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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/
Dana Johnson, Health Disparities Research Scholar, publishes timely research in JAMA Research Forum
Dana Johnson, HDRS fellow, helped orchestrate a cross-sectional study analyzed requests made to a high-volume online medication abortion telemedicine service, one of only a few services supporting all 50 states and Washington, DC, without any …
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. …
Climate Solutions for Health Lab and Jonathan Patz Featured on Office of Sustainability Research Expert Database
Jonathan Patz & Vijay Limaye Contribute to THE CONVERSATION
Several PHS Faculty, Postdocs and Alums Named ICTR Pathway Program New Scholars
Congratulations to PHS Pathway Program Scholars: ADEPT Scholars: Emma Svenson AHEAD Scholars: Frania Mendoza Lua & Brittanni Wright STRIDE Scholars: Johnny Uelmen LEADS Scholars: Shaneda Warren Andersen More information on the ICTR Pathway Program here.