Patrick Remington, MD, MPH
Director
Dr. Remington received his undergraduate degree in molecular biology and
his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin. From 1982-1984, he
completed an epidemiology fellowship through the Centers for Disease
Control, and was assigned as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer to
the Michigan Department of Public Health in Lansing, Michigan. From
1984-1988, he was a medical epidemiologist in the Division of Nutrition at
the CDC in Atlanta, where he completed his CDC Preventive Medicine
Residency and, as part of the CDC Career Development Program, obtained an
MPH in Epidemiology from the University of Minnesota. While at the CDC, he
was the lead epidemiologist working on the Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveys. This research focused on the epidemiology of behavioral risk
factors in populations, including smoking, diet and weight control
practices, alcohol use, and other risk factors.
From 1988 until 1997, he was the State Chronic Disease and Injury
Epidemiologist and the Chief Medical Officer for Chronic Disease and Injury
Prevention in the Bureau of Public Health, Wisconsin Division of Health.
During that time, majority of his research was on identifying
characteristics and trends in mammography utilization. His research was
one of the first to suggest that most, if not all, of the increase in
breast cancer incidence was attributable to increasing rates of mammography
in the population. He also conducted research on the effectiveness of
interventions to increase the use of mammography in low-income, rural
populations.
In July 1997, he joined the Department of Population Health Sciences at the
University of Wisconsin, where he is a Professor and Director of the Population
Health Institute, and Associate Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center.
He was also appointed as the Director of the newly established Master of Public Health (MPH) program, part of the Medical
School's transformation to the School of Medicine and Public health.
Dr. Remington's current research interests are on methods used to measure
the health of communities and on public health approaches to tobacco and
cancer control. He has authored or co-authored over 220 publications. He
teaches an introductory public health course in the new MPH program, and an
advanced course on monitoring population health in the Population Health Sciences
program.
Affiliations/Associations:
Director, Master of Public Health Program
Director, UW Population Health Institute
Associate Director, Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center
Chair, Health of the Public Council, State Medical Society of Wisconsin
Chair, Tobacco Advisory Committee, Department of Health and Family Services
Recent Honors and Awards:
State Medical Society of Wisconsin 2000 Meritorious Service Award
Wisconsin Public Health Association, Barbara Lange Health Education Award, 1996
Publications:
Search Dr. Remington's Publications on PubMed
Contact Information:
Patrick L. Remington, M.D., M.P.H.
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Department of Population Health Sciences
760 WARF Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53726 USA
Phone: (608) 263-1745
Fax: (608) 262-6404
Email: plreming@wisc.edu
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