Dr. Merten’s press release on “Testing senses and motor skills in midlife may help predict later cognitive impairment” garnered 17 stories online and on broadcast. The story was picked up in Madison as well as …
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Research by PHS alumna Patricia Jewett and PHS faculty Ron Gangnon featured in the Public Health Post.
Three PHS faculty received Fall Research Competition Awards for 2024-2025!
Congratulations to PHS faculty Rebecca Myerson, Natascha Merten and Amy Cochran!
Maureen Durkin Featured in October Quarterly Magazine
Preventive Medicine Residency Program & Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar Featured in October’s Quarterly Magazine
PHS Fall Picnic
Thank you to everyone who attended our PHS Fall Picnic on Friday (9/15). Attendance was up this year from students (both new and continuing), and it is always great to see faculty mingling with students/staff. …
New study on power and sample size for generalized linear models
Dr. Amy Cochran, PhD (Co-I), and Dr. Paul Rathouz (PI) of University of Texas-Austin have received funding for a R21 grant titled, “Power and Sample Size for Generalized Linear Models.” The overarching goal of this …
New study on dogs as sentinels for multi-morbidities of human aging
This August, PHS faculty member Dr. Natascha Merten, PhD, MS and Assistant Professor Dr. Freya Mowat, BVSc PhD, in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (School of Medicine and …
Brian Grahan, former Population Health Sciences PhD graduate featured on PBS News Hour
You can see the full story on PBS, “The Patient Revolution aims to expose healthcare flaws and pave the way for improvement.” PBS News Hour
Jason Fletcher Leads Team to Advance Understanding of Geographic Health Disparities
Jason Fletcher and his team of researchers were able to reconceptualize an important demographic measure by analyzing a sample of nearly 1.5 million individuals from the newly available Mortality Disparities in American Communities (MDAC) data …