UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
The Center for Urban Population Health (CUPH) will begin hosting their 20th anniversary monthly seminar series on October 15th, 2021. The series runs every third Friday of the month from noon-1pm and will highlight the work and partnerships CUPH has made over the past twenty years. The first seminar scheduled for October 15th is titled …
Dr. Ajay Sethi was recently featured in the University of Wisconsin news article, “300 interviews: Ajay Sethi’s pandemic pivot”, where he reflects on the past year and a half of providing COVID-19 expertise to the Madison community, Wisconsin, and beyond. Read the full article here.
Monday, October 4th was a lovely day to be at WARF. Please enjoy the photos below captured by our chair, Dr. Maureen Durkin:
Emeritus Professor of Population Health Sciences and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Health Sciences Dr. David Kindig earned the 2021 J. Michael McGinnis Leadership Excellence Award from the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science. Read more about Dr. Kindig and this award here.
Dr. Ajay Sethi was featured in the recent Wisconsin State Journal Article “COVID-19 booster shot plan raises hope and questions, UW experts say”. Dr. Sethi along with fellow UW colleagues Dr. Jim Conway and Dr. Nasia Safdar discuss the COVID-19 delta variant and the United States government’s plan to administer vaccine boosters in the coming …
The UW Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology will be hosting the “Women’s Health and Health Equity Research Lecture & Symposium” on October 14th, 2021 from 7-9:15 AM virtually. PHS Assistant Professor, Dr. Rebecca Myerson, will be presenting. Her talk will be titled “Medicaid Expansion Increased Preconception Health Counseling, Folic Acid Intake, And Postpartum Contraception”. For …
Dr. Jonathan Patz was interviewed alongside Dr. Paul Edwards from Stanford University on WORT Broadcast “The Climate Emergency is Now.” This interview discusses the recently released report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), highlighting the severity of climate change and the necessity to act now. Listen to the broadcast here.
Dr. Ajay Sethi was recently interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio for their report “The Delta Variant Is Surging. Here’s How Wisconsinites Can Help Stop Its Spread: Public Health Experts Stress Vaccinations, Masks, and Other Precautions as Highly Contagious Variant Leads To Another Spike in Cases”. To read the full article, click here.
Dr. Jonathan Patz was recently featured on the Wisconsin Public Radio news story, “Global Warming is Happening More Rapidly. Wisconsin is Already Feeling It: Wisconsin Will Grow Warmer and Wetter as UN Panel Warns of Irreversible Changes”. This article was released in response to a recent report released by the United Nations Panel on Climate …
UW News’ weekly COVID Questions column recently featured Dr. Ajay Sethi. Questions in the column the week of August 4th regarded the importance of masking in schools as well as how to keep oneself safe from the Delta variant. Read the full article here.