UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Edward Henry Vidruk (1939-2022). Ed was a native Canadian from Winnipeg who received his university education in the US, culminating in a PhD in neurophysiology in 1973 at UW-Madison, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at the Cardiovascular Research Institute in San Francisco. Ed then served 25 years as an NIH funded, tenured professor in the …
Parvathy Pillai, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences, was selected for a Dean’s Teaching Award from UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. These awards are selected by a committee of faculty that have previously been honored for their excellence in teaching, and, as such, are the medical school’s only peer-selected teaching award. Criteria for selection …
Tiffany Green was interviewed for a piece in The New Yorker about the economic impact of an abortion reversal. Read the full article here.
“Dr. Paul Moberg was an exceptional public health leader, who for more than four decades, led UW’s leading applied evaluation program, mentoring countless students and staff on the best ways to plan, implement, and evaluate programs—always with a goal of improving health and health equity outcomes. He truly personified the Wisconsin Idea, that our work …
Population Health Science PhD student, Olivia Pokoski, selected as Morse Society Scholar. The Morse Society and graduate student fellowships for training and research in Childhood Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities have been established through an endowment with the University of Wisconsin Foundation. The program is operated under the guidance of the Vice Chancellor for Research …
Report ties COVID-19 deaths to poverty, systemic policy failures In poorest counties, pandemic killed more people than in wealthiest ones . Read the full article here.
Congratulations to Sheri Johnson and the entire CHR&H team for outstanding broadcast of their monthly webinar that broke records. Since 2010, the SMPH Population Health Institute has published County Health Rankings to summarize county-level population health data in all 50 states. In advance of the April 27 release of this year’s report, the program’s March …
2021 Wisconsin Population Health and Equity Report Card is available now. The report details how Wisconsin’s health compares to the nation as a whole by measuring the state’s progress toward improving health and eliminating disparities. It is a call to action to better understand the health of our communities and implement strategies to create conditions …
PHILIP M. FARRELL POPULATION HEALTH DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI LECTURE This annual Lecture Series is intended to recognize outstanding graduates of the Department of Population Health Sciences for their professional accomplishments and achievements in a field related to population health. The lecture is named after Dr. Philip M. Farrell, Professor of Pediatrics and Population Health Sciences and …
Read Maggie Nolan’s personal essay here.