Tag health/medicine, human
Barbara King
Associate Professor/School of Nursing
Expert on Hospital Acquired Disability, including losing ability to walk; hospital fall prevention programs; and nurses' role in maintaining mobility
Jenny Higgins
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Director, Collaborative for Reproductive Equity
Expert on reproductive and sexual health
Xinyu Zhao
Professor, neuroscience
Regulation of stem cells and development in brain health and diseases, including autism and fragile X syndrome.
Cassandra Vanderwall
Teaching faculty, School of Medicine and Public Health
Food and nutrition expert passionate about empowering individuals and communities in their pursuit of overall wellness
Stephanie Robert
Professor, social work; co-director, RWJ Health & Society Scholars Program
Expert on social and economic factors that impact health across the life course
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
Petros Anagnostopoulos
Associate professor, surgery; Chief, pediatric cardiothoracic surgery
Expert on pediatric cardiothoracic surgery
Dipesh Navsaria
Associate Professor of Pediatrics; Clinical Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Expert on early literacy in children, child health advocacy, public health and medical education.
Andrew Ruis
Associate Director for Research, Epistemic Analytics (WCER); Fellow, Department of Medical History and Bioethics
Expert on histories of medicine/public health, food/nutrition, and education; school lunch; health services research
Seth Dailey
Associate professor, surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Chief of Laryngology
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, surgery; vice chair, division of general surgery, academic affairs
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.
Charles Acher
Professor of Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Expert in diagnosis and treatment of diseases of aorta and mesenteric arteries including aneurysm, occlusive, inflammatory and trauma related
Jason Chiang
Research fellow, Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering
My research interest is on developing medical devices and surgical techniques for thermal ablation technology.
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, family medicine
Expert on health care reform, geriatrics, palliative medicine, medical education, utilizing emerging technologies in higher education and violence prevention.
Lauren Papp
Professor, Human Development and Family Studies; Associate Dean for Research, School of Human Ecology
Expert on intimate relationships and their connections with child, adult, and family health and well-being; Health behaviors and risks (including substance use)
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
Assistant professor, 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 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
Associate professor and chairman, division of otolaryngology
Expert on head and neck malignacies, voice and swallowing disorders
Peter Nichol
Assistant professor, Department of Surgery
Expert on pediatric surgery and pediatric nutrition
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
Carla Pugh
Vice-Chair, Education & Patient Safety — Department of Surgery; Clinical Director UW Simulation Program
Use of Simulation and advanced technologies to assess clinical performance; Assessment in medical and surgical education
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