On November 17, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features Alison Cohen PhD, MPH. Dr. Cohen will discuss community-based participatory research and critical feminist epidemiology approaches and how they can be applied in different settings, drawing upon examples from her prior research.
On November 10, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Professor in the Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Disease) and the Chief Medical Officer for Communicable Diseases at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. He presented on, “Applied Population Health Practice and Emerging Infectious Diseases: […]
On November 3, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features Dr. Arun S. Karlamangla, Chief of the University of California, Los Angeles Division of Geriatrics, speaking about “Biological Mechanisms by which Social Factors May Undermine Health.”
On October 27, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features Dr. Guillaume Butler-Laporte, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at McGill University to speak on “Can Genetics End the Stalemate in Sepsis Treatment?”
On October 20, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features Amy Hagopian, Professor Emeritus, Health Systems and Population Health; Global Health at the University of Washington School of Public Health to speak about “My Adventures in War and Public Health.”
On October 6, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar features George Davey Smith discussing, “Mendelian Randomization – what it was, what it is, and what it should become.”
Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to overhaul how healthcare is delivered. His Make America Healthy Again movement is focused on combating chronic illnesses, especially in children, and targets bad diets, chemical exposure and unnecessary medication as main culprits. What changes are being implemented in Wisconsin and what do healthcare leaders […]
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and Oconto County Public Health have confirmed additional measles cases in Oconto County. The additional cases have been determined to be linked to nine cases confirmed in the county on August 2, 2025. On August 22, 2025, Traci DeSalvo, Director of the DHS Bureau of Communicable Diseases, and […]
On August 4, 2025, Wisconsin Department of Health Services held a news conference on Measles and vaccination in Wisconsin featuring Dr. Ryan Westergaard, Chief Medical Officer, DHS Bureau of Communicable Diseases.
On July 30, 2025, Wisconsin Department of Health Services hosted “Taking Action with Data: Webinar 2.” The grantee cohort presented on their outstanding environmental health projects to provide an overview and share their successes and challenges Presentations include: Greendale Public Health Department: “Radon Ready: Radon Education for Families and Caretakers” Lafayette County Health Department: “Lafayette […]
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has confirmed the first West Nile virus (WNV) activity in Wisconsin this year. A human case of WNV illness has been reported in a resident of Barron County, and mosquitoes collected from Milwaukee and Lafayette Counties have tested positive for WNV. On July 28, 2025, Rebecca Osborn, WI […]