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DHS Announces Weekly Newsletter to Keep Public Informed of COVID-19 Response and Vaccine Progress
WI State residents can sign up for weekly emails containing updates, news, and resources. The Department of Health Services (DHS) announced today a newsletter the public can sign up for to get direct information about the …
Funding Opportunity: 2021 Special Interest Projects announced
Each year the CDC releases a group of Special Interest Projects (SIPs) through the Prevention Research Center (PRC) Program. The 2021 Special Interest Project Grants Notice was released on December 21, 2020. If you are interested in …
Applications open: Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist for the Bureau of Community Health Promotion
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), Division of Public Health (DPH) is recruiting to fill the Chief Medical Officer & State Epidemiologist for Community Health, within the Bureau of Community Health Promotion (BCHP). This position can be …
UW-Madison offers surge testing to community amid rise in cases
UW-Madison has started offering free COVID-19 testing to area residents, ages five years and older, beginning Thursday, Nov. 12. This testing is for members of the public and participants do not need to be UW–Madison students or employees. Rapid …
Dr. Patrick Remington on the COVID response in WI
UWPRC’s Associate Director of Training, Dr. Patrick Remington, was recently interviewed by The Guardian for its “Wisconsin battles rapid rise in COVID cases amid partisan disputes over safety” article. Dr. Remington discusses factors that have …
The Public Humanities Exchange (HEX) seeks graduate and undergraduate applicants
UWPRC affiliate, Dr. Heidi Brown and her academic and community-based colleagues, Tia Murray (Harambee Village) and Mariela Quesada Centeno (Roots4Change Coop) are excited to announce a funding opportunity in partnership with The Center for the Humanities …
New infant mortality study by UWPRC director
According to a new Pediatrics study by UWPRC director Dr. Deborah Ehrenthal and her colleagues Hsiang-Hui Daphne Kuo and Russell S. Kirby, higher infant mortality rates in rural US counties are best explained by their greater …
African American Breastfeeding Network: National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month Events
OCTOBER 10 and 15 UWPRC community partner, the African American Breastfeeding Network (AABN), is hosting two virtual events in honor of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month: Comforting through COVID-19 Webinar Saturday, October 10, 2020 …
NYU Langone’s 6th Annual Health Disparities Symposium
OCTOBER 13-16, 2020 Registration for NYU Langone’s 6th Annual Health Disparities Symposium is now open! This year, the event will be held virtually over the course of the week of October 13th. Continuing medical and …