Past Events
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Oct 17PHS Monday Seminar – Lauren Jones, PhD, The Ohio State UniversityLauren Jones is an associate professor of Consumer Sciences in the Department of Human Sciences, and the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at The Ohio State University. Dr. Jones conducts quantitative, policy-based research on child and family wellbeing, especially in the areas of consumer protection, social policy and health. Broadly, her interests lie in …
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Oct 10PHS Monday Seminar – Lauren Taylor, MDiv, MPH, PhdA New Financing Mechanism for Community Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Investments Lauren Taylor, Assistant Professor NYU Langone School of Medicine will discuss the following topics during her talk: Understand the mechanics of how Collaborative Approach to Public Goods Investment (CAPGI) works in theory. Understand the results of a 1-year feasibility study, and how communities …
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Oct 62022 UW EAP Conference – Satellite Data for Energy Analysis and PolicyOn October 6-7, 2022, the Energy Analysis and Policy (EAP) program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will host a major energy conference addressing the potential for satellite data to support energy decision-making. This exciting conference will bring together academic, industry, government, and non-profit leaders to link space-based data with practical energy issues. Please register here. …
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Oct 3PHS Monday Seminar – Ann Marie Sheehy on “Reflections on a year in Washington, DC: Policy, politics and lessons learned as a RWJF Health Policy Fellow”Dr. Ann Sheehy, Associate Professor and Division Head of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Medicine will share her fellowship experiences and opportunities for faculty at UW and beyond.
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Sep 26PHS Monday Seminar – Aliya Bhatia and Dawn Hunter
Executive Director of Vot-ER, Aliya Bhatia and Dawn Hunter, lead author of the Health and Democracy Index from Healthy Democracy, Healthy People will give us a glimpse of how these organizations work together to mobilize communities and raise awareness on voting and health care issues.
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Sep 19PHS Monday Seminar David Ropeik – The Risk Perception Gap. Are We Just Stuck With Worrying Too Much About Some Things and Not Enough About Others?Featured speaker, David P. Ropeik on, The Risk Perception Gap. Are We Just Stuck With Worrying Too Much About Some Things and Not Enough About Others? The acclaimed author of How Risky is it, Really? — Why our fears do not always match the facts will discuss his thoughts on risk perception and management during the …
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Sep 13Ajay Sethi featured at CapTimes Ideas Fest Today at 3:00 pm
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH PANDEMIC FATIGUE? HOW DO WE DEAL WITH PANDEMIC FATIGUE? LIVE SESSION BEGINS AT 3 P.M. ON SEPT. 13 MODERATOR: Natalie Yahr PANELIST: Dominique Brossard PANELIST: Ajay Sethi COVID-19 case counts continue to remain troublingly high at the same time that public tolerance for continued restrictions has plummeted. Two UW–Madison experts …
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Sep 12PHS Monday Seminar – Amy Kind, MD PhD, “The UW Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR): Linking Cells to Communities”Abstract: Dr. Kind will provide an overview of the new Center for Health Disparities Research (CHDR) as well as an introduction to the concepts of mechanistic health disparities research theory, social-biological phenotyping, multi-level analytics, and the exposome.
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May 2PHS Monday Seminar: David Rakel, MD “Towards a Salutogenic Science”Abstract: America has a $4.2 Trillion Dollar health care system that does not produce health. In order to get a better return on our investment, we have to explore innovative strategies. Just waiting for the body to break and then believing that our technology can fix it, is myopic. We need to create a new …
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Apr 25PHS Monday Seminar: PHS Antiracism Initiative: Research Methods Toolkit
Population Health Sciences (PHS) Antiracism Initiative is a collaborative group of students, faculty, and staff working to incorporate antiracist practices across different facets of our department’s research, teaching, and environment. In this presentation, we will share progress on one product of this work, the PHS Antiracist Research Methods Toolkit. Our goal is to create a …