Women's Healthcast: Health and Aging: Weight and Wellness, Part 1, featuring Kate Sample, MD

Over the last few months, the Women’s Healthcast has focused on how aging can affect our health. For the last final episodes in the Health and Aging series, we consider the impact of aging on metabolism – including societal implications. Kate Sample, MD, associate professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn, ... more

Jacques receives APGO Humanism in Teaching Award

Congratulations to Laura Jacques, MD, associate professor in the Division of Academic Specialists in Ob-Gyn! Jacques was selected as a 2025 recipient of the Humanism in Teaching Award from the Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics. The APGO Humanism in Teaching Award honors ob-gyn educators from APGO member ... more

Bhagavath discusses fertility coverage with Wisconsin Today on WPR

Bala Bhagavath, MD, professor and director of the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, joined Wisconsin Public Radio’s Wisconsin Today to discuss fertility coverage amidst bills circulating in the Wisconsin state legislature to reduce the cost of IVF treatment. In “Wisconsin lawmakers discuss competing bill... more

Wendland receives 2025 SMPH GWIMS/BIRCWH Women’s Health Research Mentorship Award

Congratulations to Claire Wendland, MD, PhD, professor in the Division of Reproductive and Population Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Anthropology, who was selected to receive the 2025 UW School of Medicine and Public Health Group on Women in Medicine and Science (GWIMS)/Building Interdisciplinary... more

Women’s Healthcast: Health and Aging: Protect Your Pelvic Floor, featuring Maureen Sheetz, APNP

For the last few months, the Women’s Healthcast has been taking a look at health and aging, covering everything from perimenopause to sex to heart health. In the second-to-last episode of the Health and Aging series, the focus is on an all-important but sometimes under-appreciated group of muscles in the body: the pelvic floo... more

Cooney joins WORT to clarify fertility myths

Laura Cooney, MD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, recently joined WORT FM to discuss a new pseudo-medical treatment called restorative reproductive medicine. Pro-choice advocates are warning about the rise of a new pseudo-medical treatment called restorative reproductive medi... more

Shapiro Summer Research students present Ob-Gyn-mentored projects at 2025 Research Forum

Students participating in the 2025 Shapiro Summer Research Program presented their work at the Annual Medical Student Research Forum on November 24, 2025. Students and their impressive presentations include: Alyssa Solberg, mentored by Kara Hoppe, DO, PhD: Trends in Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Highlight Persistent Rac... more

Stanic-Kostic to become director of the Division of Reproductive Sciences and Vice Chair for Basic and Translational Research

Aleks Stanic-Kostic, MD, PhD, will become Director of the Division of Reproductive Sciences and Vice Chair of Basic and Translational Research, effective January 1, 2026. He will take on these roles when Manish Patankar, PhD, steps down from these two roles to become the Senior Director of SMPH Shared Resources. Dr. Patankar ... more

Pennycuff to become Grand Rounds program director

Jon Pennycuff, MD, MSPH, assistant professor in the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, will be the next UW Department of Ob-Gyn Grand Rounds program director. He will take on this role following the departure of Laura Bozzuto, MD, MS, who served as the Grand Rounds program director since 2020. Please... more
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