Ticks and disease risk in Wisconsin. Tick Research
Faculty
Ajay Sethi Receives Dean’s Teaching Award
This award recognizes excellence in medical education and a career distinguished by outstanding teaching and creating engaging, positive learning environments and a deep commitment to student success. Dean’s Teaching Award
Tiffany Green Honored As One of the 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award Winners
The Interagency Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Partners with Rachel Gicquelais for Overdose Prevention Program
Title: Promoting Use of a National Hotline to Reduce Overdose Deaths in Wisconsin Drug overdose remains the leading cause of preventable death among U.S. adults aged 25-44. The majority of overdose deaths occur deaths occur during …
Tianyuan Lu Secures R35 Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Title: Advancing statistical genetics tools for reliable drug target discovery and treatment optimization This program aims to develop and apply advanced statistical genetics tools to address key methodological challenges in identifying the potential causal effects of …
Merten Lab Published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association
A flagship journal in dementia research that guides thousands of researchers and doctors around the world. Click here for more information.
Johnathan Patz Responds to the recent EPA’s Deregulatory Action Announcement
The Conversation article: https://theconversation.com/trump-says-climate-change-doesnt-endanger-public-health-evidence-shows-it-does-from-extreme-heat-to-mosquito-borne-illnesses-275619 TV news channel 27: https://www.wkow.com/news/experts-denounce-epas-repeal-of-greenhouse-gas-rules-warn-of-health-risks/article_419e3eaa-088a-4c3b-a7b8-d8073113be60.html WPR interview (obviously the 1st story link): https://www.wpr.org/shows/wisconsin-today-2/epa-rollbacks-farm-transition-grammy-winning-wisconsin-musicians Also quoted in AP article: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/scientific-studies-calculate-climate-change-as-health-danger-while-trump-calls-it-a-scam/
Minh Tung Phung Selected as a Faculty Scholar in Women’s Health UW BIRCWH program
Minh Tung Phung began a two-year appointment with the UW Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH). The scholars receive interdisciplinary mentoring, curricular and research support to advance their research careers in women’s health. …