Fellowship Symposia

The T32 Primary Care Fellowship team is a bi-annual event showcasing the research and scholarly work of our research and clinical fellows in DFMCH. It provides opportunities for fellows to present their research and academic activities to mentors, fellows, faculty, and staff. Each symposium consists of conference-style podium presentations.

Symposia are opportunities to gather to discuss strategies and methods pertinent to primary care research, meet our fellows, and offer feedback to early career clinicians and researchers.

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Time: 8:30 am – 12 pm (8:30 am – 9:00 am – Breakfast; 9 am – 12 pm – Presentations; 12-1 pm – Lunch)
Location: Oak Room at DFMCH Administrative Building (610 N. Whitney Way, Madison WI, 53705)

Please RSVP no later than Tuesday, April 29, 2025 by using this registration link.

We welcome your presence and participation. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided, and we encourage you to stay for networking following the presentations.

While a virtual attendance option will be available for those unable to join us in person, we strongly encourage attending in person to foster the benefits of live presentations and interactive discussions.

Please contact Christina Swords at christina.swords@fammed.wisc.edu with any questions.

Fellowship Symposium Schedule

8:00 am – 8:30 am: Room opens, Presenting fellows can check the technology

8:30 am – 9:00 am: Breakfast

9:00 am – 9:15 am: Welcome and Opening Remarks

9:15 am – 9:35 am: Sydney Tan, MD (Research)
Effects of a Smartphone-based Well-being Training in Frontline Residents: A Randomized Clinical Trial

9:35 am – 9:55 am: Laura Prieto, PhD (Research)
“Nuestro Ritmo”: Latino People with Parkinson Disease and their Care Partners’ Experience and Perspectives on Community-based Exercise Programs and their Occupational Priorities

9:55 am – 10:15 am: Emily Claypool, PhD (Research)
System Perspectives on MOUD: Determinants of Low-barrier MOUD Provision across Six Rural Wisconsin Counties

10:15-10:30 am: Break

10:30 am – 10:50 am: Elizabeth Ver Hoeve, PhD (Research)
Biobehavioral Intervention Following Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation: A Feasibility and Acceptability Randomized Controlled Trial

10:50 am – 11:10 am: Miena Hall, MD, IBCLC (Research)
Novel Bacillus cereus Screening Protocol Reduces Contamination and Milk Loss at Human Milk Bank

11:10 am – 11:15 am: LGBTQ+ Health Fellowship Intro

11:15 am – 11:35 am: Erin Gutowski, DO (LGBTQ+ Health)
Fellowship in Practice: Engaging Rural Clinicians Through Community and Capacity-Building

11:35 am – 11:40 pm: Integrative Health Fellowship Intro

11:40 am – 12:00 pm: Karina Viloria-Rodríguez, MD (Integrative Health)
Advancing Integrative Health and Equity Through Clinical Practice, Research, and Education: A Fellowship Experience

12:00 pm – 12:10 pm: Closing Remarks

12:10 pm – Lunch

Review the program abstracts. (PDF)

Fellowship Research Seminars

The fellowship seminar series provides an opportunity for trainees, mentors, and other faculty and staff to interact, share research experiences, and discuss research ideas. The seminar also exposes trainees to senior UW scientists and visiting professors.  The themes of the seminars have focused on topics which address primary care research practice and principles, as well as advice relating to careers in academic medicine, research ethics, writing and reviewing manuscripts, and writing and reviewing grant proposals.

These seminars occur on a weekly basis on Thursdays between 12-1 pm in 610 N. Whitney Way. Research fellows attend as part of their training program, but other DFMCH fellows, residents, research staff, and research faculty are welcome to attend any sessions as well. Please contact fellowship coordinator Christina Swords at christina.swords@fammed.wisc.edu with any questions or if would like to attend an event.