Tag health/medicine, human
Susan Paskewitz
Professor, entomology
Expert on biology and control of insects that transmit human and animal diseases, including malaria, West Nile virus, Lyme disease
Patrick Remington
Associate dean, public health
Expert in public health, population surveillance and community health improvement
Bret Shaw
Associate Professor, Life Sciences Communication; Environmental Communicatoin Specialist, UW-Extension
Expert on social marketing and communication related to environmental campaigns, eHealth for disease management
Jon Odorico
Professor, surgery
Expert on beta cell replacement therapies for type 1 diabetes, including stem cell therapies and islet transplants
Edward Bersu
Professor, anatomy
Expert on gross human anatomy and anatomical variations, human embryology
Paul Smith
Associate professor, family medicine; director, Wisconsin Research and Education Network
Expert on literacy, health literacy and their impact on health and health care, and primary care practice-based research
Robert Streiffer
Professor, philosophy and bioethics
Expert on ethics and policy issues arising from agricultural and medical biotechnology
Diane Gooding
Professor, psychology and psychiatry
Expert on identification of risk factors for psychotic disorders, especially schizophrenia, as well as media and mental illness
Charles Snowdon
Professor emeritus, psychology
Expert on primate social, reproductive, cognitive and communication behavior
Roseanne Clark
Associate professor, psychiatry
Expertise in postpartum depression, parent-child relationships, and emotional and behavioral disturbances in infancy and early childhood
Barbara Wolfe
Professor, economics, population health sciences, public affairs
Expert on health economics with a focus on vulnerable populations
Morton Gernsbacher
Professor and research professor, psychology
Expert on cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, autism spectrum conditions and disability advocacy
Warren Porter
Professor, zoology
Expert on climate change effects on animals, subtle biological effects of pesticides and early detection of infection
James Ntambi
Professor, biochemistry, nutritional sciences
Genetic regulation of metabolism and fat cell differentiation
Kristyn Masters
Assistant professor, biomedical engineering
Expert in cardiovascular biomaterials, tissue engineering and heart valve disease
Hannah Carey
Professor, comparative biosciences
Expert on gastrointestinal physiology; hibernation biology; translating hibernation biology to trauma care
Bruce Christensen
Professor, pathobiological sciences
Expert on mosquito-borne diseases and tropical parasitology
Thomas Friedrich
Assistant professor, pathobiological sciences; virology services unit head, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
Expert on viral immunity, viral evolution, design and testing of vaccines.
Sarita (Sara) Karon
Senior scientist, Center for Health Systems Research and Analysis
Expert on measuring and improving quality of life/quality of care for people receiving long-term care at home or in institutions
James Stein
Professor, cardiovascular medicine; director, preventive cardiology
Cardiologist with expertise in preventive cardiology and cardiovascular imaging. Research focus on atherosclerosis and arterial imaging
James (Jay) Ford
Director of research, industrial engineering, National Institute for Addiction Treatment (NIATx)
Expert on process improvement in behavioral health and data systems
Tracy Schroepfer
Associate professor, social work
Expert on end of life, aging, cancer health disparities, community-based participatory research, intervention with dementia-related behaviors,
Anita Bhattacharyya
Senior scientist, Waisman Center
Expert on neural stem cells and their use in modeling neurodevelopmental disorders.
Jeri Barak
Assistant professor, plant pathology
Expert on human bacterial pathogens in association with plants, Salmonella enterica lifestyle outside a warm-blooded host
Charles Czuprynski
Professor, pathobiological sciences; director, Food Research Institute
Expert on host defense against microbial infection and on foodborne disease
John Kuo
Professor, neurosurgery and human oncology; Director, UW comprehensive brain tumor program
Clinician-scientist specializing in treating patients with brain tumors, and research on molecular biology of cancer stem cells
Justin Sattin
Assistant professor, neurology; Medical director, UW Health Comprehensive Stroke Program
Specialist in acute stroke treatment and stroke prevention
Matthew (Matt) Jensen
Assistant professor, neurology
Expert on stroke/cerebrovascular disease, stroke clinical research, cell therapy for stroke and medical education
Nigel Cook
Clinical associate professor, head of Food Animal Production Medicine
Expert in dairy cattle lameness, dairy facility design, dairy cow well-being, mastitis and milk quality
David Jarrard
Professor and vice chair, urology; director, urologic oncology
Expert on prostate and other genitourinary cancers, including testes, bladder and renal
Michael Culbertson
Professor, genetics and medical genetics; chair, Laboratory of Genetics
Expert on molecular genetics
David Gamm
Associate professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences
Expert in retinal stem cell biology, cell-based therapies, retinal degenerative disease, pediatric ophthalmology
Ricki Colman
Associate scientist, Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
Expert on primate aging, caloric restriction and primate models
Robert Dempsey
Chair and professor, neurological surgery; co-director, Stroke Program
Expert on neurosurgery of stroke, brain aneurysm, brain tumor, head injury
Ian Duncan
Professor, medical sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Myelination of the central nervous system; diseases such as multiple sclerosis; and stem cell repair of brain disorders