UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Biography Charles Brokopp is a Professor Emeritus (CHS) in the Department of Population Health Sciences. He received his BS degree in Zoology and Medical Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and his MPH and DrPH degrees from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Dr. Brokopp is the former Director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory …
Biography Dr. Cruickshanks completed her PhD in Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in 1987 and has been a faculty member at UW-Madison since 1990. Her research program is studying the health problems of aging through epidemiological cohort studies. The Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (EHLS) is funded by the …
Biography Jerry is a native Canadian from London, Ontario, educated at the Universities of Western Ontario, Alberta and Wisconsin–the latter under the mentorship of Dr. John Rankin, MD. He is the Director of the John Rankin Laboratory of Pulmonary Medicine located at Medical Center at 1300 University Avenue. He has his primary appointment in the …
Biography Professor Fryback joined the faculty at UW in 1975 and retired from active teaching and mentoring in 2008. He specialized in methodological issues underpinning medical decision making, cost-effectiveness analysis of health care interventions, and health policy. Evaluation of imaging technologies, computer simulation applied to understanding natural history of breast cancer, evaluation of preventive interventions, …
Biography David A. Kindig is Emeritus Professor of Population Health Sciences and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor for Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health. He currently is Co-Chair of the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Population Health Improvement and Co-Directs the Wisconsin site of the Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society …
Biography Dr. Nieto completed his MD degree and a residency in Family and Community Medicine in Spain. His graduate training includes an MPH degree from University of Havana, Cuba, as well as a Master in Health Science (MHS) and a PhD degree in Epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University. From 1991 to 2001 he was a …
Biography Mari Palta received her PhD in Biostatistics in 1977 followed by postdoctoral training in Epidemiology, both from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. She also holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Mathematical Physics, and English from the University …
Biography Patrick Remington, MD, MPH, FACPM is Professor Emeritus at the School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW). He earned his MD from UW and completed an Internal Medicine Internship at Virginia Mason in Seattle. He began his public health career with the CDC, where he completed the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS), …
Biography Dr. Smith is a Professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Departments of Population Health Sciences and Family Medicine & Community Health. Dr. Smith’s research has contributed substantially to improving the quality of care in our healthcare delivery system. She has designed, implemented, and evaluated the impact of health …