Category: UW Experts in the News

Quoted: Dr. Norman Fost of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. Fost, who was not involved in the survey, wrote an accompanying editorial in JAMA.

Quoted: Dr. Norman Fost, author of an accompanying editorial and chair of the Institution Review Board at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison.

Quoted: John Niles, who teaches medieval literature at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Travis Pickering, an anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

There’s a “recipe” that raises the odds of a teen starting sex early, and the more risky ingredients in a child’s life â?? for example, not feeling close to parents, low self-esteem and lots of TV â?? the more likely he is to be sexually active by age 15, suggests a study released over the weekend.

“It isn’t any one thing. It’s cumulative, and the more risks there are, the greater the chances that they’ll begin sex early,” says Janet Shibley Hyde, a psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She and co-author Myeshia Price reported on their two-year study of 273 children at the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality meeting in Indianapolis.

Quoted: Charles Franklin, a University of Wisconsin political scientist who analyzed public opinion on the nonpartisan Pollster.com.

Quoted: Dr. F. Javier Nieto, professor of population and health studies at the University of Wisconsin.

Two University of Wisconsin faculty members were honored Thursday for their contributions to programs supporting female UW students.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin health sciences professor Jonathan Patz, president of the International Association for Ecology and Health.

Quoted: Allan Odden, co-director of the Consortium for Policy Research in Education at University of Wisconsin-Madison, said that one approach could rely on school-wide “team-building” efforts.

Quoted: Tracey Weigel, chief of thoracic surgery for UW Hospital and Clinics.

Quoted: UW-Madison School of Business professor Antonio Mello.

Quoted: Nancy Sandhu, the Parent Program coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said in an e-mail that the vast majority of parents that contact her office want to help their child, but don’t know how to help. Parents call partly because they are making financial investments in their child’s education and want to see a return on their investment, she said.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist Charles Franklin.

Quoted: John Bibby, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin.

Quoted: Nina Emerson, of the Resource Center for Impaired Driving at University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School.

Quoted: Aaron Bird Bear, American Indian student services coordinator at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Sean Carroll, an evolutionary geneticist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Quoted: Barry Orton, a University of Wisconsin-Madison telecommunications professor and consultant to local governments.

Quoted: Ben-Tzion Karsh, an associate professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

What does mother nature have in store for us this winter? Weather Plus meteorologist John Malan combined science and folklore — to give us a look into the frigid future.

So how bad will it be? Global warming continues.

The NOAA temperature outlook predicts a warmer than normal winter. That trend worries climatologist Dr. Jon Martin.

“Ss each year goes by, I’m convinced that our lack of real cold mornings in particular has something to do with the global climate change,” the UW-Madison professor told us.

Quoted: James Stein, a cardiologist at the University of Wisconsin who works with Merck, Pfizer and other drug makers.

Quoted: Monika Chavez, a professor of German at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, says that with funding for language departments tight, the report has touched off “heated debate” at her institution over how it might affect jobs and hiring.

UW-Madison faculty members Ahna Skop and Sterling Johnson were among 58 researchers awarded the 2006 Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers Thursday at the White House in Washington, D.C.

A return to normal pricing would be “favorable,” said Ken Lonergan, a clinical pharmacist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s University Health Service pharmacy, where prices for birth control rose from $7 or $8 to $30 to $50 a month in January.

The headlines that Yahoo had handed over Chinese journalist and democratic activist Shi Tao’s e-mails and IP address to China’s secret police dominated the news last year. This sent a panic through an industry usually praised for its social responsibility and unaccustomed to external scrutiny. Congress called in the general counsels of four of our leading high tech firms – Cisco, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo – to account for their collaboration with the Chinese government. In the course of events, it became clear that the problem in the high-tech sector was not isolated but endemic.

Author: Michael Likosky is a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and author of “Law, Infrastructure and Human Rights,” (Cambridge University Press).

Quoted: Alfred McCoy, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of the book, A Question of Torture: CIA Interrogation from the Cold War to the War on Terror (Metropolitan Books, 2006).

Quoted: Barry Orton, U-W Madison professor, calls it the most AT&T-friendly bill in the country, and the least consumer-friendly.

Quoted: UW Telecommunications Professor Barry Orton, who opposes the bill.

“We’re on track to get the most AT&T-friendly bill in the country and the least consumer-friendly,” said Barry Orton, a UW-Madison telecommunications professor who opposes the bill.

Quoted: Phil Pellitteri, an entomologist with the University of Wisconsin, said insect life has followed the plants.

Quoted: Kenneth Goldstein, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin who studies campaign advertising.

Quoted: John Magnuson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Donna Weihofen, Senior nutritionist with the UW Hospital and Clinics in Madison.

Quoted: Robin Alta Charo, a professor of law and medical ethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Karyn Riddle, an assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at UW-Madison, says research supports the idea that what children watch does affect them. She cited a study from Strasburger & Wilson that addresses children ‘s reactions to adult-themed media.

Quoted: Jonathan Foley, a climatologist at the University of Wisconsin who has studied Lake Chad extensively and admires Gore’s work on climate change, said the primary explanation for the disappearance of the lake appeared to be regional climate cycles exacerbated by local irrigation practices.

Quoted: Dr. Michael Fiore, a University of Wisconsin professor of medicine who is also chairman of the federal Public Health Serviceâ??s guidelines panel on smoking cessation.