Faculty research health disparities: preventable differences in health or health risks in which disadvantaged social groups—including people living in poverty, racial and ethnic minorities, women, and LGBTQ+ people—systematically experience worse health or greater health risks than more advantaged social groups.
As health disparities and health equity researchers, we are committed to identifying and intervening on the structural factors that cause health disparities, including
- fundamental causes such as racism and economic inequality;
- health system design;
- experiences of discrimination and oppression.
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More About Research on Health Disparities
Research News
More than Medicine
Professor Linda D. Oakley, PhD, RN, is taking a heart-health message to historically marginalized Black communities and nursing students. As the Louis J. and Phyllis Clark Jacobs Professor in Mental Health, Oakley is committed to using science to find health and well-being solutions to systemic hypertension present in Black communities.
Dr. Jeneile Luebke Receives Award for Study on Indigenous Survivors of Gender-Based Violence
Jeneile Luebke, PhD, RN, received a subaward to support the community engaged study Healing from Within: Identifying and Understanding the Intersecting Barriers to Help-seeking after Experiences of Violence for Wisconsin American Indian Women through Survivor-led Research.
Beyond the Surface
As a senior in high school, Courtney Maurer ’12, DNP’21 thought about a range of careers, including journalism, psychology, and social work. But after seeing the way her grandmother was taken care of in hospice, she discovered her calling to work directly with patients as a nurse.
Data for All
School of Nursing staff and alumni are demonstrating why diversity within research is critical to health outcomes.
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Resources from Researchers
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Wisconsin Network for Research Support
The WINRS team provides researchers with effective and innovative strategies for engaging stakeholders and study participants—especially those from underrepresented populations.
Researchers in Health Disparities
Madelyne Greene, PhD, RN
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
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Phone: 608-265-2382
Address:
3131 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jane Harney, PhD, RN, NNP-BC
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
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Phone: 608-263-5030
Address:
5115 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Wan-chin Kuo, PhD, RN
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
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Phone: 608-263-9886
Address:
4121 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Maichou Lor, PhD, RN
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
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Phone: 608-265-4248
Address:
4117 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Jeneile Luebke, PhD, RN
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
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Phone: 608-890-0555
Address:
5111 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Elliot Tebbe, PhD, LP
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
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Phone: 608-263-9456
Address:
4181 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Megan Zuelsdorff, PhD
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
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Phone: 608-262-5951
Address:
3115 Signe Skott Cooper Hall