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
Climate and health small grants research award competition is open. This year we will make available $90,000 for pilot grants and will fund multiple grants of up to $20,000-40,000 in total costs. This pilot grant program comes by way of matching funds from the Department of Population Health Sciences, along with the NIH funds. Please …
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 …
Pat Remington, PHS Emeritus Professor, speaks with Wisconsin Today about The facts about fluoride. Listen to the piece here: https://www.wpr.org/shows/wisconsin-today-2.
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