Karges Family Psychiatry Scholarship Encourages Mental Health Trainees
Steve and Lynn Karges understand firsthand the importance of a community having quality psychiatric providers. Scholarship recipient Raizman Velasquez, MD, aims to expand quality care to the Latinx community.
Elaine Alarid Nurtures the Next Generation of Mentors
From her earliest days as a budding scientist, Alarid says she’s always had someone in her corner, which has made all the difference.
COVID-19 Spurs All Functions of School Into Action
The COVID-19 pandemic kicked into high-gear a response from the UW School of Medicine and Public Health's that spans clinical care, research and education.
Technology, Entrepreneurs Changing Healthcare Student Interest Group Aims To Spur Early Collaboration
The student group is looking to provide medical students with firsthand opportunities to experience the medical innovation process.
Pathway Programs Guide Health Care Professionals From Underrepresented Populations
School leaders realize that increasing the number of underrepresented minority students in the health care workforce relies upon getting more students into educational pathways.
Innovative Neurosurgery Teaching Techniques Benefit Patients
The Lincoln Ramirez Neurosurgery Operative Skills Laboratory, which opened in University Hospital’s K Tower in late 2018, is fulfilling its mission and already has been the source of about two dozen research papers.
Graduation Recap
Health professions students celebrated graduation on May 11, marking the end of one chapter and the beginning of a new one.
Native American Center for Health Professions Focuses on Recruitment, Training
The center is chipping away at decades of American Indian and Alaska Natives being under-represented in health professions.
Procedures Fair Offers Students Valuable Practice
The annual Procedures Fair provides students hands-on experience in many of the procedures that physicians, particularly in primary care, encounter regularly.
Deanna Benish Wins Max Fox Preceptor Award
A family practice physician who also does obstetrics at Reedsburg Area Medical Center, Benish has been a preceptor to fourth-year medical students since 2006; she has worked at the medical center since 2001.
Master of Science in Biotechnology Program
A master's degree program designed for professionals is contributing to Wisconsin's thriving biotechnology industry and furthering the School of Medicine and Public Health's commitment to translating research discoveries to practical application.
Reflecting on a Career in Rural Medicine
Byron Crouse, founding director of the Wisconsin Academy for Rural Medicine, may have recently retired but his tireless efforts to improve rural health in Wisconsin will leave a lasting impact.