UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
The Wisconsin Public Health Association (WPHA) will recognize our very own, Fiona Weeks, PhD, MSPH, with the Presidential Citation at the 2024 Public Health Awards Ceremony on May 15th, 2024.
Dr. Amy Trentham-Dietz led a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association that helped inform the updated final recommendation of the United States Preventive Services Task Force released today. Other UW–Madison members of the research team include Dr. Oguzhan Alagoz and Yifan Lu, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering; Dr. Ronald Gangnon, …
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research: Critical Research Support Carla Schubert, Researcher III, Department of Population Health Sciences Schubert, who joined the EpiSense Group in 1998, was key to the 2004 launch of the Beaver Dam Offspring Study, an ongoing longitudinal study with thousands of participants that aims to understand how the senses and the …
Dr. Palta was selected for the WMAA Emeriti Faculty Award which recognizes outstanding service to the UW School of Medicine and Public Health. It is awarded to emeriti faculty in the Basic and Clinical Sciences who have exhibited exceptional commitment to the school. Dr. Palta has made major contributions to biostatistics, epidemiology, health services research …
County Health Rankings & Roadmaps (CHR&R) just released the 2024 Annual Data and National Findings Report. We’re continuing the conversation around civic health with a focus on the connection between thriving communities and civic participation. Creating community spaces where everyone can engage, be informed and have a say is key to healthy communities and to …
Rebecca Myerson’s project, Enrollment Barriers, Procedural Denials and Loss of Medicaid Coverage receives support from the Dean and Director of Extension and the Vice Chancellor for Research. Congratulations, Rebecca!
Dr. Merten’s press release “Testing senses and motor skills in midlife may help predict later cognitive impairment” garnered 17 stories online and on broadcast. The story was picked up in Madison as well as on the Milwaukee, Rockford, Wausau and Eau Claire markets, reaching the Twin Cities, and in Chicago. This coverage reached a potential …