Sameer Mathur drawing on a whiteboard and teaching

2025-26 Medical Education Innovation Grants awarded to four faculty and trainees

White coat with embroidered UW–Madison crest

Getting to Know You: Q&As with faculty joining the Department of Medicine in 2023-2024

In memoriam: Amy Hall, division administrator, Geriatrics and Gerontology

In memoriam: Amy Hall, division administrator, Geriatrics and Gerontology

Department of Medicine faculty, staff and trainees interact at the inaugural, interdisciplinary Nutrition and Healthy Aging Theme meeting.

Department hosts first inter-divisional research meeting around Nutrition and Healthy Aging Theme

Drs. Marina Sharifi, Dana Ley, and Sara Donohue watching someone out-of-frame speak

Celebrating Women in Medicine Month 2024

Dr. David Kosoff, one of this year's General Research Pilot Award recipients, in his lab.

2024 Department of Medicine Research Pilot Program Awards announced

Innovation Grant recipient Caroline Burkey, MD, teaches internal medicine residents.

2024-25 Medical Education Innovation Grants awarded to eight faculty and trainees

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The 2024 Department of Medicine Trainee Research Awards

Dr. Natascha Merten

Dr. Natascha Merten leads study improving prediction of midlife cognitive impairment and dementia

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Department of Medicine faculty co-author study on use of blood tests for detecting Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Barb Bendlin

Dr. Barb Bendlin coauthors a study linking gut inflammation with aging and Alzheimer’s disease

Sterling Johnson, PhD, professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology, views brain imaging results.

Sterling Johnson, PhD, to lead nationwide Alzheimer’s disease study with support of $150 million NIH grant

Ryan Powell, MD, PhD

Ryan Powell, PhD, MA, leads UW study linking past military service to Alzheimer's disease

A white lab coat with Department of Medicine stitched in red under the UW–Madison crest.

Getting to Know You: Q&As from new faculty joining the Department of Medicine in 2022-23

Craig Atwood, PhD, professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology, in his lab.

UW study, led by Craig Atwood, PhD, examines potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease in women

Natasha Merten, PhD, MS

Study explores midlife factors associated with blood biomarkers of neurodegeneration and Alzheimer’s disease

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2023 Department of Medicine Research Pilot Program Awards announced

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Medical Education Innovation Grants awarded to eleven faculty and learners

Alexis Eastman, MD, associate clinical professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology. Credit: Clint Thayer/Department of Medicine

Alexis Eastman, MD, receives aging advocacy award from Madison nonprofit

Amy Kind, MD, PhD, explains how to use the Neighborhood Atlas

Federal agency uses tool developed by DOM faculty to shape national health policy

Dr. Alan Bridges, on left, facing Madison VA director John Rohrer, MPH, at the unveiling of the commemorative plaque that will hang outside the newly-named Alan J. Bridges Auditorium at the Madison VA..

Madison VA auditorium renamed in honor of outgoing chief of staff, Alan Bridges, MD

Photo of Carey Gleason, PhD, in front of a background of green leaves.

Gleason research team leads study focused on Alzheimer's disease treatment and prevention in Black adults

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Study finds high economic burden of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias among indigenous populations

Photo of the 2022 Research Day poster award winners.

Thirteenth annual Department of Medicine Research Day is a rousing success

Francisco Alvarado, Pharm D, PhD, assistant professor, in the lab

Getting to know you: Q&As with new faculty joining the Department of Medicine in 2021-22

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New faculty Q&A with Sophie Kramer, MD, FACP

Department of Medicine faculty posing next to a Department of Medicine banner.

Faculty and donors celebrated at Department of Medicine 2022 Investiture Ceremony

Aerial photo of UW-Madison west campus, including University Hospital

U.S. News rankings: University of Wisconsin hospitals No. 1 in Wisconsin; gastroenterology/GI surgery, geriatrics ranked

Residency director Andy Coyle, MD, works with Adam Strand, MD, in a clinic

2022 internal medicine residency graduates' future plans

Dr. Aaron Kuntz stands in front of the VA

Dr. Aaron Kuntz combines knowledge from palliative care, VA advanced fellowships to improve care models

Drs. William Busse, Angela Byars-Winston, and Jane Mahoney

Three Department of Medicine faculty awarded at 2022 ACTS meeting

Dr. Meghan Brennan stands outside wearing dark-rimmed glasses and an orange sweater

Diabetic foot ulcer outcomes point to racial and rural disparities

Dr. Molly Carnes gives a presentation

A champion for women physician-scientists, Dr. Molly Carnes retires

Dr. Amy Kind

Amy Kind, MD, PhD, named inaugural Associate Dean for Social Health Sciences and Programs

Cindy Carlsson

Cynthia Carlsson, MD, MS, selected as chair of the Federal Advisory Council on Alzheimer’s Research, Care, and Services

Molly Carnes

Perceived value of implicit bias workshop can impact faculty’s attendance, engagement

Drs. Shenikqua Bouges and Christine Sharkey

Drs. Shenikqua Bouges, Christine Sharkey, named UW School of Medicine and Public Health Centennial Scholar, Centennial Clinician

Nimrod Deiss-Yehiely, MD, at the hospital

Getting to know you: Q&As from new faculty and chief residents joining the Department of Medicine in 2020-2021

Ann Braus

Ann Braus, MD, becomes a Certified Medical Director

Dr. Molly Carnes, professor, Geriatrics and Gerontology, and WISELI co-founder

NIH recognizes WISELI for its work to improve gender diversity in academia

Amy Kind, MD, PhD

UW shows strong presence at Alzheimer's Association International Conference

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U.S. News Rankings: University of Wisconsin Hospitals No. 1 in Wisconsin; Five Department of Medicine subspecialties represented

Amy Kind, MD, PhD, director, Center for Health Disparities Research

UW launches innovative Center for Health Disparities Research

Rozalyn Anderson, PhD

Biology of aging research essential to understanding vulnerability to diseases

Luigi Puglielli, MD, PhD

Puglielli Lab identifies a potential target for Alzheimer’s therapy

Amy Kind, MD, PhD

Department of Medicine researchers find link between living in disadvantaged neighborhood and declining brain function

Steven Barczi, MD

Dr. Steven Barczi receives funds to improve telehealth at VA Hospitals

Toni Hofhine

Toni Hofhine receives UW-Madison Administrative Improvement Award

The Health Sciences Learning Center and the Wisconsin Institutes for Medical Research

Drs. Molly Carnes and Dorothy Farrar-Edwards honored with the Association for Clinical and Translational Science awards

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A legacy of dementia support: the Dr. Daniel I. Kaufer Lecture Series