Tag health/medicine, human
Alexandra Adams
Associate professor, family medicine; director, Collaborative Center for Health Equity
Expert on pediatric obesity, American Indian health and nutrition issues
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
Associate 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
Christopher Olsen
Professor, public health; associate dean, academic affairs, veterinary medicine
Expert on influenza viruses and other zoonotic infections transmitted between animals and human beings
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
Gregg Vanderheiden
Professor, industrial and systems engineering, biomedical engineering; director, Trace R&D Center
Expert on design related to human disability and aging
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.
Allison Ebert
Assistant scientist, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center
Expert on stem cell research for brain and spinal cord diseases
Susan Nitzke
Professor emeritus, nutritional sciences
Specializes in nutrition education topics of interest to Wisconsin individuals and families
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
James (Jim) Cleary
Associate professor, Medicine and Nursing; Palliative Care Physican; Director, Pain and Policy Studies Group.
Expert on hospice and palliative care, cancer pain relief, cancer communication and palliative care as part of cancer control programs
Tracy Schroepfer
Associate professor, social work
Expert on end of life, aging, cancer health disparities, community-based participatory research, intervention with dementia-related behaviors,
David Rakel
Assistant professor, family medicine
Expert in integrative medicine, health and healing, primary care, mind-body and nutritional influences on health, and creation of health
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
Sarah Van Orman
Executive director, University Health Services
Physician director of University Health Services
Charles Czuprynski
Professor, pathobiological sciences; director, Food Research Institute
Expert on host defense against microbial infection and on foodborne disease
John Kuo
Associate 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
Christine Whelley
Stroke program coordinator, School of Nursing
Expert in nursing care after acute stroke
