With a new class of Fellows comes a new group of Preceptors. These amazing mentors work with Fellows one-on-one for two years--check out their profiles here!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tim Size, BSE, MBA [Preceptor]
What is your role in the WI Population Health Fellowship program?
This is my first time as a preceptor for the WI Population Health Fellowship program. I am very excited about the opportunity to work with Kristen Audet during her placement at the Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC). Together with rural public health directors, public schools, clinics and RWHC hospitals, we will be developing a consortium to improve low childhood immunization rates.
Friday, August 19, 2011
Nicole Angresano, MPH [Preceptor]
Nicole is the Vice President of Community Impact for United Way of Greater Milwaukee. She oversees more than 160 United Way-funded health and human service programs, as well as leading United Way’s community-wide teen pregnancy prevention efforts aimed at reducing Milwaukee’s rate of births to teens by 46% by 2015–an issue that has been a focus for her since completing a graduate school thesis on the topic. Nicole received the 2010 Special Achievement of a Public Health Partnership from WPHA for her role in addressing Milwaukee’s teen pregnancy crisis.
Mari Gasiorowicz, M.A [Preceptor]
I’m an Epidemiologist in the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, AIDS/HIV Program. I joined DPH in 1994, initially as coordinator of the statewide HIV prevention community planning process, then as HIV prevention evaluation coordinator, and have focused on epidemiology in the last few years.
My greatest work interest is in triangulating multiple data sources and presenting the data in meaningful ways that lead to action. One of the AIDS/HIV Program’s biggest areas of emphasis in the last few years has been on addressing HIV in young African American MSM in Milwaukee County. HIV incidence and prevalence are both very high in this population. The DPH AIDS/HIV Program and City of Milwaukee Health Department invited Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct an investigation in 2009. Since then, we have been working with community partners to mount a response to this situation. It is exciting to see both the level of community engagement and the amount of funding that the planning process has leveraged.
Sara Finger [Preceptor]
Since June of 2004, Sara has been leading the effort to develop a new organizational coalition to unite, coordinate and amplify the voices of women's health supporters in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Alliance for Women's Health is dedicated to advancing comprehensive women’s health in Wisconsin by engaging, educating, empowering and mobilizing individuals and organizations. Prior to assuming this role, Sara was the Northeast Director of Membership and Professional Relations for the Wisconsin Medical Society. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. She was a 2009 Mid-America Public Health Leadership Institute Fellow and currently serves as a Steering Commttee member of the Wisconsin Covering Kids & Families and board member of the Wellness Center for Door County. In 2010, Sara received a Champion of Women's Health Award from the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation. In 2011, she was recognized by the Wisconsin Coalition Against Sexual Assault with a Voices of Courage Award.
Millie Jones, MPH [Preceptor]
Millie Jones is employed by the Department of Health Services where she currently serves as the Family Health Clinical Consultant in the Family Health Section, Bureau of Community Health Promotion. Millie has experience in management and program positions in the Division of Public Health for over 20 years. Millie is currently committed to the life span approach for women and is interested in improving the health promotion messages targeted to women 15-44 years of age. Millie is a graduate of Wake Forest University, Wake Forest Medical School Physician Assistant Program and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
Lesley Wolf [Program Coordinator]
What is your role in the WI Population Health Fellowship program?
Program Coordinator
What are a few highlights of your background in public health?
Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, I served as the Sales Manager for Homegrown Wisconsin Cooperative. I supported Wisconsin organic vegetable growers as a liaison to chefs in Chicago, Milwaukee and Madison and worked with communities to develop localized food systems.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Welcome 2011-2013 Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellows!
On July 1, six new Wisconsin Population Health Service Fellows – Kristen Audet, Akbar Husain, Emma Hynes, Rashonda Jones, Anneke Mohr and Tyler Weber arrived in Wisconsin, rolled up their sleeves, and got to work. As part of their orientation to the program, new Fellows joined continuing Fellows Katarina Grande, Kelli Stader, Paula Tran Inzeo and Katherine Vaughn-Jehring in a day of service, landscaping a recently completed home for Habitat for Humanity.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Action: Preceptor up for CLASSY Award
Preceptor Sara Finger is a finalist for a CLASSY Award for Young Nonprofit Leader of the Year. Winners receive national recognition and $150,000 for their cause. You can vote for Sara by visiting this site: http://classyawards.stayclassy.org/classy-awards/voting
Quick! Voting closes August 26th.
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