A Decade of Progress: DFMCH’s Commitment to Community Health
In the last decade, two words have reshaped the mission of a department committed to not only improving individual health across Wisconsin but also strengthening [...]
Resident Class of 2025 Begins Practice; 60% stay in Wisconsin
As 2025 draws to a close, the graduating residency class has begun the next chapter of their careers. Where are they now, and how [...]
Honoring Innovation, Legacy, and Community at the 2025 Renner-Hansen Awards
What makes a good idea? That question set the tone for the 2025 Renner-Hansen Awards, which honored innovation and contributions to family medicine. Held [...]
Dr. Christopher Nicholas: A Leader in Psychedelic Medicine
With dual training in clinical psychology and neuroscience, Dr. Christopher Nicholas’s career has focused on unraveling the complexities of trauma, addiction, and mental illness. Today, [...]
Dr. Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar Featured in American Family Physician’s 75th Anniversary Video Series
American Family Physician, the journal of the American Academy of Family Physicians, is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a commemorative video series highlighting key [...]
Opioid Prevention and Treatment Grant Awarded
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded a $1.6 million grant to a multidisciplinary research team at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine [...]
RHET Recognized as Featured Program for Producing Rural Physicians
The University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Rural Health Equity Track (RHET) was included in the Rural Medical Training Collaborative’s 2025 [...]
DFMCH Featured at the Healthy Communities Summit 2025
Jonathan L. Temte, Liz Bush, Hazel Behling, and John Eich. Two members of the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and [...]
Celebrating Connection at the Farley-Frey Awards
At the Farley-Frey Awards celebration on September 29, one theme stood out: connection. From heartfelt stories to quiet moments between patients and caregivers, it was [...]
How Curiosity and Compassion Led Resident of the Year Briana Krewson to Family Medicine
Dr. Briana Krewson found family medicine when she was looking for everything else. A self-proclaimed “lover of everything” during medical school, she found herself [...]