The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is a private medical school,pharmacy school,and graduate school of sciences headquartered in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. The school was established in 1893 and is the largest research center in eastern Wisconsin. It is associated with Froedtert Hospital as well as Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and houses the Center for Infectious Disease Research There are two additional campuses,one in Green Bay and one in Wausau.
Advocate Aurora Health (AAH) is a non-profit health care system with dual headquarters located in Milwaukee,Wisconsin,and Downers Grove,Illinois. As of 2021,the AAH system has 26 hospitals and more than 500 sites of care,with 75,000 employees,including 10,000 employed physicians. The health system formed as a result of a merger between Illinois-based Advocate Health Care and Wisconsin-based Aurora Health Care. AAH is a teaching affiliate of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
ChristianaCare is a network of private,non-profit hospitals providing health care services to all of the U.S. state of Delaware and portions of seven counties bordering the state in Pennsylvania,Maryland and New Jersey. The system includes two hospitals in Delaware,Wilmington Hospital and Christiana Hospital,and one in Maryland,ChristianaCare Union Hospital in Elkton. ChristianaCare operates the Helen F. Graham Cancer Center &Research Institute,the Center for Heart &Vascular Health,The Center for Women &Children's Health,and ChristianaCare HomeHealth,as well as the Eugene du Pont Preventive Medicine &Rehabilitation Center,and a wide range of outpatient and satellite services. ChristianaCare is headquartered in Wilmington,Delaware.
Christopher J. Larson is an American Democratic politician and a member of the Wisconsin Senate,representing southeast Milwaukee County since 2011. He was Senate Minority Leader from 2013 through 2014,and currently serves as Senate Democratic Caucus Chair.
Ben Redmond Lawton,M.D.,F.A.C.S. was an eminent physician,general and thoracic surgeon,healthcare-reformer,educator,and President of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents from 1984 to 1986.
Agnes Binagwaho is a Rwandan pediatrician and the former vice chancellor of the University of Global Health Equity (2017-2022). In 1996,she returned to Rwanda where she provided clinical care in the public sector as well as held many positions including the position of Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Health of Rwanda from October 2008 until May 2011 and Minister of Health from May 2011 until July 2016. She has been a Professor of Global Health Delivery Practice since 2016 and a Professor of Pediatrics since 2017 at the University of Global Health Equity. She resides in Kigali.
Leana Sheryle Wen is an American physician,an op-ed columnist with The Washington Post and a CNN medical analyst. She is a practicing physician,a former Health Commissioner for the City of Baltimore,and author of the books When Doctors Don't Listen:How to Avoid Misdiagnoses and Unnecessary Tests and Lifelines:A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health. Currently,she is a research professor of Health Policy and Management at the George Washington University,where she is a Distinguished Fellow in the Fitzhugh Mullan Institute for Health Workforce Equity. She is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution.
David C. Crowley is an American politician and the 7th County Executive of Milwaukee County,Wisconsin. He is the first African American to serve as the county's top official,and,at age 33,also the youngest. He previously represented Milwaukee as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly,serving from January 2017 until June 2020.
Bellin Health is a health care service headquartered in Green Bay,Wisconsin. Bellin Health serves northeastern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Peter Alan Bell,DO,MBA,FACOEP-dist, FACEP is an American osteopathic physician. He is the current Vice Provost and Dean at Baptist College of Health Sciences,now known as Baptist Health Sciences University in Memphis,TN. Additionally,Bell is nationally known for his continued work on health policy reform and the impact of health policy on the medical profession. Finally,Bell has served as president of the Ohio Osteopathic Association (OOA) and the National President of The American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians (ACOEP).
Ashish Kumar Jha is an Indian-American general internist physician and academic serving as the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator. He is currently on a short-term leave from the Brown University School of Public Health where he served as the Dean. Prior to Brown,he was the K.T. Li Professor of Global Health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute,and a Senior Advisor at Albright Stonebridge Group. Jha is recognized as one of the leading health policy scholars in the nation. Jha's role at Brown University focuses on improving the quality and cost of health care,and on the impact of public health policy.
William Gerard Anthony Holohan is an Irish public health physician who served as Chief Medical Officer of Ireland from May 2008 to 1 July 2022. Fergal Bowers described him as being "as familiar as Dr Anthony Fauci in the US and arguably as influential".
The global COVID-19 pandemic struck the U.S. state of Wisconsin in early February 2020. Although Wisconsin has to date experienced 144 deaths per 100,000 residents,significantly fewer than the US national average of 196 deaths,COVID-19 was one of the three leading causes of death in Wisconsin in 2020. On August 25,2021,Wisconsin public health authorities reported 7 day averages of 1,417 new cases and 236 probable cases per day,an increase of greater than 15 fold since late June 2021. This brings the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin to 651,338. The state's death toll is 7,558,with 30 new deaths over the previous 7 days. As of August 25,2021,12.41% of Wisconsin's residents have been positively diagnosed with COVID-19,the 20th highest per-capita case rate among all US states. January 16's 128 COVID-19 deaths set a new single day record for Wisconsin.
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) is a British Government body that advises central government in emergencies. It is usually chaired by the United Kingdom's Chief Scientific Adviser,currently Sir Patrick Vallance. Specialists from academia and industry,along with experts from within government,make up the participation,which will vary depending on the emergency. SAGE gained public prominence for its role in the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
The National Public Health Emergency Team for COVID-19 (NPHET) was a National Public Health Emergency Team within Ireland's Department of Health that oversaw and provided national direction,support,guidance and expert advice on developing and implementing a strategy to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Ireland.
Sara H. Cody,M.D.,is an American doctor,epidemiologist and public health official serving as the health officer and public health director of Santa Clara County,California,at the time of the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. Cody continues to maintain a regular presence in the media to communicate COVID-19 news and policy.
Dave Ashok Chokshi is an American physician and former public health official who served as the 43rd health commissioner of New York City. He is the first health commissioner of Asian descent. Chokshi previously served as the inaugural chief population health officer for NYC Health + Hospitals and as a White House fellow in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
Kieran Michael Moore is a Canadian physician and public servant who serves as the current Chief Medical Officer of Health of Ontario. Prior to his appointment,he served as the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston,Frontenac,Lennox and Addington from 2017 to 2021.
Jasmine Y. Zapata is an American physician and epidemiologist. She is the chief medical officer and state epidemiologist for community health at Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Her career includes work as a pediatrician,public health researcher,assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin,author,and her support for youth empowerment with a variety of initiatives.
Nadav Davidovitch is a public health physician,epidemiologist and the chair of Israel's association of Public Health Physicians. He replaced Hagai Levine,in 2021,as interim director. Davidovitch has also served as chair of the Center for Health Policy Research in the Negev. Considered an infectious disease expert,he is also a member of Israel's “corona czar’s”advisory committee.
