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Health professions students participating in a 2018 Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (ICP) in HIV Care course

Interprofessional course prepares students to provide team-based HIV care

Dr. Christopher Crnich and collaborators receive ICTR COVID-19 Response Grant Award

Samantha Murray-Bainer, MD, at University Hospital

Department of Medicine faculty lead patient care innovations during COVID-19 pandemic

Department of Medicine research lab

Four Department of Medicine faculty awarded Wisconsin Partnership Program Research Grants to address COVID-19 challenges

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her lab

Dr. Nasia Safdar receives the Association for Professionals in Infection Control’s 2020 Distinguished Scientist Award

Doctor and patient in clinic

Philanthropic gifts and messages in honor of Doctors’ Day 2020

Patient and doctor in clinic

Department faculty receive notes of gratitude for National Doctors' Day

Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD

Dr. Nasia Safdar elected into the American Academy of Microbiology

White coat

Dr. Lindsay Taylor receives Pearl M. Stetler Fellowship Award

Jeniel Nett, MD, PhD

Dr. Jeniel Nett receives funding for research on mechanisms of pathogenicity for Candida auris

Clinical Nurse Specialist Kendra Haight, BSN, RN

Behind the scenes: A Q&A with clinical nurse specialist Kendra Haight, BSN, RN

Dawd Siraj, MD, MPH

Dr. Dawd Siraj selected for ISDA 2020 Leadership Institute

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her lab

Dr. Nasia Safdar named a 2020 Wisconsin Academy Fellows Award Winner

Above, from left: James Sosman, MD; Shannon Ruth-Leigh, MA; and Chris Chapman, MA, are leading local HIV education and outreach efforts through the UW Health HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Care Program.

UW Health HIV/AIDS Comprehensive Care Program acts locally to end the HIV epidemic

Dr. Westergaard.

Dr. Ryan Westergaard receives funding for research on transitions of care for incarcerated people living with HIV, hepatitis C and opioid use disorder

Dr. David Andes, the inaugural William A. Craig endowed professor and chief of the Division of Infectious Disease in the Department of Medicine, in his office with a keepsake—Dr. Craig’s medical bag.

William A. Craig research award supports emerging investigators in Infectious Disease

Dennis Maki, MD, professor emeritus, Infectious Disease

Dennis Maki, MD, receives Wisconsin Alumni Association’s distinguished alumni award

Department of Medicine faculty and staff received awards during a ceremony on October 2, 2019

Creativity and change: The 2019 faculty dinner and awards presentation

Nasia Safdar, MD, PhD, professor, Infectious Disease, and vice chair for research in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Medicine

Dr. Nasia Safdar wins ISDA's 2019 Oswald Avery Award for Early Achievement

A clinical trial led by Christopher Crnich, MD, PhD, associate professor, Infectious Disease (pictured above, on right), and James Ford, PhD, assistant professor, Social and Administrative Science, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy (pictured above, on left), will compare strategies for implementing a toolkit aimed at improving urinary tract infection (UTI) management in Wisconsin nursing homes

Improving antibiotic stewardship in Wisconsin nursing homes

UW Department of Medicine faculty Dawd Siraj, MD, MPH, and Daniel Shirley, MD, MS

Drs. Dawd Siraj and Daniel Shirley advise on Ebola preparedness in Ethiopia

Members of the HIV Medical Association, including the Department of Medicine's Dr. James Sosman, meet with federal leaders to discuss the 'End the HIV Epidemic' initiative

Dr. James Sosman, national colleagues discuss ‘End the HIV Epidemic’ initiative with HHS secretary Alex Azar II and federal leaders

Doctor-patient relationship

Philanthopic gifts in honor of Doctors' Day 2019

clinician excellence

Clinicians receive 2018 UW health patient and family experience provider champion awards

William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital

William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital earns 5-star rating

laboratory notebook

Department of Medicine climbs to 15th in nation for NIH funding

Dr. Jennifer Weiss and Dr. Ryan Westergaard named as health equity fellows

Dr. Dawd Siraj

Dr. Dawd Siraj appointed to Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Task Force for national society

Candida albicans extracellular vesicles

Study identifies how Candida albicans creates drug-resistant biofilms

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her laboratory

Study investigates treatments for C diff infection in organ transplant recipients

2018 medical literature

What we published in 2018: making a mark on the peer-reviewed literature

Alzheimer's disease scientist Rachel Krause, M

2018: The year in photos

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her laboratory

Dr. Nasia Safdar receives funding for research on C diff prevention using antimicrobial stewardship strategy

Dr. Ryan Westergaard

Hepatitis C on the rise in Wisconsin

QI showcase

Fellowship Match Day 2018: programs build momentum

department research funding

Departmental funding key to fostering investigators’ research success

university hospital complex

2018 pilot study funding awarded for translational research

Dr. Dawd Siraj

Highlights from IDWeek 2018

Memorial Union terrace chairs

Getting to know you: Q&As from new faculty and chief residents joining the Department of Medicine in 2018

Dr. Nasia Safdar in her laboratory

UW-Madison faculty awarded funding for high-risk, high-reward research

2018 faculty awards

A call for community-building: the 2018 faculty awards and promotion ceremony

medications

Helping patients understand when antibiotics aren't needed

Mini Med School - September 2018

Mini Med School urges participants to ‘go with the gut’

leafcutter ant fungus

Searching for new antibiotics under the sea and among battling bacteria

antimicrobial research

UW designated as antimicrobial stewardship center of excellence

MEDiC clinic

Volunteers for free student-run medical clinic recognized

medical research

Department of Medicine members receive UW2020 funding

Dr. William Craig

Dr. David Andes appointed to Dr. William A. Craig Endowed Professorship

HIV test

Analyzing a HIV testing strategy that uses social referrals