UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
The recent issue of the Wisconsin Medical Journal features several PHS faculty with research related to Maternal and Child Health. Ron Gangnon, Tiffany L. Green, Maria Kamenetsky, Marina C. Jenkins, Christine Piette Durrance, Deborah B. Ehrenthal, Josh Hoffner and Patrick Remington. Read the issue here.
Rebecca Myerson’s research article in HEALTH AFFAIRS, Medicaid Expansion Increased Preconception Health Counseling, Folic Acid Intake, and Postpartum Contraception was cited in the January 2025 Economic Report of the President. Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisors
Climate and health small grants research award competition is open. This year we will make available $90,000 for pilot grants and will fund multiple grants of up to $20,000-40,000 in total costs. This pilot grant program comes by way of matching funds from the Department of Population Health Sciences, along with the NIH funds. Please …
Amy Cochran receives PCORI grant. Project Summary: This project aims to improve the way healthcare systems evaluate the use of risk prediction models, which are tools used to identify patients who might benefit most from specific medical interventions. Traditionally, new interventions are tested through randomized controlled trials, but these trials can be challenging to run due …
Pat Remington, PHS Emeritus Professor, speaks with Wisconsin Today about The facts about fluoride. Listen to the piece here: https://www.wpr.org/shows/wisconsin-today-2.
Congratulations to Natascha Merten, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Medicine, on being awarded the UW–Madison Vilas Early-Career Investigator Award! Vilas Faculty Early-Career Investigator Awards recognize research and teaching excellence in faculty who are in relatively early stages in their careers. The prestigious awards are for UW–Madison faculty members in approximately the first ten years …
Shaneda Warren-Anderson (Population Health), Nicci Owusu-Brackett (Surgery) Biomarkers to Personalize Colorectal Cancer Screening & Treatment Funding source: ICTR/CCC
This grant will help establish one of the nation’s first Climate Change and Health Research Center dedicated to investigating the potential health benefits of various policy and practice initiatives related to the transformation of energy and transportation systems made necessary by the threat of climate change. Professor Jonathan Patz serves as P.I. and Center Director, …