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DFMCH E-News Summer 2025
Members of the ORCHARDS team host a community appreciation party in Oregon

A Decade of Discovery: ORCHARDS Concludes After Ten Years of Groundbreaking Research
After more than a decade of groundbreaking work, the Oregon Child Absenteeism Due to Respiratory Disease Study (ORCHARDS) has concluded. Launched in 2014, ORCHARDS became one of the most comprehensive and long-running community-based studies of respiratory illness in school-aged children in the United States.
Shelly Shaw, seated at the back of the canoe on the left, explores Legend Lake during a water workshop led by Marla Mahkimetas, a Menominee water educator and artist.

A Journey Through Wisconsin’s Forests and Rivers with DFMCH’s Shelly Shaw

When a colleague recommended she apply for the Wisconsin Idea Seminar: Forest + River,  Shelly Shaw, director of the University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Office of Community Health, agreed it sounded like a unique professional development opportunity.  
Dr. Dejun Su

Dr. Dejun Su Joins DFMCH as Vice Chair for Community Health

Dejun Su, PhD, a medical sociologist with a longstanding commitment to advancing health equity, will join the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health (DFMCH) as vice chair for community health, on August 1, 2025. His new role marks a welcome return to a campus that left a lasting impression on him years ago. 
UPCOMING EVENTS

DFMCH Grand Rounds Forums 

Tuesday, Sept 30, 2025 | 12:15 – 1:15 PM (Central)

"Creating a Manageable Cockpit for Clinicians: Fixing the Workplace, Not the Worker"

Christine Sinsky, MD
Farley Visiting Professor for 2025
Christine Sinsky, MD
Bill Schwab, MD

Bill Schwab, MD Receives AAFP Career Award

Congratulations to Bill Schwab, MD (Professor Emerit) on receiving the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) 2025 Thomas W. Johnson Award for Career Contributions to Family Medicine Education!
FMIG students pose with 2024 Program of Excellence certificate.

FMIG Named 2025 AAFP Program of Excellence

Congratulations to the UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) on being named a 2025 American Academy of Family Physicians Program of Excellence!
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