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Welcome Dr. Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar
On July 1, we welcomed Dr. Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar as the Associate Program Director of our residency. Dr. Salisbury-Afshar’s focus is on improving the health and wellbeing of people who use drugs and alcohol. Her work includes individual patient care, clinical teaching, and implementation and evaluation of addiction-related programs. She is board certified in family medicine, addiction medicine, and preventive medicine/general public health.
We are thrilled to have her on board!
Graduation 2022
On June 27th, we celebrated Dr. Devlin Cole and Dr. Lin Zhao’s graduation from our program. We had a virtual graduation ceremony to allow participants to attend across the country, followed by a small in-person gathering of the program residents, staff and families. Thanks to everyone who joined us!
Lin is now a clinical informatics fellow at HonorHealth in Scottsdale, AZ. Devlin has returned to her home in Cincinnati, Ohio as a public health communications consultant.
Dr. Lin Zhao published in WMJ
Lin Zhao (PMR ’22) was published in the Wisconsin Medical Journal! Her paper titled Alcohol Use During Chemotherapy: A Pilot Study was featured in the July 2022 journal. Check it out here.
Faculty Update: Dr. Maria Mora Pinzon
Dr. Mora Pinzon (PMR ’17) was featured on Madison.com for her work to improve access for dementia care in the Latinx community. Read the article here.
Faculty Update: Dr. Jon Temte – Monkeypox Q&A
Jon Temte, the Associate Dean for Public Health and Community Engagement and Preventive Medicine Residency Faculty member, gave a Q&A on Monkeypox to the American Academy of Family Physicians. Read the Q&A here.
CDC PMR/F 50th Anniversary
The CDC’s Preventive Medicine Residency/Fellowship (PMR/F) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. To commemorate PMR/F’s 50th year, the CDC featured experiences of some of the program’s alums, including Dr. Pat Remington. You can read his full testimonial here.
Fall Preventive Medicine Program Seminars
Preventive Medicine Program seminars are held on the first and third Wednesday of every month at noon via Zoom. Click here to connect.
September 7: Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH - Topic TBA
September 21: Jane Mahoney, MD - Dissemination and Implementation and community stakeholders
October 5: Amy Kind, MD, PhD - UW Center for Health Disparities Research: An Introduction to Mechanistic Health Disparities Research
October 19: Maria Mora Pinzon, MD, MS - Public Health Implications of Dementia
November 2: Aldo Tinoco - Topic TBA
November 16: Constance Kostelac, PhD and Amy Parry, MPT, MPH - Topic TBA
December 7: Amy Trentham Dietz, PhD - Breast cancer screening guidelines – where are we now?
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