By Stephen Cohn
Dec 9, 2020 4:06 PM
MADISON, Wis. UW-Madison’s School of Medicine and Public Health is seeing a record number of applicants this year amid the pandemic.
Dr. Mary McSweeney, the school’s assistant dean, calls it the ‘Fauci Effect’ or ‘Pothof Effect,’ named after Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert; and Dr. Jeff Pothof, UW Health’s Chief Quality Officer.
“After [the September 11th attacks] there was a huge increase in the number of young people going into the military,” Dr. McSweeney said. “And now, we see a physician like Fauci nationally, and Pothof locally, who are inspiring the next generation of young people to come and be part of the solution.”