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Kacia Stevenson is the Student Leadership and Programs Advisor in MD Student Services. She is from Madison, WI. Tell us about your current position. I am an advisor to medical students surrounding student services topics, including student leaves, residency planning, student interest groups, curriculum planning, diversity, equity, and inclusion events, and away rotations. I help …
This Staff Spotlight is part of a series dedicated to those employees who continue to shine as we navigate through the challenging times of the pandemic. As much of the world was shut down, SMPH staff shifted gears to adapt to the many barriers that prevented business as usual. The featured employees were nominated by …
This Staff Spotlight is part of a series dedicated to those employees who continue to shine as we navigate through the challenging times of the pandemic. As much of the world was shut down, SMPH staff shifted gears to adapt to the many barriers that prevented business as usual. The featured employees were nominated by …
This Staff Spotlight is part of a series dedicated to those employees who continue to shine as we navigate through the challenging times of the pandemic. As much of the world was shut down, SMPH staff shifted gears to adapt to the many barriers that prevented business as usual. The featured employees were nominated by …
What is your current position? Engagement Specialist for the All of Us Research Program (AoU), led by the NIH. This program is establishing two large repositories of data — biomarkers and EHR data from a truly representative sample of individuals who live in the United States; Wisconsin is one of 17 consortia participating in All …
Kevin Jacobson is a loan assistance program manager for the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health. Years in position: 12 Originally from: Madison, Wisconsin Tell me about your current position. Wisconsin has two loan assistance programs that reward money to healthcare providers in return for committing to work for three years in underserved areas — rural …
Tia Powell is a medical staff assistant in the Department of Urology. Tell me about your current position. I support six of our physicians with their academic calendars, arranging meetings, reimbursements, and travel. I help the department with things that they need from an administrative standpoint, helping with recruiting and creating day-of itineraries and those …
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in July 2019; at that time, Jake Rome, JD, was a staff reviewer for the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board. Rome currently serves as ICTR Administrative Director, FDA-Regulated Research Oversight Program. Tell me about your current position. My role is to review research studies involving human participants and work …
Tell me about your current position. I’m a senior scientist and PI of our lab. We do breast cancer research focusing on mammographic density, a risk factor for breast cancer. How did you come into the position? I started in 2005 as a postdoc. My background was in mechanotransduction and signaling in bone biology. I …
Can you describe your main duties? My main duties are to provide illustration and design services, communicate with clients, and ensure projects are completed to meet the Client’s budget and deadlines. Can you describe your educational background and training? How did you learn to become a medical illustrator? I completed my undergraduate education at the …