
Faculty conducting health systems and public health research use systems models and approaches to understand how the interactions between people and context influence the health of individuals and populations and study the delivery of health care and public health services.
Our research focuses on:
- Analyzing complex systems of people, technology, environments, communities, and organizational structures
- Developing innovative systems to enhance patient experience, improve population health, reduce costs, and support team well-being and performance
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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.
Drs. King and Steege Awarded Administrative Supplement for Grants in Health Services
Barb King, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN, and Linsey Steege, PhD, were awarded an Administrative Supplement for Grants in Health Services to support the study Preventing Hospital-Acquired Disability: An Intervention to Improve Older Adult Patient Ambulation – Supplement.
Dr. Tonya Roberts Awarded a Vilas Life Cycle Professorship Grant
Dr. Tonya Roberts, PhD, RN, was awarded a Vilas Life Cycle Professorship grant to support the study Optimizing Person-Centered Care for Nursing Home Residents.
Dr. Barb King and Dr. Diane Farsetta Awarded Grant from Bader Philanthropies | Grant Award
Dr. Barb King, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN and Dr. Diane Farsetta, PhD were awarded a grant to support the project titled UW School of Nursing and UW Health – 4M Initiative.
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Wisconsin Public Health Research Network
WPHRN is a group of health department leaders and researchers who support and advance public health systems and services research that is driven by the needs and interests of health departments in Wisconsin.
New to Public Health Residency Program
The New to Public Health (N2PH) Residency Program is a first of its kind, 12-month, professional development program designed to support new public health professionals transitioning into a governmental public health agency.
The development of N2PH is supported by the NIH CTSA at University of Wisconsin-Madison grant 1UL1TR002373 and the UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health’s Wisconsin Partnership Program, WPP-ICTR grant #4358. Additional grant funding was provided by the UW School of Medicine and Public Health from the Wisconsin Partnership Program through a grant to the UW Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, and from the UW-Madison School of Nursing (PI: Susan Zahner).