Giles to become Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery interim fellowship program director
Dobie Giles, MD, MS, MBA, professor in the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS), will become the interim URPS fellowship program director, effective June 1, 2026. Giles will take over the program director position from Jon Pennycuff, MD, MSPH.Giles has held several leadership roles in the UW Depa...
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Zhang to become associate program director of ob-gyn residency
The UW Department of Ob-Gyn residency is happy to share that Ran Catherine Zhang, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, will join the residency leadership team as an associate program director, effective July 1, 2026. Dr. Zhang will take over this role from Caroline Cox, MD, who will step down ...
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Cox to become director of Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery
Caroline Cox, MD, will become director of the Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (URPS) on July 1, 2026. Her clinical, research, and educational expertise will be an incredible asset in this leadership role!Cox received her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Penns...
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Women's Healthcast: Paths to Parenthood, featuring Laura Cooney, MD
There can be many paths to becoming a parent. Third-party reproduction – or using donor eggs, donor sperm, donor embryos, or gestational carriers as part of a person or family’s fertility care journey – is incredibly common. Laura Cooney, MD, associate professor in the Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, ...
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Rose joins Ask a Doctor panel at 2026 WOCA Survivors’ Brunch
Steve Rose, MD, professor in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology, joined the Ask A Doctor panel at the annual Wisconsin Ovarian Cancer AllianceOvarian Cancer Survivors’ Brunch on April 26, 2026. Hosted at the Wisconsin Club in Milwaukee, the annual Survivors’ Brunch brought ovarian cancer survivors and their guests from arou...
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Birkeland receives 2026 UW SMPH Dean's Teaching Award
Congratulations to Laura Birkeland, MS, assistant professor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine! Birkeland was selected to receive the 2026 University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Dean’s Teaching Award. Birkeland, who is a certified genetic counselor, currently serves program director for the Maste...
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Department of Ob-Gyn hosts successful 2026 Department Research Day
On May 21, 2026, the UW Department of Ob-Gyn gathered in the Health Sciences Learning Center for a busy and bustling Department Research Day. UW School of Medicine and Public Health Dean Nita Ahuja, MD, MBA, opened the event with remarks about on the importance of pausing to focus on research and collaboration, followed by a ...
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Alaniz presents at Wisconsin Public Health Association 2026 meeting
The Wisconsin Public Health Association hosted their 2026 Annual Conference in Wisconsin Dells May 19-21, 2026. Krissy Alaniz, PhD, MPH, clinical research manager for the UW-Madison Prevention Research Center core project Adaptation of Staying Healthy After Childbirth (STAC) to Prevent and Reduce Racial Disparities in Postpar...
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Mohamed and Stanic Lab team publish study in American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Mona Mohamed, PhD candidate in the Stanic Lab, is first author on a new article published in the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. Co-authors include Yan Li, Andrea Wegrzynowicz, PhD, Payton Lindner, Jessica Vazquez, PhD, Gladys Lopez, and Aleks Stanic, MD, PhD. In the study T-bet Fate Mapping Reveals Gestational S...
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