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
Population Health Science’s Health Innovation Program’s COVID-19 Response Activities
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 …
Tom Oliver and Ajay Sethi Author Wisconsin’s Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
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 …
PHS Welcomes Lawrence Brown and Jomol Mathew
Population Health Sciences is pleased to welcome Dr. Lawrence Brown, Visiting Associate Professor (CHS) of Population Health Sciences and Director of the Population Health Insitute’s County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, and Dr. Jomol Mathew, Visiting …
SHOW Updates: COVID-19 Project
COVID-19 Survey SHOW is planning a COVID-19 longitudinal study to track and characterize how this pandemic will impact the social determinants of health. The SHOW team will reach out to any past participants who consented …
Jonathan Patz: Reason for hope against the novel coronavirus
Professor of Population Health Sciences, Jonathan Patz, was interviewed about Coronavirus by the Wisconsin State Journal. In the article, “Jonathan Patz: Reason for hope against the novel coronavirus”, Dr. Patz explains how shelter-in-place directives around …
Maggie Nolan in WI State Journal
Population Health Sciences Preventive Medicine Resident Maggie Nolan was featured in a Wisconsin State Journal Article, Madison doctor couple on front lines of COVID-19 embracing ‘air hugs’. The article, detailing Matt and Maggie Nolan’s work fighting …
Pat Remington WI State Journal COVID-19 Interview
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 …