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New to Public Health Residency Program
The New to Public Health (N2PH) Residency Program- a first-of-its-kind program- is accepting applications for residents and mentors. The program is designed to support new public health professionals transitioning into local, regional, tribal, and state …
Medical Alert! Climate Change is Harming Our Health in Wisconsin
More than 2 out of 3 Wisconsinites are aware that global warming is happening. However, they often see climate change as a faraway threat, in both time and place, and as something that does not …
WPHRN November Newsletter
The WPHRN November Newsletter is now available. It features information on COVID-19 research being conducted in Wisconsin, updates on the New to Public Health and Neighborhood Health Partnership projects, and summaries of member publications along …
Participate In Tick Research Where You Are
The Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Disease, located at UW-Madison and directed by Susan Paskewitz, PhD and Lyric Bartholomay, PhD, has been doing novel research using a free smartphone app, “The Tick App.” The app …
WPHRN Webinar: Using the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin in Public Health Practice
WPHRN staff and Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) researchers co-hosted a webinar June 9, 2020 about using data from SHOW to address public health needs. SHOW is a health research infrastructure that offers …
UW Researchers Provide Data to WI Public Health Leaders to Inform Decisions and Minimize Severe COVID-19 Cases
With the COVID-19 pandemic, UW-Madison researchers within the School of Medicine and Public Health are quickly adapting to support Wisconsin health officials. Researchers at the Health Innovation Program (HIP), who have been working to improve …
Survey to Help Researchers Thwart COVID-19
In a fast-moving response to COVID-19, the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the League of Wisconsin Municipalities are joining forces to help slow the spread of the disease. And they need your help. What can you …
WPHRN Brief: Private-Well Stewardship Among Wisconsin Well Owners
Approximately 940,000 households use private wells in Wisconsin. Currently, there is no required testing for well owners, leaving about a quarter of Wisconsin’s drinking water unregulated and untested. To quantify testing and treatment patterns of …
Webinar Recording Available for the WPHRN Uniform Chart of Accounts Update
WPHRN has been working to bring Wisconsin health departments and public health researchers together to support the Uniform Chart of Accounts (UCOA) project. Recently, WPHRN co-director, Dr. Susan Zahner, co-hosted a webinar with the University of …