UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Congratulations to Rebecca Myerson on being selected as a scholar for the Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program. The mission of the UW–Madison BIRCWH program is to improve women’s health by developing a scientific workforce capable of leading independently funded research programs. The program provides scholars with career development opportunities through competency …
Badger Bounce Back is the Wisconsin Department of Health Service’s plan for getting Wisconsin back to work by to decreasing COVID-19 cases and deaths and increasing capacity in the health care system so that a phased reopening of businesses is possible. In an interview with Channel 27 WKOW on April 26, Associate Professor of Population Sciences, …
Professor Emeritus of Population Health Sciences and Director of the Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Pat Remington‘s, piece, “Shifting Gears: How University of Wisconsin’s Preventive Medicine Residency Program is Responding to COVID-19” was featured on the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM)’s website. In the article, Dr. Remington describes the deployment of PHS’s Preventive Medicine Residents to the …
Professor of Population Health Sciences, Tom Oliver, was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio on the question “Has The US Been Underfunding Public Health Programs?”. Listen here.
Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Kristen Malecki, was among the public health experts quoted by AP News in their editorial, “Wisconsin Worried about Spike in Virus Cases due to Election”. Read the full article here.
Researchers at Population Health Science’s Health Innovation Program (HIP) are providing local public health officials across Wisconsin with zip code-level data on the susceptibility of residents to severe complications from COVID-19. The data will help public health officials and health systems prepare for hospitalizations, distribute protective equipment, or target communications to at-risk populations. For the …
Professor of Population Health Sciences, Jonathan Patz, was interviewed by Wisconsin Public Radio, explaining how Climate change negatively affects human health in the form of increased air pollution, more natural disasters and a higher risk of water-borne illness. Listen here to learn about the link between climate change and the spread of infectious disease.
View Professor of Population Health Sciences, Jonathan Patz‘s, presentation from the UW Virtual 2020 Earth Day Conference, “Preventing the next Pandemic: Urgency for a Planetary Health Approach” here
View the Population Health Science’s Health Innovation Program’s COVID-19 News Page to see all response efforts. Researchers at Health Innovation Program (HIP) have been working to improve health care using electronic health record data voluntarily provided by over 20 Wisconsin health systems through the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality(link is external) (WCHQ), have mobilized to determine …
Professor of Population Health Sciences, Tom Oliver and Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences, Ajay Sethi, authored the report Wisconsin’s Response to the coronavirus pandemic for the journal Health Economics, Policy and Law, and published on Cambridge University Press’ Cambridge Core. The report, published online on April 10th, includes the topics: the current Scope of …