Thank you to everyone who attended our PHS Fall Picnic on Friday (9/15). Attendance was up this year from students (both new and continuing), and it is always great to see faculty mingling with students/staff. …
Dr. Tiffany Green Quoted in NY Times Article, ‘America Already Knows How to Make Childbirth Safer’
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Dr. Ajay Sethi Speaking at Hot Topics in Public Health on Thursday, October 12th!
Register now to virtually attend “Misinformation/Disinformation in Public Health” Thursday, Oct. 12, 5:30-7 p.m. with speaker Ajay Sethi, PhD, MHS: A professor of population health sciences and faculty director of the Master of Public Health Program, …
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar Featured in National Academy of Medicine
Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Prevention of Substance Use Disorders through Socioecological Strategies ABSTRACT | Rapidly rising drug overdose rates in the United States during the past three decades underscore the critical need to prevent overdose deaths …
New study on power and sample size for generalized linear models
Dr. Amy Cochran, PhD (Co-I), and Dr. Paul Rathouz (PI) of University of Texas-Austin have received funding for a R21 grant titled, “Power and Sample Size for Generalized Linear Models.” The overarching goal of this …
Natascha Merten’s Research in Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease Featured in Press Release
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 …
New study on dogs as sentinels for multi-morbidities of human aging
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 …
Mary Ryan joins UW as Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
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 …
Rebecca Myerson Research Featured in JAMA
Insulin Fills by Medicare Enrollees and Out-of-Pocket Caps Under the Inflation Reduction Act. See the full article here: JAMA Article
Maureen Durkin Featured on CBS News
Nearly 1 in 10 U.S. children have been diagnosed with a developmental disability, CDC reports