Faculty
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) …
Jonathan Patz receives Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship
Congratulations to Jonathan Patz named to the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships. The award recognizes distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service. More information about the Vilas professorships and awards can be …
Ed Vidruk’s Passing
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 …
Parvathy Pillai To Receive Dean’s Teaching Award
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 …
Tiffany Green Featured in The New Yorker, “The Devastating Economic Impacts of an Abortion Reversal”
Tiffany Green was interviewed for a piece in The New Yorker about the economic impact of an abortion reversal. Read the full article here.
Paul Moberg’s Passing
“Dr. Paul Moberg was an exceptional public health leader, who for more than four decades, led UW’s leading applied evaluation program, mentoring countless students and staff on the best ways to plan, implement, and evaluate …
Tiffany Green Featured in Wisconsin Examiner
Report ties COVID-19 deaths to poverty, systemic policy failures In poorest counties, pandemic killed more people than in wealthiest ones . Read the full article here.
2022 Philip M Farrell Population Health Distinguished Alumni Lecturer – Dr. Nasia Safdar
PHILIP M. FARRELL POPULATION HEALTH DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI LECTURE This annual Lecture Series is intended to recognize outstanding graduates of the Department of Population Health Sciences for their professional accomplishments and achievements in a field related …
Ajay Sethi Appears on WPT, “Here and Now” about COVID-19
Ajay Sethi speaks about COVID-19, mask mandates, vaccinations and long COVID. How we should navigate the next phase of COVID. Watch the interview at length here.