UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
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 Schultz research featured in Environmental Research also SMPH article here.
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 …
Representing Team Pop Health – Carol Creager, Trevor Roberts, Madeline Soss, Lisa Werning, Ron Gangnon & Tiffany Pence
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, 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 …
Shingles Vaccination in Medicare Part D After Inflation Reduction Act Elimination of Cost Sharing
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 …