Tag health/medicine, human
L. Lee Eckhardt
Assistant professor, cardiology
Expert on inherited arrhythmias, sudden death and clinical electrophysiology
Kris Saha
Associate Professor, biomedical engineering; Retina Research Foundation Kathryn and Latimer Murfee Chair; WID
Leads research lab in biotechnology (gene therapy, cell therapy, gene editing, CRISPR, stem cell bioengineering) and leader in science policy and bioethics
Dixon Kaufman
Professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Transplantation
Expert on kidney, pancreas and islet transplantation.
Petros Anagnostopoulos
Professor, surgery; Chief, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery
Expert on pediatric cardiothoracic surgery
Dipesh Navsaria
Professor of Pediatrics; Clinical Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Expert on early literacy in children, child health advocacy & policy, public health, medical education, and early care and education.
Andrew Ruis
Research Scientist, WCER; Associate Director, Center for Research on Complex Thinking
Expert on environmental and climate change education, history of school lunch and public health nutrition policy, and quantitative ethnography
Seth Dailey
Chief and Professor, Division of Laryngology, Department of Otolaryngology
Expert on voice, airway and swallowing disorders.
James Conway
Pediatrics prof; Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellowship dir.; Global Health Institute assoc. dir., Health Sciences
Expert on pediatric infectious diseases, domestic and international immunization programs, and global health
Sharon Weber
Professor, Department of Surgery; Chair of the Division of Surgical Oncology
Specializes in benign and malignant disorders of the liver, pancreas and bile duct, gastric cancer, melanoma, and sarcoma
Ryan Wubben
Clinical associate professor, medicine; flight physician, UW Med Flight
Expert on prehospital and emergency medicine, helicopter emergency medical services, Global Health capacity development.
Michael Peterson
Assistant professor, psychiatry; medical director for hospital psychiatry, UWHC
Expert on hospital psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, emergency psychiatry, law and psychiatry, sleep and psychiatric disorders
Melissa Stiles
Professor emerit, family medicine
Expert on health care reform, geriatrics, palliative medicine, medical education, utilizing emerging technologies in higher education and violence prevention.
Leslie Eisenberg
Honorary fellow, Anthropology; Archaeologist, WI Historical Society; Research Associate, Center for Healthy Minds
Expert on prehistoric archaeology, bioarchaeology, paleopathology, forensic anthropology, trauma reconstruction, mass disasters
Hee Soo Jung
Associate professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery
Expert on acute care surgery; including trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care.
Jon Matsumura
Professor and chair, division of vascular surgery
Expert on endovascular and medical treatment (stents, catheters, drugs) of aortic aneurysms, dissection, carotid stenosis, and peripheral artery disease.
Robert (Bob) Batt
Associate professor, operations & information management
Expert on service operations management with a focus on healthcare delivery operations, econometrics, and spreadsheet modeling.
David Kiefer
Research fellow, Department of Family Medicine
Expert on evidence-based herbal medicine, integrative medicine, and ethnobotany
Timothy McCulloch
Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Expert on head and neck malignacies, voice and swallowing disorders
Peter Nichol
Associate professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Pediatric Surgery
Expert on pediatric surgery and pediatric nutrition
Luke Funk
Professor, Department of Surgery; Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Minimally invasive surgeon and health services researcher
Catherine Smith
Professor, Information School; Discovery Fellow, Virtual Environments Group, WID
Expert on communication through health information systems, particularly consumer health vocabularies, and provision of health information in non-clinical settings.
Jason Fletcher
Professor, La Follette School of Public Affairs
Expert on social networks, teen fertility, mental health, education, adolescent health, obesity, sociogenomics, and social policy
Rachel Grob
Director, Qualitative and Health Experiences Research Lab
Expert on qualitative research, health experiences research, ethical/legal/social issues in genomics and newborn screening, patient engagement, impact of narrative on primary care
Lori DiPrete Brown
Associate director, Global Health Institute, Director, 4W Initiative, Distinguised Faculty Associate, SOHE
Global health expert focusing on women, children and highly vulnerable populations. Works to improve quality of health and social services from a human rights perspective.
Randolph Ashton
Assistant professor, biomedical engineering
Regenerative medicine, stem cell technology, and biomaterials
David Bell
Assistant professor, kinesiology, orthopedics and rehabilitation; director, Wisconsin Injury in Sport Laboratory
Expert on anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, injury prevention, and lower extremity biomechanics
David Gustafson
Director, Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies
Quality improvement and technologies (smartphones) to improve well-being of older adults and those facing life-threatening illness.
Tony Goldberg
Professor, Pathobiological Sciences; Associate Director for Research, Global Health Institute
Expert on emerging infectious diseases of humans and animals
Timothy Szczykutowicz
Assistant professor, radiology, medical physics, and biomedical engineering
Expert on computed tomography (CT), image reconstruction, medical imaging, and medical physics.
Shaoqin Gong
Professor, biomedical engineering
Expert on nanomedicine, nanomaterials, biomaterials, bioased materials, and light-weight materials
Ronni Hayon
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Expert on medical care of transgender patients, long-acting reversible contraception
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Jesus Iruretagoyena
Assistant professor, obstetrics and gynecology; Director, Center for Perinatal Care
Physician and expert in the areas of high-risk obstetrics, maternal-fetal medicine, and fetal ultrasound (specifically fetal central nervous system)
Julianne Zweifel
Clinical psychologist; clinical assistant professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Clinical psychologist and expert in mental health issues surrounding infertility, pregnancy complications, pregnancy loss, postpartum depression, and breastfeeding difficulties.
Ahmed Al-Niaimi
Assistant professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Gynecologic oncologist at the UW Carbone Cancer Center and expert on single port laparoscopy and surgical outcome and quality
Lisa Barroilhet
Associate professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Gynecologic oncologist at UW Carbone Cancer Center and expert in ovarian cancer, drug development, and HPV and cervical cancer screening
Dobie Giles
Associate professor, obstetrics and gynecology; director, gynecology and gynecologic subspecialties
Urogynecologist and expert on surgical and non-surgical treatment of pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery
Stephen Rose
Associate professor, obstetrics and gynecology; director, gynecologic oncology fellowship
Gynecologic oncologist at UW Carbone Cancer Center and expert on quality of life issues in cancer care
Cara King
Assistant professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Gynecologist and expert on minimally invasive gynecologic surgery; surgical management of pelvic pain; endometriosis; and medical education
Cynthie Wautlet
Associate professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Expert in group prenatal care, obesity and pregnancy, and global and public health
Heidi Brown
Assistant professor, obstetrics and gynecology
Expert in female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, accidental bowel leakage, and therapies for urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse