University of Wisconsin–Madison

Ajay Sethi Featured on CapTimes Ideas Fest Panel

Register for CapTimes to watch Dr. Sethi discuss How Do We Deal with Pandemic Fatigue?  Watch the session here.

Jonathan Patz Featured on MSNBC

Jonathan Patz highlights a study on how infectious diseases are adversely affected  by climate change and recent legislation around climate.  Watch the interview with MSNBC here.

Watch Dr. Tiffany L. Green with Senator Baldwin on the Economic Impacts of Abortion Bans in Wisconsin

Watch Dr. Tiffany L. Green on the Economic Impacts of Abortion Bans in Wisconsin Virtual discussion will also feature Wisconsin residents and community leaders sharing their abortion stories and perspectives, join here  

Healthy Metric Releases First Five Reports on Health and Health Disparities in Wisconsin

Healthy Metric went live today, releasing new brief reports focused on health disparities in Wisconsin.  The first five reports from Healthy Metric provide an initial look at the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on health and health disparities. The reports cover a wide range of issues impacting health outcomes and health care in Wisconsin …

2021 University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute Report

University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (PHI) 2021 Annual Report is available here.  The Annual Report illustrates the ways in which we are challenging the status quo by analyzing the policies and systems that have given advantages to some while creating obstacles to health and well-being for others. Acknowledging these patterns is a step toward …

Amy Cochran awarded American Family Insurance Data Science Institute Award

Quasi-Experimental Designs for Learning Systems: A growing number of systems, including hospitals and insurance companies, aim to derive knowledge from internal data to improve their day-to-day operations. Amy Cochran (Mathematics and Population Health Sciences), Gabriel Zayas-Caban (Industrial and Systems Engineering) and Brian Patterson (Berbee Walsh Department of Emergency Medicine) will develop a causal inference framework for estimating the effects of interventions …

Jonathan Patz featured in The Washington Post and NPR about Air Pollution

Jonathan Patz was quoted in two articles recently by the Washington Post and NPR.  Both articles highlight the recent research study in GeoHealth, Nationwide and Regional PM2.5-related Air Quality Health Benefits from the Removal of Energy-Related Emissions in the United States.

Tiffany Green Featured on PBS Wisconsin’s Here and Now

To watch Tiffany Green’s full  interview about economic and racial disparities linked to abortion, view it here.  You can see this segment at timestamp 10:00-15:55.

Jonathan Patz receives Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship

Congratulations to Jonathan Patz named to the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships.  The award recognizes distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service.   More information about the Vilas professorships and awards can be found here.

Congratulations to Sheri Johnson and the entire PHI Team on the Organization Advancing Health Equity Award

Wisconsin Public Health Association awarded Population Health Institute with the 2022 Organization Advancing Health Equity award.  Congratulations to the entire team.  See additional information here.