Tag health/medicine, human
Dudley Lamming
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Expert on how nutrition can be used to promote healthy aging
Joseph Austerweil
Associate Professor of Psychology and Computer Science (affiliate)
I am a cognitive psychologist with expertise in human and machine learning. I focus on how and when people solve problems better than machines.
Sanjay Asthana
Associate dean for gerontology; professor and division head, geriatrics
Expert on Alzheimer’s disease, aging, neuroscience, geriatrics, academic research infrastructure, and clinical trials design.
Nathaniel Chin
Assistant professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on Alzheimer’s disease prevention strategies and healthy aging for the mind and body
Jacqueline Gerhart
MD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health
Expert on primary care, community health, continuity of healthcare, and wellness over the lifespan. Interested in healthcare systems and quality improvement.
Carey Gleason
Associate professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on cognitive aging, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease, as well as post-menopausal hormone therapy
Kristen Pecanac
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing
Expert on healthcare provider-family/patient communication during treatment decision making
Eric Rubenstein
Post doctoral fellow, Waisman Center
Expert on epidemiological and statistical methods to better understand a wide range of topics that affect people with autism spectrum disorder and developmental disabilities
Barbara Bendlin
Associate professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert on factors that contribute to or protect against the development of dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease
Melanie Buhr-Lawler
Clinical Professor & Audiologist, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Expert on hearing and hearing loss, hearing conservation, cochlear implants, and hearing aids.
Kimberly Caul
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Kimberly has worked as a Speech Language Pathologist in medical and school settings with a diverse client population of children, adolescents, adults and geriatrics.
Alyson Eith
Clinical Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Expert in the field of Speech and Language Pathology
Larissa Duncan
Elizabeth C. Davies Chair in Child & Family Well-Being and Associate Professor of Human Development & Family Studies
Expert on bringing mindful parenting and mindfulness/compassion practices into evidence-based healthcare and education models to promote equity and well-being.
Jo Handelsman
Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery
Vilas Research Professor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, and Director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Lauren Bishop-Fitzpatrick
assistant professor, social work; investigator, Waisman Center
Expert on adults on the autism spectrum
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Lyric Bartholomay
Professor
Director of the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease and expert in mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases.
Gina Bryan
Clinical Professor; Director, Post Graduate Psychiatry Program
Psychiatric advanced practice registered nurse; frequent state and national policy advisor on opioids, nursing scope of practice, and access to mental healthcare
Sterling Johnson
Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Clinical neuropsychologist and expert in early identification of Alzheimer’s disease through advanced brain imaging
Cynthia Carlsson
Professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Expert in diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias as well as clinical trials examining the efficacy of medications to treat or prevent
Wendy Halm
Clinical Associate Professor, School of Nursing
Family Nurse Practitioner; Expert on retail and convenient care clinics.
Amy Kind
Associate professor, medicine, geriatrics and gerontology
Geriatrician and health care/health policy researcher with expertise in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, with focus on research toward elimination of health disparities
Dr. Doug Jorenby
Director of Clinical Services for UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention, professor of medicine
Expert on tobacco and smoking cessation as well as vaping and e-cigarette use
Cara Westmark
Assistant Professor, Neurology
Expert on Alzheimer's disease, fragile X syndrome and the study of dietary interventions in preclinical models
Tracy Saladar
Clinical Associate Professor
DNP-prepared pediatric nurse practitioner also certified as pediatric primary mental health specialist practicing at a federally qualified health center
Adel Talaat
Professor of Microbiology; Department of Pathobiological Sciences
Infectious diseases expert with focus on tuberculosis in humans, bovine tuberculosis and Johne's disease in cattle. Expert in food animal vaccines.
Pamela McGranahan
Associate Clinical Professor / DNP Program Director
Three decades of nursing experience in public health, racial disparities, infant mortality, trauma-informed care, and the impact of childhood adversity and trauma on lifelong health
Sarah Endicott
Clinical Professor
Gero-psych nurse practitioner practicing in rural Wisconsin; developed advance care plans for nursing home residents, educates paid and non-paid caregivers of people with dementia.
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Cortland Dahl
Research Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds
Expert on mindfulness, meditation, and the cultivation of well-being.
Jessica LeClair
Clinical Assistant Professor
Public health nurse with expertise in the health effects of climate change, climate justice, public health, public health nursing
Paul Lambert
Professor and Chair, Oncology; Director, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research
Expert on cancer biology, cancer causing viruses
Melissa Rosenkranz
Associate Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds
Expert on mind-brain-body science, with a focus on the interactions among stress, emotion, and physical disease; impact of meditation practices on these interactions
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James Li
Associate Professor; Department of Psychology; Waisman Center
ADHD, antisocial behaviors, child development, genetics, parental and social influences, gene-environment interplay
Julia Lubsen
Assistant professor, family medicine
Expert on geriatrics, advance care planning, Balint groups in residency education
Sarah Short
Assistant professor and Dorothy King Chair in Educational Psychology, Center for Healthy Minds
Expert in neuroscience and early childhood brain development studying the role of stress and adversity on mental and physical well-being.
Sami Schalk
Associate Professor, Department of Gender & Women's Studies
Expert on disability, blackness, and gender in contemporary American literature, media and culture
Dan (Danny) Willis
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate Professor
Nurse scientist focusing on boys' and men's mental health (in the aftermath of trauma and abuse) child maltreatment, bullying, caring and healing, wellness
Sathish Kumar
Associate Professor, Comparative Biosciences
Expert on hormonal regulation of cardiovascular and placental function
Ophelia Venturelli
Biochemistry
Expert on microbial engineering, microbial metabolism and microbial interactions in the human gut microbiome
Cassie Voge
Clinical associate professor, School of Nursing
Expert on oncology nursing and nursing education.
Cody Wenthur
Assistant Professor, Divisions of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Expert on addiction, abused drugs, opioids, naloxone, psychoactive substances, psilocybin, psychedelics, stress and reward learning, vaccine design, drug development, glutamate