Category: Mental, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Health and Well-Being

In our Mental, Psychosocial, and Behavioral Health and Well-Being signature research area, faculty research promotes mental, psychosocial, and behavioral health and well-being for all people across the life course.

Laura Block Awarded Grant to Study Alzheimer’s Disease and Mental Illness Co-Occurrence in Nursing Home Residents

Laura Block, BS, BSN, RN, was awarded a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31) grant to support the study Characterizing Alzheimers Disease and Serious Mental Illness Co-Occurrence Among Nursing Home Residents and Relationship to Symptomatology and Care Practices. 

A Passion for Mental Health Care Becomes a Personal Legacy

Over the course of her 45-year career, Phyllis Clark Jacobs ’65 shaped the landscape of mental health care and psychiatric nursing.

Dr. Katie Pavek | Grant Award

Dr. Katie Pavek was awarded a SoN Research and Scholarship Committee grant to support the project MINDSTRONG™: Improving Wellness for UW-Madison School of Nursing Students.

Dr. Anne Ersig | Grant Award

Dr. Anne Ersig, PhD, RN was awarded a SoN Research and Scholarship Committee grant to support the project Stress and Allostatic Load in Adolescents with Chronic Health Conditions.