UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Tiffany Green, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, was interviewed by Medical News Today on health disparities being experienced by ethnic minorities in relation to COVID-19. In this interview, Dr. Green describes how the current pandemic is exposing and exacerbating already existing social inequalities. Read the article here.
A project is underway establishing two new innovative research core facilities that will accelerate diabetes and metabolism research at UW–Madison by providing state-of-the-art experimental capacity to support a new Comprehensive Diabetes Center at UW–Madison. Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Kristen Malecki, is a Co-Investigator on the multi-departmental team leading this effort. Read more here
Associate Professor of Population Sciences, Ajay Sethi, was interviewed by The Capital Times on COVID-19 conspiracies. Read the article here
Congratulations to Rebecca Myerson on being selected as a scholar for the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program. The mission of the UW–Madison BIRCWH program is to improve women’s health by developing a scientific workforce capable of leading independently funded research programs. The program provides scholars with career development opportunities through competency …
Badger Bounce Back is the Wisconsin Department of Health Service’s plan for getting Wisconsin back to work by to decreasing COVID-19 cases and deaths and increasing capacity in the health care system so that a phased reopening of businesses is possible. In an interview with Channel 27 WKOW on April 26, Associate Professor of Population Sciences, …
Professor of Population Health Sciences, Tom Oliver, was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio on the question “Has The US Been Underfunding Public Health Programs?”. Listen here.
Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Kristen Malecki, was among the public health experts quoted by AP News in their editorial, “Wisconsin Worried about Spike in Virus Cases due to Election”. Read the full article here.
Professor of Population Health Sciences, Tom Oliver and Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Ajay Sethi, authored the report Wisconsin’s Response to the coronavirus pandemic for the journal Health Economics, Policy and Law, and published on Cambridge University Press’ Cambridge Core. The report, published online on April 10th, includes the topics: the current Scope of …
Population Health Sciences is pleased to welcome Dr. Lawrence Brown, Visiting Associate Professor (CHS) of Population Health Sciences and Director of the Population Health Insitute’s County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, and Dr. Jomol Mathew, Visiting Associate Professor (CHS) of Population Health Sciences and Chief of Biomedical Informatics for the Institute of Clinical and Translational Research. …
Associate Professor Ajay Sethi was featured in Pandemic: COVID-19, a documentary in which “Leading scientists and experts shed light on the rapid spread of COVID-19, as the coronavirus becomes the defining global health crisis of our time.” The show aired on March 25, 2020 at 9 PM CT on sister networks Discovery Channel and Science Channel. The trailer can be …