University of Wisconsin-Madison Prevention Research Center staff recently connected with Dalvery Blackwell, the Executive Director and co-founder of the African American Breastfeeding Network (AABN), to chat about how COVID-19 is impacting AABN and the families …
Month: June 2020
Racism is a Public Health Crisis
Dear Partners, In response to the recent unjust killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade, we affirm statements made by the American Public Health Association and Wisconsin Public Health Association calling …
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Breastfeeding Equity
The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center would like to share the following call for papers for a special collection in International Journal for Equity in Health: Interventions and policy approaches to promote equity in breastfeeding. Edited …
New Funding to Support a COVID-19 Related Project
We are pleased to announce that members of the UWPRC have received funding through a 2020 COVID-19 Response Grant, co-sponsored by ICTR and WPP, to support a new project, “Building a Public Health Reserve with …
Now Accepting Applications for the Assistant Researcher Position
The UWPRC is looking to hire an individual to fill an important position on our team. The Assistant Researcher will coordinate and support many activities in the UWPRC. They will navigate researchers to campus resources …
Now Accepting Applications for the Research Program Administrator Position
The UWPRC is looking to hire an individual to fill an important position on our team. The Research Program Administrator will provide support for both the UWPRC and the Division of Reproductive and Population Health …