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Two postdoctoral fellows affiliated with the UW School of Medicine and Public Health recently earned Postdoc Excellence Awards from the UW–Madison Postdoctoral Association. Natascha Merten, MS, PhD, is a member of the research team of Karen Cruickshanks, PhD, professor of population health sciences and ophthalmology and visual sciences. Cara Moravec, PhD, is in the lab …
Ajay Sethi, PhD, MHS, has received a 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is an associate professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences and the faculty director of the School of Medicine and Public Health’s Master of Public Health program. Sethi is one of 13 faculty members who earned …
In recognition of his dedication to mentoring undergraduate students, David Abbott, PhD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, has received a 2021 Award for Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities. The awards are administered by the UW–Madison Office of the Provost to honor the important role mentors play in fostering undergraduates’ intellectual, personal, and …
Two members of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health received 2021 Academic Staff Excellence Awards. The campus-wide awards are one of the highest honors for academic staff and recognize outstanding leadership, public service, research, teaching, and career achievement. Kim Beld, MS, MBA, department administrator for the Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, …
Two individuals from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and one from the School of Nursing have been named 2021 Champions of Humanistic Care by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation. They have been selected for their compassion and courage during the COVID-19 pandemic. The recipients are Jonathan T. Ketzler, MD, associate …
With the 2021 nominations for the UW–Madison Academic Staff Excellence Awards currently open, it’s an opportune time to honor 2020 winners who had their awards ceremony postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Barbara Lewis, RN, MS, from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health Department of Urology received one of the 2020 Academic Staff …
The UW School of Medicine and Public Health’s Medical Sciences Orchestra helped propel one of its conductors to first place in the American Prize in Conducting’s community orchestra division. Ji Hyun (Jenny) Yim, the conductor, is a doctoral student at the UW–Madison Mead Witter School of Music. Yim submitted a recording of the Medical Sciences …
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 …