UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Dr. Phung was awarded a pilot grant from the American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Pilot Award competition at University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC). The project, Frailty Trajectories and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Survival among Older Ovarian Cancer Patients, will start in the coming months. Ovarian cancer is the deadliest gynecologic cancer, with survival rates …
Read the editorial, “Mammography Screening by Age in the United States—Too Little and Too Much?” here.
Rebecca Myerson’s research article in HEALTH AFFAIRS, Medicaid Expansion Increased Preconception Health Counseling, Folic Acid Intake, and Postpartum Contraception was cited in the January 2025 Economic Report of the President. Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisors
Amy Cochran receives PCORI grant. Project Summary: This project aims to improve the way healthcare systems evaluate the use of risk prediction models, which are tools used to identify patients who might benefit most from specific medical interventions. Traditionally, new interventions are tested through randomized controlled trials, but these trials can be challenging to run due …
Congratulations to Natascha Merten, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Medicine, on being awarded the UW–Madison Vilas Early-Career Investigator Award! Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Awards recognize research and teaching excellence in faculty who are in relatively early stages in their careers. The prestigious awards are for UW–Madison faculty members in approximately the first ten years …
Shaneda Warren-Anderson (Population Health), Nicci Owusu-Brackett (Surgery) Biomarkers to Personalize Colorectal Cancer Screening & Treatment Funding source: ICTR/CCC
This grant will help establish one of the nation’s first Climate Change and Health Research Center dedicated to investigating the potential health benefits of various policy and practice initiatives related to the transformation of energy and transportation systems made necessary by the threat of climate change. Professor Jonathan Patz serves as P.I. and Center Director, …
The University of Wisconsin–Madison, one of 18 members of the Biohealth Tech Hub consortium, was selected by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to spearhead a $49 million in Phase 2 funding to the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub, focused to create a comprehensive, secure, accessible, and inclusive health data ecosystem that will be able to provide …