On October 21, 2024, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar featured Dr. Job Boerma, Assistant Professor in the UW Department of Economics on Macroeconomics of Mental Health.
On October 17, 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services held a news conference on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wisconsin childhood immunization data.
Federal law limits the ability of state Medicaid programs to pay for services provided to members in an institution for mental disease (IMD) who are being treated for serious mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. Today, Wisconsin is only allowed to cover these services for members under age 21 and adults 65 and older. The approved […]
On October 7, 2024, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features Rachel Gicquelais, Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences and Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease on Harm Reduction Tools for the US Overdose Crisis. Dr. Gicquelais is a substance use epidemiologist. Her research is situated in the context […]
On October 4, 2024, Wisconsin Policy Forum hosted a Forum Friday to look ahead to the state’s 2025 budget cycle and revisit a critical debate in Wisconsin: whether to expand Medicaid health coverage under the federal Affordable Care Act. Speakers include: Bill Hanna – Medicaid Director, Wisconsin Department of Health Services Alex Ignatowski, Director of […]
On September 30, 2024, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features a Faculty Flash Talk with Minh Tung Phung, PhD, MPH and Johnny Uelmen, PhD. Phung is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at UW and will be speaking on, Cancers of the ovary & cervix: Prevention […]
It’s not an exaggeration to say that every vote counts in Wisconsin’s elections this fall and there’s particularly stiff competition for Wisconsin’s rural voters. Partisan divides have deepened in rural communities over the last decade and candidates are working even harder to speak directly to voter concerns. On September 30, 2024, rural policy experts joined […]
It’s not an exaggeration to say that every vote counts in Wisconsin’s elections this fall and there’s particularly stiff competition for Wisconsin’s rural voters. Partisan divides have deepened in rural communities over the last decade and candidates are working even harder to speak directly to voter concerns. On September 30, 2024, rural policy experts joined […]
On September 25, 2024, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors met on the following agenda: Presentations by invited speakers: Elizabeth Manley, LSW, Faculty and Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy, University of Connecticut Kathy Markeland, Executive Director, and Emily Coddington, Associate Director, Wisconsin Association of Family […]
On September 23, 2024, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features Ross Brownson and Jonathan Samet on Mapping a Future for Public Health. They published a paper on this topic in The Journal of Health Affairs – Reimagining Public Health: Mapping a Path Forward. Brownson, PhD, is the Lipstein Distinguished […]
Programing Note : Audio Difficulties For First 10 Minutes of Program On September 16, 2024, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features Silvia Barcellos and Tianyuan Lu. Barcellos, an Associate Professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and La Follette School of Public Affairs, will speak about “Using Genetic […]