On July 1, 2006, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Health Policy Institute (HPI) was reorganized into the Department of Population Health to reflect the increased role it will take in the College’s public and community health and clinical and translational sciences efforts.
The Department of Population Health consists of the Divisions of Administration, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology and the Center for the Study of Bioethics.
In November of 2007, Professor Cheryl A. Maurana, PhD, was selected to serve as the Interim Chair of the Department. Dr Maurana also serves as the Senior Associate Dean for Public and Community Health at the Medical College of Wisconsin and received national recognition for her work in public health research and community partnerships.
Professor John P. Klein, PhD, serves as the Director of the Division of Biostatistics, Professor Jane Morley Kotchen, MD, MPH, serves as the Director of the Division of Epidemiology, and Robyn S. Shapiro, JD, Ursula Von der Ruhr Professor in Bioethics, serves as the Director of the Center for the Study of Bioethics. Susan M. Ristow, MS, is the Department Administrator.