UW–Madison School of Nursing faculty lead interdisciplinary efforts to advocate for changes in health policy and systems improvements. These changes directly impact the lives of individual patients in Wisconsin and beyond.
Their scholarship focuses on:
- Developing strategic workforce interventions using nursing workforce survey data reports and addressing labor demands.
- Improving health care systems through patient care delivery models, system innovations, and patient safety and quality of care initiatives.
- Advocating for better health care policy through writing policy briefs, serving on the Wisconsin Nurses Association’s Public Policy Committee, providing public hearing testimony, and advancing legislation that improves nursing practice and patient access to care.
- Advancing and evaluating public health programs and community health improvement projects.
Signature Scholarship Areas
Scholars in Health Systems and Policy
Angela Baker, DNP, MS, RN
Position title: Clinical Instructor II
Email:
ajbaker2
Phone: 608-262-9005
Address:
4245 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Carrie Bennett, DNP, RN, APNP, GCNS-BC
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
cabennett3
Phone: 608-263-3699
Address:
3223 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jessica Coburn, PhD, MSN, RN, CNL
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
jessica.coburn
Phone: 608-265-8456
Address:
4224 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Kate Gillespie, DNP, RN, CPH, FAAN
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor
Email:
khgillespie
Phone: 608-263-2313
Address:
4115 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Wendy Halm, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC
Position title: Clinical Professor
Email:
whalm
Phone: 608-263-5318
Address:
4175 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Teresa Lincicum, RN, MS
Position title: Clinical Instructor II
Email:
tlincicum
Phone: 608-263-5297
Address:
3166 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Katie Pavek, PhD, MSN, RN
Position title: Clinical Associate Professor and Wellness Officer
Email:
kausher
Phone: 608-263-0473
Address:
3135 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Roberta P. Pawlak, PhD, RN, NEA-BC
Position title: Clinical Professor
Email:
rppawlak
Phone: 608-263-6111
Address:
4253 Signe Skott Cooper Hall