UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
The JAMA Network interviewed Ajay Sethi, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences and Song Gao, Assistant Professor of Geography on the subject “Do Stay at Home Orders Reduce Covid-19 Infection Rates?” See the discussion here
Tiffany Green, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, was featured on scientificamerican.com, speaking on Implicit Bias Training. To read the article, see here.
The Wisconsin State Journal interviewed Ajay Sethi, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, on his work relating to the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories in Public Health. See the article here.
The Addressing Systematic Racism Series is an initiative of the UW Population Health Institute, lead by Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Sheri Johnson, in partnership with the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF). The first webinar of the series, Addressing Systematic Racism: From its Origins to its Impact Throughout Life, was held on June 19th. …
In an news feature on ABC Channel 27 WKOW, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Ajay Sethi, explains why there was no initial spike in COVID-19 cases in Dane County three weeks after the start of protests in Madison. View the newscast and read the feature here.
Tiffany Green, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Ajay Sethi, Associate Professor of Population Sciences, participated in the Juneteenth panels on resilience as part of Juneteenth celebrations organized by the Kujichagulia-Madison Center for Self Determination. See the panel discussion here.
Kristen Malecki and others authored a manuscript titled “Crisis Communication and Public Perception of COVID-19 Risk in the Era of Social Media”, recently accepted by the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) and published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The article explores how the public perceive the risk and respond to messages regarding risk …
A study published today, Comparison of cricket diet with peanut-based and milk-based diets in the recovery from protein malnutrition in mice and the impact on growth, metabolism and immune function compares the benefits and drawbacks of a cricket diet with those of traditional proteins. The team was made up of investigators from UW–Madison, including Associate …
Tiffany Green, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, was featured on CNBC News regarding how COVID-19 and George Floyd Protests are highlighting existing health disparities being experienced by ethnic minorities. See here for the article and here for the newscast.
In a new article on the JAMA Network, Sheri Johnson, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences and Director of the Population Health Institute, and colleagues explain the changes to the Leading Health Indicators from 2020 to 2030, in light of the COVID-19 epidemic and other factors. See the full article here: Rethinking the Leading Health …