Category: News

Dr. Tiffany Green and Dr. Maria Rodriguez Named New AcademyHealth Reproductive Health Senior Scholars in Residence

Jonathan Patz Receives $3.8M NIH Grant to Establish  Climate Change and Health Research Center

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, …

Rachel Pomazal, Amy Cochran, Kristen Malecki and Amy Shultz Study Featured in Environmental Research Publication: PFAS exposure among Wisconsin residents

Rachel Pomazal, Amy Cochran, Kristen Malecki, and Amy Schultz research featured in Environmental Research also SMPH article here.

Health Disparities Research Scholar, Dana Johnson, publishes in JAMA, “Adolescents and Young Adults’ Sources of Contraceptive Information”

Jomol Mathew leads the Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Data Hub for UW

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 …

Pop Health Wins Team Trivia!

Representing Team Pop Health – Carol Creager, Trevor Roberts, Madeline Soss, Lisa Werning, Ron Gangnon & Tiffany Pence

Tiffany Green Participates in Population Reference Bureau Panel – Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net.

Jessica Calarco (University of Wisconsin–Madison) draws on five years of research to show how U.S. society and policy disproportionately burden women with caregiving responsibilities. With an expert panel, we’ll discuss Calarco’s key findings and their implications for reproductive health care policy and explore additional research on abortion, contraception, fertility, gender, and motherhood. For more information: …

Marguerite Burns, PhD, Awarded 2024-25 H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship

Marguerite Burns, PhD, received the 2024-25 H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellowship. This fellowship is named in honor of the late Trustee and President of the WARF Board Haakon Ingolf (H.I.) Romnes.  According to the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, Romnes’ career was characterized by “integrity, self-discipline and the ability to accomplish monumental tasks while …

Rebecca Myerson’s Research Featured in JAMA

Shingles Vaccination in Medicare Part D After Inflation Reduction Act Elimination of Cost Sharing

Tiffany Green Featured on Women’s Healthcast

  As part of the Women’s Healthcast series about the fourth trimester, we’ve talked about physical recovery, breastfeeding, birth control after pregnancy, postpartum mental health, and long-term health concerns after birth. For the final episode in this series, Dr. Tiffany Green talked about inequities in postpartum health and policies that impact peoples’ ability to recover …