DFMCH Awards First Four Micro Grants to Support Community Health Projects
In Madison, Allison Hotujec, MD, is organizing a diabetes health fair at the UW Health Odana Atrium clinic. In Wausau, resident Caitlin Harris, DO, [...]
Christa Pittner-Smith, MD, Develops Family Medicine Curriculum for SMPH Internship Prep Course
Christa Pittner-Smith, MD, is developing the family medicine portion of the SMPH’s new internship prep course, which will cover such topics as:- Patient-physician [...]
DeForest-Windsor Team Improves Family Medicine OB Care, Wins Davis Award
A team at the UW Health DeForest-Windsor clinic is in the final stages of a three-year quality improvement project aimed at better supporting family [...]
Meet the 2016 Renner Hansen Honorees
Left to right: Valerie Gilchrist, MD; Marc Hansen, MD; Hansen Lecturer Jonas Lee, MD; and Kenneth Kushner, PhD The University of Wisconsin [...]
Placing Doctors Where They are Needed: Rural Residency Program Expanded
Madison’s Family Medicine Residency Program Director Dr. Kathy Oriel MADISON- More resident physicians will be working in underserved rural areas of Wisconsin [...]
DFMCH Hosts Educational Conference for Chinese Primary Care Physicians
On August 11-14, 2016, the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) welcomed 57 Chinese general-practice (GP) physicians, public health experts and other [...]
Resource Navigators Connect Wingra Patients with Community Services
“I worry that my food will run out before I get money to buy more.” “My family needs clothing, diapers, car seats, back-to-school items, or [...]
Six DFMCH Faculty, FMIG Receive AAFP Awards
The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recognized six UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) faculty, plus our Family Medicine Interest [...]
Nancy Pandhi and Rachel Grob Team Up on New Patient Experience Website
The UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health’s (DFMCH) Nancy Pandhi, MD, MPH, PhD, and Rachel Grob, MA, PhD (also of the University [...]
Innovative New Research Focuses on Influenza Detection, Response in Long-Term Care Facilities
"Conducting a randomized controlled trial in long-term care environments…transforms our expertise from monitoring efforts to evaluating innovative infection control approach in a highly vulnerable [...]