UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Edward Henry Vidruk (1939-2022). Ed was a native Canadian from Winnipeg who received his university education in the US, culminating in a PhD in neurophysiology in 1973 at UW–Madison, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute in San Francisco. Ed then served 25 years as an NIH funded, tenured professor in the …
Parvathy Pillai, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences, was selected for a Dean’s Teaching Award from UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. These awards are selected by a committee of faculty that have previously been honored for their excellence in teaching, and, as such, are the medical school’s only peer-selected teaching award. Criteria for selection …
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 …