Ajay Sethi Appears on WPT, “Here and Now” about COVID-19

Ajay Sethi speaks about COVID-19, mask mandates, vaccinations and long COVID.  How we should navigate the next phase of COVID.  Watch the interview at length here.

Tiffany Green Receives Wisconsin Partnership Program Research Award

The Wisconsin Partnership Program grant provides opportunities for early-career faculty to initiate new, innovative educational or research pilot projects that, if successful can lead to further support from federal or other granting agencies. This year’s awards support projects that seek to advance knowledge and discovery across a wide range of topics including targeting blindness, improving …

PHS Prof Amy Trentham-Dietz Named 2022-23 Vilas Associate

PHS professor and Associate Director of Population Science, Carbone Cancer Center honored as Vilas Associate.  The award recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance within UW.

PHS Prof. Ajay Sethi and Dr. Nasia Safdar discuss, “COVID’s Past and Future”

Tiffany Green Co-Authors Article in New England Journal of Medicine

Tiffany Green, PhD, Population Health Sciences co-authored an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that lays out a framework for how economic principles can educate public health policy to address racial inequities that exist in the public health and medical system featured here.  Listen to the interview she conducted with Steven Morrissey, managing …

Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) Featured in SMPH Quarterly

In early 2020, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health’s (SMPH) Survey of the Health of Wisconsin  (SHOW) — a statewide research infrastructure within the school—sought to leverage its extensive health data and bio-sample collection to assist the university and state in the face of the growing pandemic. SHOW investigators, led by the …

The Climate and Health Nexus: Indigenous Planetary Health

Thursday, February 17th, 2022  11:30 am – 1:00 pm CT  Virtual Zoom Lecture Q & A to follow Click Here to register  

Center Stage: A booster dose of Dr. Remington’s sage advice as omicron takes over

Dr. Patrick Remington, Professor Emeritus, Department of Population Health Sciences and Director, UW–Madison Preventive Medicine Residency Program, featured on Wisconsin State Journal podcast, “Center Stage: with  Milfred and Hands” about the novel coronavirus and where it is heading.

Does Omicron change our pandemic future?

In the latest Badger Talks video, watch Ajay Sethi, PhD, MHS, associate professor of population health sciences and faculty director of the MPH program, explains what we know about the new variant. He discusses vaccination strategy and also how to manage anxiety arising from news of new variants. Watch the video Ajay’s talk was also …

Internal position opportunity — Global Health Institute Director

GHI Director Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, has announced plans to step down from his director role in July 2022. The institute is conducting a search for his successor, with an application deadline of Jan. 10. The director is expected to provide visionary leadership to advance the mission of GHI and UW–Madison global health activities as …