigator Program. This grant awards $150,000 for more than two years to support early-career faculty in initiating new and innovative research aimed at advancing health and health equity in Wisconsin …
Dr. Merten received the Gerontological Society of America Health Sciences Research Award. This award is given to a new investigator in the Health Sciences Section (one awardee per year). The award is made on the basis of a 1,500-word paper in combination with an accepted abstract submitted to the conference. Dr. Merten was recognized and received the award at …
Dr. Natascha Merten was recently interviewed by Wally Lucashinsky of the Hometown Today show on 95.3 WBEV (Daily Dodge) in Beaver Dam. Dr. Merten discussed the history of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study-Neurocognitive Aging Study (BOSS-NCAS). She also explained what’s been learned from BOSS-NCAS and its precursor studies and what the future plans of BOSS-NCAS are. She …
The Beaver Dam Offspring Study Team, under the lead of Dr. Natascha Merten, visited the Beaver Dam Chamber & Visitor Center and met with members of the community. BOSS-NCAS team is reaching out to previous BOSS participants to recruit for an innovative remote study.
Congratulations, Stephanie! More information about the Postdoc Symposium Winners can be found here.