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 […]
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 […]
On July 22, 2025, Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services hosted “Taking Action with Data: Webinar 1.” This webinar presents achievements in environmental health, featuring seven mini-grantees providing an overview of their project and share their successes and challenges. Presentations include: Chippewa County Department of Public Health: “Rural Nitrate Testing Initiative” Rock County Public Health Department: […]
On June 27, 2025, the Joint Committee on Finance convened on the following: Section 13.10 meeting: I. Department of Public Instruction – Tom McCarthy, Deputy State Superintendent The Department of Public Instruction requests a supplement of $49,672,600 GPR in fiscal year 2024-25 from the committee’s appropriation under s. 20.865(4)(a) to the department’s office of literacy, […]
On June 26, 2025, the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules met on the following: Public Hearing: EmR 2502 [Extension Request] Related to: The definition of “lead exposure” in ch. DHS 163 and “lead poisoning or exposure” in chs. DHS 181 and 182 (DHS) Executive Session: EmR 2418 [Extension Request] Related to: Technical education […]
On May 14, 2025, the Assembly Committee on State Affairs held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 254 Relating to: regulation of the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement Company Assembly Bill 234 Relating to: the electronic vaping device directory and electronic nicotine devices
On May 5, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar featured the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease which is one of four such centers supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, all of which are dedicated to research and training efforts that support the National Public […]
On April 21, 2025, UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health Population Health Sciences Monday Seminar featured Nigel Paneth, MD, MPH, University Distinguished Professor, Emeritus from the Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Pediatrics & Human Development at Michigan State University. Dr. Paneth will present on “Public Health in the Age of Genomics: Why Precision Medicine […]
From tackling drug costs to boosting maternal health outcomes, Gov. Tony Evers is proposing a range of healthcare measures in his latest spending plan. At a Wisconsin Health News Newsmaker Event in Madison on April 8, 2025, Department of Health Services-designee Kirsten Johnson discussed the governor’s budget priorities, outline the impact of potential Medicaid cuts […]