Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Job Category: Faculty Employment Type: Regular Job Profile: Associate Professor Job Summary: The Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative is designed to help address significant, complex challenges of particular importance to
Wisconsin and the world, through accelerated and strategic faculty hiring, research infrastructure enhancement, interdisciplinary collaboration and increased student and educational opportunities. Wisconsin RISE Initiatives allow UW–Madison to attract top scholars at all stages of their careers to bring interdisciplinary perspectives to solving deeply complex problems. RISE-THRIVE, which stands for Transforming
Healthspan through Research, InnoVation, and Education, is set to harness and grow the university’s reputation as a global powerhouse in interdisciplinary health research — translating both medical discoveries and innovative social science approaches into tangibly healthier lives for Wisconsinites and people and communities around the world. RISE-EARTH, which stands for Environment: Adaptation, Resilience,
Technology, and Humanity, will strengthen the university's ability to address challenges and opportunities related to the environment, translating discoveries into tangible benefits in Wisconsin and beyond. RISE-THRIVE will focus on strengthening UW–Madison’s investments and leadership in two distinct yet complementary areas: the science of immunology and the study of the healthspan, or the number of years a person
is not only alive but healthy. Improving human health and wellness is a critically important global challenge. Milk, and dairy products like cheese, contain many uniquely designed components or metabolites that are generated through fermentation, processing, and digestion processes that can improve human health; these functions warrant further exploration and discovery. RISE-EARTH includes a focus on building
resilient rural communities that heavily depend on dairy processing for their economic sustainability. In Wisconsin, the dairy sector has an economic impact of over $50B. There are over 400 dairy plants or whey processing firms in Wisconsin and 61 out of our 71 counties have at least one of these facilities. Creating innovative consumer dairy products and improving sustainability are key challenges for this dairy
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