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November 2017
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New Awards Address Antibiotic Use, Alzheimer's Disease and Allergies
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The Wisconsin Partnership Program is pleased to announce three new Collaborative Health Sciences Program awards. This year’s awards focus on novel approaches to three significant public health issues: antibiotic use in nursing homes, the role of gut bacteria in Alzheimer’s disease and how farm-related exposures during childhood influence allergic disease.
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Grantee Spotlight
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Research shows that developing strong social and emotional learning skills help children succeed in school and throughout life. Families in Door County now have the opportunity to learn about and develop these important skills through a project funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Program.
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Changes to Our Accounting Team
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The Wisconsin Partnership Program is pleased to announce that Debbie Wu has been promoted to Senior Financial Specialist. In this role Debbie will be responsible for financial grants management and will work with grantees to ensure compliance with financial policies and procedures, including allowable and unallowable grant expenses, nonsupplanting, no-cost extensions and budget revisions.
She joined our team in May 2016 with a focus on reviewing community grantee expenditures and is looking forward to learning more about the education and research grants as well. Please direct any financial-related inquiries to Debbie at dfwu2@wisc.edu or (608) 265-8109.
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Upcoming Events and Opportunities:
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Wisconsin Partnership Program grantee Dr. Randall Brown, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, joins this important discussion on our state’s opioid crisis:
The Opioid Epidemic: A State in Crisis
Randall Brown, Susan Lederer, Rachel Kornfield with Steve Paulson
Thursday, November 16, 2017, 5:30pm
H.F. DeLuca Forum, Discovery Building, 330 N. Orchard St.
An interdisciplinary group of UW scholars - Randall Brown (School of Medicine and Public Health), Susan Lederer (Medical History and Bioethics) and Rachel Kornfield (School of Journalism) - come together to discuss the current opioid epidemic, which is making headlines nationally, in Wisconsin and in Madison. Moderated by Steve Paulson.
The Other Half of Health: An Introduction to the Social Determinants of Health
Many factors beyond medical care influence health. To explore this topic, the Evidence-Based Health Policy Project (EBHPP) will host this first-in-a-series capitol briefing on the social and environmental determinants of health on November 14. Gina Green-Harris, Director of the Wisconsin Partnership Program’s Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families is a featured presenter. Due to high demand, general public seating has closed but you may register to receive program materials and video. The Wisconsin Partnership Program is proud to support the EBHPP and this important work.
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