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Leadership Searches: Candidate Visit Information

This page summarizes information about upcoming candidate visits for leadership searches in the School of Medicine and Public Health. This page will be updated frequently with information as it becomes available. If a room location or virtual seminar link, date, or time is not yet listed for a candidate’s talk, scheduling is in progress.

Current searches that are open but not yet at the interview stage include:

Current searches at or soon to be at the interview stage include:

For each search indicated below, candidates are listed from left to right in chronological order of their visits.

Chair, BerbeeWalsh Department of Emergency Medicine

Candidate Manish Shah, MD, MPH, University of Wisconsin, will visit on November 3-4. View Dr. Shah’s CV.

Dual Academic Presentation & Town hall

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Craig Goolsby, MD, MEd, Uniformed Services University, will visit on November 10-11. View Dr. Goolsby’s CV. 

Dual Academic Presentation & Town hall

  • Thursday, Nov. 11 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at 800 University Bay Drive 300-04 and Webex
  • Academic Presentation: “The Future of Emergency Medicine”
  • Town Hall
  • To watch recordings: 
    • Academic Presentation: https://uwmadison.webex.com/uwmadison/ldr.php?RCID=ff6caa8c2ec0ed2c672c8edbfe41de58
    • Town Hall: Same link as above starting at 53:35.
    • The recording password has been shared via internal communications. If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Arjun Venkatesh, MD, MBA, MHS, Yale School of Medicine, will visit on November 17-18. View Dr. Venkatesh’s CV.

Dual Academic Presentation & Town hall

  • Thursday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at 800 University Bay Drive 300-04 and Webex
  • Academic Presentation: “The Future of Emergency Medicine”
  • Town Hall
  • To watch recordings: 
    • Academic Presentation: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/rko9hgvc9zoeg6n0jfdw2y40nktke5ag
    • Town Hall: Same link as above starting at 1:02:00.
    • The recording password has been shared via internal communications. If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Kelly Bookman, MD, University of Colorado, will visit on December 8-9. View Dr. Bookman’s CV.

Dual Academic Presentation & Town hall

  • Thursday, Dec. 9 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at 800 University Bay Drive 300-04 and Webex
  • Academic Presentation: “The Future of Emergency Medicine”
  • Town Hall
  • Download flyer
  • To watch recordings: 

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Candidate David Kushner, MD, University of Wisconsin, will visit on August 9-10. View Dr. Kushner’s CV.

Academic Presentation

Town Hall

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Ellen Hartenbach, MD, University of Wisconsin, will visit on August 19-20. View Dr. Hartenbach’s CV.

Academic Presentation

Town Hall

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Danny Schust, MD, University of Missouri, will visit on August 23-24. View Dr. Schust’s CV.

Academic Presentation

Town Hall

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Kevin Ault, MD, University of Kansas, will visit on August 25-26. View Dr. Ault’s CV.

Academic Presentation

Town Hall

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Pamela Moalli, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, will visit on September 8-9. View Dr. Moalli’s CV.

Academic Presentation

  • “Novel Devices for Pelvic Organ Prolapse Repair: a team science approach” — Download flyer
  • Wednesday, September 8 from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  • To view a recording of this presentation, email Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, leadership search manager, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu. A UW NetID will be required for viewing.

Town Hall

  • Thursday, September 9 from 3-4 p.m. — Download flyer
  • To view a recording of this town hall, email Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, leadership search manager, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu. A UW NetID will be required for viewing.

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Diane Yamada, MD, University of Chicago, will visit on September 13-14. View Dr. Yamada’s CV.

Academic Presentation

Town Hall

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Kimberly Kenton, MD, MS, Northwestern University, will visit on September 15-16. View Dr. Kenton’s CV.

Academic Presentation

Town Hall

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Chair, Department of Neuroscience Candidate Visits

Candidate Steven Schiff, MD, PhD, Pennsylvania State University, visited on January 19-20 via Webex. View Dr. Schiff’s CV.

Scientific Seminar

  • “Bringing Control Engineering to Neuroscience: Epilepsy, Brain Growth, and African Infant Brain Infections” – Download flyer
  • Occurred on Tuesday, Jan. 19 from 2-3 p.m. via Webex
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

Town Hall

  • Occurred on Wednesday, Jan. 20 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. via Webex – Download flyer
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Lucas Pozzo-Miller, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, visited on February 1-2 via Webex. View Dr. Pozzo-Miller’s CV.

Scientific Seminar

  • “The role of hippocampal projection to the prefrontal cortex in social memory and its dysfunction in Rett syndrome” – Download flyer
  • Occurred on Monday, Feb. 1 from 2-3 p.m. via Webex
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

Town Hall

  • Occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 2 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. via Webex – Download flyer
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Vasanthi Jayaraman, PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, visited on February 4-5 via Webex. View Dr. Jayaraman’s CV.

Scientific Seminar

  • “Glutamate receptors: From single molecules to synapses” – Download flyer
  • Occurred on Thursday, Feb. 4 from 2-3 p.m. via Webex
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

Town Hall

  • Occurred on Friday, Feb. 5 from 2-3 p.m. via Webex – Download flyer
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate E. S. Anton, PhD, University of North Carolina, visited on February 8-9 via Webex. View Dr. Anton’s CV.

Scientific Seminar

  • “Mechanisms of progenitor dynamics and neuronal wiring during cerebral cortical development” – Download flyer
  • Occurred on Monday, Feb. 8 from 2-3 p.m. via Webex
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

Town Hall

  • Occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. via Webex – Download flyer
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Lucia Melloni, PhD, New York University and the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, visited on February 15-16 via Webex. View Dr. Melloni’s CV.

Scientific Seminar

  • “Hierarchical representation of sequences across human cortex and hippocampus” – Download flyer
  • Occurred on Monday, Feb. 15 from 2-3 p.m. via Webex
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

Town Hall

  • Occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 10-11 a.m. via Webex – Download flyer
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.

Candidate Matthew Dalva, PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, visited on February 22-23 via Webex. View Dr. Dalva’s CV.

Scientific Seminar

  • “Seeing synaptic development and function – From biological sex dependent mechanisms to synaptic nanoarchitecture” – Download flyer
  • Occurred on Monday, Feb. 22 from 1-2 p.m. via Webex
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

Town Hall

  • Occurred on Tuesday, Feb. 23 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. via Webex – Download flyer
  • Play recording – Password has been shared via internal communications. (If you are a member of the SMPH, UW Health, or broader UW–Madison community and need the password, email SMPH Leadership Search Manager Benjamin Schultz-Burkel, DMA, at drbenjamin.schultzburkel@wisc.edu.)

All SMPH faculty and staff are invited to provide input to the search committee using a confidential evaluation form.