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Cody Wenthur

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

David  Upton, MD, FACS

David Upton, MD, FACS

Clinical assistant professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Clinical practice comprises all aspects of pediatric and adult general otolaryngology including sinonasal disorders, ear surgery, sleep surgery, pediatrics, laryngology, and head and neck surgery.

Christian Franck

Christian Franck

Grainger Institute for Engineering Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Expert on mechanics of materials, biological cells and tissues, traumatic brain injury, concussions

Art Walaszek

Art Walaszek

Professor, Psychiatry

Expert in the mental health of older adults, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), and graduate medical education.

Girma  Tefera, MD, FACS

Girma Tefera, MD, FACS

Professor, Division of Vascular Surgery

Open and minimally invasive Endovascular Surgery

Joseph Roche, MD

Joseph Roche, MD

Assistant professor, section of Otology/Neurotology

Specializes in otolaryngology, otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base surgery.

Beth  Burnside, MD, MPH

Beth Burnside, MD, MPH

Deputy executive director of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, professor of radiology

Researches use of computational methods to improve decision-making in breast imaging to improve population-based screening and diagnosis of breast cancer.

Ben  Zarzaur, MD, MPH, FACS

Ben Zarzaur, MD, MPH, FACS

Chief, Division of Acute Care and Regional General Surgery, Department of Surgery

Expert in management of injured patients and long-term, patient-centered outcomes of those who have suffered injury or an acute surgical illness.

Stephanie  Savage, MD, MS

Stephanie Savage, MD, MS

Professor, Department of Surgery; Director of Emergency General Surgery

Expert in trauma and emergency general surgery. Dr. Savage serves as the Director of Emergency General Surgery for the UW Department of Surgery.

Daniel Grupe

Daniel Grupe

Associate Scientist, Center for Healthy Minds

Expert on the neuroscience of post-traumatic stress and mindfulness interventions for high-risk populations, including police officers and veterans

Alex Nelson

Alex Nelson

Violence Prevention Specialist, Prevention, UHS

Expert on violence prevention, sexual assault, dating violence, consent, coercion, bystander intervention, primary prevention, PAVE, first-year programming, anti-oppression frameworks

Julie Stamm

Julie Stamm

Clinical Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

Expert on the consequences of repetitive head impacts and concussions in children through contact sports. Also CTE, concussion management and education, repetitive concussions, anatomy, neuroanatomy.

Robert Golden

Robert Golden

Dean, School of Medicine and Public Health; Vice-Chancellor for Medical Affairs; Professor of Psychiatry

Expert on medical and health profession education; medical research; academic health systems; the integration of medicine and public health; mood disorders

Stephanie Steinman

Clinical Psychologist, Psychiatry Department

Clinical psychologist

Brooke Kwiecinski

Associate Professor, Psychiatry; Program Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship

Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program Director

Nina Varsava

Nina Varsava

Assistant Professor, Law School

Expert on legal ethics and bioethics, procedure, and courts.

Jeffrey  Kanne

Jeffrey Kanne

Professor and chief of thoracic imaging, department of radiology

Specializes in thoracic radiology

Rebecca Myerson

Rebecca Myerson

Assistant Professor, Population Health Sciences

How public policies can improve outcomes for vulnerable patients, including impacts on insurance coverage and incidence, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic conditions.

Corrine Voils

Corrine Voils

WARF Professor of Surgery

Expert on how we lose weight and keep it off; use genomic information to improve healthcare delivery; measure and improve medication adherence.

Kelly Schultz

Medical director and clinical instructor for WisCARES

Robert Kirchdoerfer

Robert Kirchdoerfer

Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Institute for Molecular Virology, Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology

Expert on coronavirus entry into host cells and replication of viral RNA genomes. Structural biology and molecular aspects of protein machines.

Rebecca M.  Minter

Rebecca M. Minter

A.R. Curreri Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery; Division of Surgical Oncology, Divisions of General Surgery

Surgical oncologist with expertise in pancreatic cancer and leader of pancreatic cancer prevention program. Expertise in surgical education and training.

Michael Pulia

Michael Pulia

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Director, Emergency Medicine Antibiotic Stewardship Research Program

Expert on drug-resistant bacterial infections (superbugs) and efforts to improve antibiotic prescribing in healthcare settings. Improving antibiotic stewardship by reducing diagnostic errors.

Manish Shah

Manish Shah

Professor and Chair, Emergency Medicine

Emergency physician with expertise in caring for older adults. Research on innovative approaches for emergency care of older adults.

Gregg Mitman

Gregg Mitman

Vilas Research and William Coleman Professor of History, Medical History, and Environmental Studies

History of science, medicine, and the environment in the U.S. and the world

Micaela SULLIVAN-FOWLER, M.S., M.A.

Head of Marketing & Communications for Ebling Library; Curator of Rare Books & Special Collections

Public Historian/Librarian who recently installed an exhibition on WW1 & the Pandemic of 1918. Knowledgeable about national & UW experience with 1918 Pandemic.

Mary Hayney

Mary Hayney

Professor of Pharmacy

Expert on immunization of immunosuppressed individuals, vaccine use and policy, and pharmacy-based immunization services.

Oguzhan Alagoz

Oguzhan Alagoz

Professor, industrial and systems engineering; Professor, population health sciences

expert on modeling infectious diseases & cancer; expert in health care analytics

Nasia  Safdar

Nasia Safdar

Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health; Medical Director of Infection Control and Prevention at UW Health

Expert on infectious disease, healthcare-associated infections, and the rise of multi-drug resistant organisms.

Elizabeth (Betsy) Nugent

Chief Clinical Research Officer; Director of Clinical Trials Development and Accreditation

Expertise in innovative methods to improve the efficiency and adaptability of clinical research operations and integration in the health care setting

Mostafa Zamanian

Mostafa Zamanian

Associate Professor, Pathobiological Sciences

Expert on parasitic diseases of humans and animals

Janis Tupesis

Janis Tupesis

Faculty, Emergency Medicine; Associate Director - UW Madison Global Health Institute

Works in the fields of global emergency care and global emergency health systems, with a focus on post-graduate medical education programs.

David Andes

David Andes

William A Craig Professor of Medicine, Microbiology, and Immunology

Infectious diseases clinician and scientist with expertise in general infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance, drug discovery, fungal and biofilm infections

Dr. Michael Miller

Faculty in the addiction medicine fellowship program of the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health

Expert on addiction medicine and general psychiatry,

Jeffrey  Pothof

Jeffrey Pothof

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health; Chief Quality Officer, UW Health

Expert on acute injury and illness, medical helicopter transport, and healthcare quality and safety

William Hartman

William Hartman

Assistant prof of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Public Health; Medical Dir of UW Health Pre-Op Clinic

Principal Investigator for the UW COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Program (Adult and Pediatric Programs), PI for the UW-Regeneron Monoclonal Antibody (Antispike) Clinical Trials

Joshua Roth

Joshua Roth

Assistant Professor, Orthopedics and Mechanical Engineering; Director, Biomechanical Advances in Medicine Lab

Expert on orthopedic biomechanics (especially related to the knee) and total knee replacement (arthroplasty)

Fei Zhao

Comparative Biosciences

Sex organ development

Tamala Bradham

Tamala Bradham

Process Improvement Manager

Extensive leadership experience in defining strategies that strengthen organizations' efficiencies by improving quality, empowering employees, and nurturing an environment of continuous learning using systems science.

Richard Davidson

Richard Davidson

William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry; Founder & Director of the Center for Healthy Minds

Expert in neuroscience of emotion and methods to promote human flourishing, including meditation and related contemplative practices