Professor Emeritus and former PHS Chair, Javier Nieto, has been honored with the UW Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association (WMAA) Basic Sciences Emeritus Faculty Award for 2021. A virtual event will take place on April, 23, …
Tiffany Green Receives Labelle Lectureship
Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Tiffany Green, was awarded McMaster University’s 2020 Labelle Lectureship. The lectureship, in honor of Roberta Labelle, is awarded annually to a health services researcher with …
Ajay Sethi Receives Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
Ajay Sethi, Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, has been awarded a 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Established by former UW-Madison chancellor Edwin Young in 1973, the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award honors six faculty members …
PHS Faculty-led WAVE I and WAVE II Covid-19 Antibody Surveillance Findings
A paper, Population Changes in Seroprevalence among a Statewide Sample in the United States, authored by UW-Madison faculty, including Population Health Sciences faculty Kristen Malecki, Paul Peppard, Ajay Sethi, Lisa Cadmus Bertram, and Corinne Engelman …
HIP Releases COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Toolkit
The Health innovation Program, lead my Professor of Population Health Sciences, Maureen Smith, in partnership with UW Health, has released a COVID-19 Vaccine Prioritization Toolkit. This toolkit, intended for healthcare administrators, policymakers, and researchers interested …
Kristen Malecki Appointed to National Academies’ standing committee on the Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions
Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Kristen Malecki has been appointed to the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, Standing Committee on the Use of Emerging Science for Environmental Health Decisions (ESEHD). This committee …
Oguzhan Alagoz Paper in the Annals of Internal Medicine
Oguzhan Alagoz, Department of Population Health Sciences alum and Affiliate, has had his paper, “Effect of Timing of and Adherence to Social Distancing Measures on COVID-19 Burden in the United States: A Simulation Modeling Approach” …
Jonathan Patz Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Professor of Population Health Sciences and Director of the Global Health Institute, Jonathan Patz, was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) on October 18th, 2020. Dr. Patz’s work examines the health effects of global …
How the Election could Impact Black-White Disparities in Maternal and Child Health- Tiffany Green in Medical News Today
In her article in Medical News Today, Tiffany Green, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, explores what the US election could entail for black-white disparities in maternal and child health. Dr. …
Rebecca Myerson study reveals coverage for people with pre-existing conditions improved under the Affordable Care Act
A recent UW–Madison study led by Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences, Rebecca Myerson, has revealed that health insurance coverage for people with chronic diseases increased by 7 percentage points following key Affordable Care Act …