UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health
Biography John Mullahy is Professor of Health Economics in the Department of Population Health Sciences and Affiliate Professor at the La Follette School of Public Affairs and the Wisconsin School of Business. Professor Mullahy is also Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Galway and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. …
Biography Thomas R. Oliver is Professor of Population Health Sciences in the School of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Wisconsin—Madison. There, he is a faculty affiliate of the La Follette School of Public Affairs and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Professor Oliver graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in Human …
Biography Dr. Mariétou Ouayogodé is an Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a health economist and health services researcher with strong interest in understanding and evaluating the effectiveness and (financial and non-financial) implications of health care interventions, policy as well as non-policy changes. Over the years, her research …
Biography Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH, is Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor and the John P. Holton Endowed Chair of Health and the Environment at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. From 2011-2022 he served as inaugural Director of UW–Madison’s Global Health Institute and has faculty appointments in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies and the Department of Population …
Biography Lab Page Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study Paul Peppard joined the faculty of the Department of Population Health Sciences in 2008. He holds MS degrees in Preventive Medicine and Statistics, and a PhD degree in Epidemiology from UW–Madison. Dr. Peppard conducts NIH-funded epidemiologic research into the causes and consequences of sleep disorders. Specific areas of …
Biography Dr. Phung is a cancer epidemiologist. His research interests span across the cancer continuum, including cancer etiology, prevention, and survivorship. Dr. Phung’s research has focused on (1) establishing new population-based studies to study cancer risk and survivorship, (2) developing and validating models for precision medicine in cancer, and implementing these models into clinical practice; …
Biography Dr. Parvathy Pillai began her position in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in June 2013. She received her MD from Northeastern Ohio University’s College of Medicine and her MPH from the University of Michigan. She completed training in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases; and is also board certified in …
Biography Mary Ryan Baumann is an Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the departments of Population Health Sciences and Biostatistics & Medical Informatics; she joined the UW–Madison as a faculty member in 2023. Dr. Ryan received her PhD (2021) and MS (2019) in Statistics from the University of California, Irvine, and her BA (2016) in …
Biography Dr. Salisbury-Afshar’s work focuses on enhancing the health and wellbeing of people who use substances. Board certified in family medicine, addiction medicine, and preventive medicine/general public health, her expertise lies at the convergence of these disciplines. Her multifaceted contributions span patient care, education, public health practice, and research, with a specific focus on the …
Biography Dr. Ajay Sethi’s research interests lie broadly in the study of infectious diseases. His studies aim to identify modifiable behavioral and structural factors associated with transmission and morbidity and mortality if infection is established. He works in the areas of HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, healthcare-associated infections, the microbiome, and addressing public health misinformation. In 2021, Dr. …