Bret Benally Thompson Named Physician of the Year
Dr. Bret Benally Thompson was working as a police officer in Texas when he had a “waking vision,” as he describes it, that directed him to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor.
Students benefit from the unification of medicine and public health in teaching, learning and research. Our statewide campus and our partnership with UW Health University Hospitals and Clinics mean more opportunities for hands-on learning, collaboration and engagement.
School of Medicine and Public Health in the country
Health professions programs + 27 PhD and MS graduate programs*
Departments and 30+ centers and institutes
Clinical training partners in Wisconsin
Extramural research funding
Full-time faculty
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We are advancing health and health equity through remarkable service to patients and communities, outstanding education and innovative research.
The Neighborhood Atlas® maps degrees of socio-economic disadvantage, which can affect health outcomes.
Dr. Bret Benally Thompson was working as a police officer in Texas when he had a “waking vision,” as he describes it, that directed him to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor.
Ruth Isenberg, a first-generation college student who earned her PhD in microbiology from the UW–Madison Microbiology Doctoral Training Program in 2023, was awarded the 2024 Nat L. Sternberg Thesis Prize for outstanding doctoral research in the field of bacterial molecular biology.
A UW Health and UnityPoint Health – Meriter program designed to monitor blood pressure during pregnancy and after birth to decrease health complications and hospital readmissions is expanding outside the hospital walls.
Dr. Art Walaszek has been named the next associate dean for faculty affairs and development at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
We are proud of our long history of innovation and translational research. From microscopy to medical informatics, from cancer research to kinetics and rehabilitation, our investigators are making key discoveries that lead to better treatments.
The School of Medicine and Public Health has a deep and profound commitment to diversity, both as an end in itself and as a valuable means for eliminating health disparities.
Diversity missionIn keeping with the Wisconsin Idea, our engagement extends across the state. Through affiliations with UW Health, hospitals, and rural and urban clinics, students and faculty participate in education and research and improve the lives of the people of Wisconsin and beyond.
The Wisconsin Partnership Program funds education initiatives, research and community health programs targeting the state’s vital health needs.
The borders of our campus extend to the entire state. Medical students learn from hundreds of volunteer physicians at hospitals and clinics throughout Wisconsin.
UW Health faculty physicians care for patients at University Hospital, Carbone Cancer Center, American Family Children’s Hospital and other regional hospitals and clinics.
Wisconsin Medicine is the philanthropic partnership between the UW School of Medicine and Public Health, UW Health and donors like you.