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Melanie Buhr-Lawler

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.

Lyric Bartholomay

Lyric Bartholomay

Professor

Director of the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease and expert in mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases.

Adena Rissman

Adena Rissman

Professor of the human dimensions of ecosystem management, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology

Expert on the social and policy aspects of natural resources management and conservation, including land protection, forestry, wildlife habitat, water quality

Gavin Luter

Gavin Luter

Director, UniverCity Alliance

Expert about university/community partnerships, with an emphasis on K-12 schools, including place-based anchor institution partnership development and how to assess their impact

Matthew Ginder-Vogel

Matthew Ginder-Vogel

Assistant Professor, Environmental Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Expert on chemistry of metals and nutrients in environmental systems, drinking water, and waste disposal.

Todd Newman

Todd Newman

Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences Communication

Expert on the intersection between science and society

Adel Talaat

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

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

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.

Karla Strand

Karla Strand

Gender and Women's Studies Librarian

Expert on the role of libraries and knowledge in the empowerment of women around the world, Wisconsin women's history, and contemporary women's and LGBTQ+ literature.

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

Irwin Goldman

Irwin Goldman

Professor, plant and agroecosystem sciences

Expert on public plant breeding, open source seeds, and the breeding of carrots, onions and beets

Adam Bechle

Adam Bechle

UW Sea Grant Institute

Kurt Paulsen

Kurt Paulsen

Professor of urban planning, Dept. of Planning and Landscape Architecture

I study housing policy, affordable housing, local government finance, and land use.

David Nack

David Nack

Professor

David S. Schwartz

David S. Schwartz

Foley & Lardner-Bascom Professor of Law

Expert on U.S. Constitutional Law and history, and the constitutional implications of American politics; procedural and evidence law

Heather White

Heather White

Associate Professor, Dairy Science; Faculty Director, UW Dairy Innovation Hub

Understanding nutrient partitioning to improve feed efficiency and metabolic health in dairy cows

Mary Beth  Collins

Mary Beth Collins

Executive Director, UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies

Executive Director of the UW-Madison Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies. Experience as an Attorney, Nonprofit Professional, and Instructor.

Andrew W. Stevens

Andrew W. Stevens

Assistant Professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics

Expert on applied agricultural and food policy with interests ranging from US agricultural production to consumer food demand and food security

Brian  McInnes

Brian McInnes

Civil Society and Community Studies

Expert on P-12 Indigenous Education policy and practice, world language immersion education, Indigenous environmental stewardship, and Ojibwe/Potawatomi languages and culture.