Tag health/medicine, human
Chad Vezina
Assistant professor, comparative biosciences
Expert on developmental toxicology and prostate biology
Dawn Davis
Assistant professor, medicine, endocrinology
Clinician specializing in diabetes and endocrinology; research expertise in diabetes, obesity, and cell and molecular biology
Aydin Bal
Assistant professor, rehabilitation psychology, special education
Expert on the role of culture in special education identification and services
Cindy Kuhrasch
Distinguished Faculty Associate, Kinesiology
Expert in development of movement skills in children, integrated learning, affective education and assessment
Glenn Liu
Professor of Medicine and Medical Physics
Specializes in drug and imaging biomarker development in oncology with focus on prostate, kidney and bladder cancers.
Lori Anderson
Clinical Professor, School of Nursing
Expert on school health and school nursing and on school-age children with chronic health conditions and their families.
Hrissanthi (Chris) Ikonomidou
Professor, neurology
Expert on brain injuries in early life, impact of sedative and anticonvulsant drugs on the developing brain
R. Alta Charo
Emerita professor, law and bioethics
Expert on regulation and ethics of scientific and medical innovation, including genetics, synthetic biology, stem cell biology and reproductive technologies
Thomas Oliver
Professor, population health sciences; director, master of public health program
Expert on health policy, politics and system reform
John Denu
Professor, biomolecular chemistry; epigenetics theme leader, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Expert in epigenetics, gene expression, metabolic regulation, cell signaling and drug discovery
Ronnie Carda
Associate faculty associate; coordinator, PE Activity Program
Expert on fitness and health aspects, fitness assessment, health promotion, marathon/distance running, aerobic training
Dale Schoeller
Professor emeritus, nutritional sciences
Expert in human energy metabolism and body composition, including the causes and treatments of obesity
Craig Atwood
Associate professor, medicine
Expert on hormonal mechanisms of aging, hormone replacement therapy, Alzheimer's disease, prostate cancer and early human embryogenesis
Neal Barney
Associate professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences
Expert on immunologic and allergic diseases of the eye
Michael Bentz
Professor and division chair, plastic surgery
Professor of surgery, pediatrics and neurosurgery, with expertise in plastic and reconstructive surgery, pediatric plastic surgery, hand and microsurgery
Curtis Brandt
Professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences, medical microbiology and immunology; Director, Vision Research Core
Expert on herpes simplex virus infections, antiviral drug development, gene delivery vectors, treatment of eye diseases with gene delivery
David Bernhardt
Professor, pediatrics, orthopedics and rehabilitation
Expert on sports medicine and concussion
Suzanne Selvaggi
Professor, pathology; director, Anatomic Pathology and Cytopathology
Expert on gynecologic cytopathology and thyroid fine needle aspiration cytopathology
Kristen Slack
Professor; chair of the PhD program in Social Welfare
Expert on child maltreatment prevention, child poverty, child welfare systems
Lyn Turkstra
Professor, communicative disorders; faculty member, Neuroscience Training Program and Neurological Surgery
Expert on outcomes from traumatic brain injury and neurological disorders in adolescents and adults
Julia Wright
Clinical professor; chief, section of hospital medicine; director, UW Health Regional Hospital Medicine
Expert in in-patient care, internal medicine, health care, practice management and hospital medicine
Nader Sheibani
Associate professor, ophthalmology and visual sciences
Expert in retinal vascular biology, diabetic retinopathy, vascular molecular and cellular biology
Ei Terasawa
Professor, psychiatry
Expert on reproductive neuroendocrinology, mechanisms of the onset of puberty, physiology of GnRH neurons
Yoram Shenker
Professor, internal medicine
Expert in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, history of Polish Jews, Israeli politics and health care
Ivan Rayment
Professor, biochemistry
Expert in protein structure and function with extensive knowledge of muscle and molecular motor function
Robert Radwin
Professor, industrial and systems engineering, biomedical engineering and Orthopedics and rehabilitation
Expert in ergonomics and the workplace, occupational health and safety, design of jobs, equipment, tools, products, and environments.
Peter Rahko
Professor, medicine
Expert on heart failure, echocardiography, heart valve disease, cardiomyopathy
Erik Ranheim
Assistant professor, pathology and laboratory medicine; program director, Pathology Residency Program
Expert on cancers of the blood system and medical education
John Mullahy
Professor, population health sciences
Expert in evaluation in health and health care, applied health econometrics
Mark Moss
Associate professor, medicine and pediatrics; section of allergy, pulmonary and critical care
Expert on treating asthma and allergic diseases in children and young adults; principal investigator on clinical studies
Robert McGrath
Psychologist Emeritus, University Health Services
Psychologist with expertise in Health Psychology, Living with Vitality and Resilience, and Mind/Body Wellness. Member of UW Speakers Bureau
Donna Weihofen
Senior nutritionist (retired), UW Hospital and Clinics
Expert on nutrition and food: general nutrition and cancer nutrition
Sarina Schrager
Associate professor, family medicine
Expert on general women's health issues, with a focus on reproductive health and osteoporosis
Keith Meyer
Professor, medicine; medical director, lung transplantation; director, adult CF program, interstitial lung disease
Expert on lung diseases and lung transplantation
Maryl Johnson
Professor, medicine; medical director, heart failure and transplantation
Expert in congestive heart failure, ventricular assist devices, heart transplantation
Frederick Kelcz
Associate professor, radiology
Expert on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for breast, abdomen and pelvis
Dean Krahn
Professor, medicine and psychiatry
Expert on mental health and veterans, alcohol dependence and abuse treatment; systems of care delivery for mental health