Why is public health so important to take into account when dealing with the field of medicine? While these schisms may seem unrelated, it is vital to pair them together to create more effective solutions in the field of health and medicine. Redesigning the healthcare system can create change and improve lives.

Patrick Remington was the Chief Medical Officer for Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention in the Wisconsin Division of Health for almost a decade, and joined the Department of Population Health Sciences in 1997. Since, he was the first Director of the UW MPH Program, the UW Population Health Institute, and the UW Preventive Medicine Residency Program, was the first Associate Director for Population Health Science in the Carbone Cancer Center, and was the inaugural Associate dean for Public Health in the renamed School of Medicine and Public Health.

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