Emeritus Professor Pat Remington was interviewed for the Wisconsin State Journal’s Center Stage podcast on the subject Everything you ever wanted to know about the coronavirus (but were afraid to ask). The podcast was posted …
Ajay Sethi Among UW Experts Featured in Discovery Channel Documentary
Associate Professor Ajay Sethi was featured in Pandemic: COVID-19, a documentary in which “Leading scientists and experts shed light on the rapid spread of COVID-19, as the coronavirus becomes the defining global health crisis of our time.” The show aired …
Jonathan Patz and GHI Launch Planetary Health Scholars program
The Global Health Institute (GHI), have launched a new scholarship program, the Planetary Health Graduate Scholarship program. Professor of Population Health Sciences and GHI Director, Jonathan Patz, who leads the new program, says “Planetary health recognizes that global environmental conditions …
UW Expert Panel on Coronavirus Convened Featuring Ajay Sethi
Associate Professor Ajay Sethi took part in an expert panel entitled, “Hot Topics in Public Health: Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Real Time” held January 29 at UW-Madison and open to the campus community and public. To an …
Rebecca Myerson featured in US News, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Brookings
Dr. Myerson’s comments were sought for her expertise on health equity regarding a recent report on the impact of the Affordable Care Act for previously uninsured diabetics. See the US News and World Report here …
Sheri Johnson Appointed to Governor’s Climate Change Task Force
Sheri Johnson, PhD, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences and Director of the Population Health Institute, has been named to the newly-created Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change. The advisory group includes community and business …
Pat Remington Receives 2019 Folkert Belzer Award
Patrick Remington, MD, PhD, Emeritus Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), received the 2019 Folkert Belzer Award at the October 28, 2019 SMPH Fall …
PHS Welcomes New Assistant Professor, Tiffany Green
On November 15th, Dr. Tiffany Green joined the departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Population Health Sciences. Dr. Green, who accepted her position through the Reproductive Equity Cluster hire search, comes to us as an …
Patz Elected to National Academy of Medicine
Jonathan Patz, M.D., MPH, director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Health Institute, has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Medicine in recognition of his pioneering research on the connections between climate change and health. Patz, the …
The 2019 Wisconsin Health Disparities Report
The 2019 Wisconsin Health Disparities Report report was developed by the The Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality (WCHQ), in collaboration with the UW Health Innovation Program (HIP), directed by Maureen Smith. Including recent data from …