Faculty conduct research to improve treatment and quality of life for people living with mental health and substance use concerns.
Our transdisciplinary research:
- Determines possible causes of mental health concerns and substance use behaviors in key populations
- Identifies opportunities for prevention
Populations of interest currently include individuals with chronic health conditions; marginalized communities experiencing despair; people who use drugs; queer, trans/nonbinary, and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
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Research News
Dr. Jeneile Luebke Receives Outstanding Women of Color Award
Each year, UW-Madison recognizes honorees whose advocacy, activism, and/or scholarship have positively transformed their organizations and/or communities and whose efforts advance inclusive excellence for people of color.
Dr. Jeneile Luebke Awarded Grant to Support Indigenous Students
New mentorship program offers support, community for Indigenous graduate students.
Dr. Linda D. Oakley Awarded Grant to Study Health Equity for a Marginalized Black Community
Linda D. Oakley, PhD, RN, was awarded a grant to support the study Health Equity for a Marginalized Black Community: A Feasibility Study of Co-creating Communities of Care Through Partnerships with Community-Based Public Health Nurses. The …
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.
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Researchers in Mental Health & Substance Use
Anne L. Ersig, PhD, RN
Position title: Associate Professor, Frederick P. and Deborah A. Schwartz Professor in Chronic Care Nursing
Email:
anne.ersig
Phone: 608-263-5251
Address:
3121 Cooper Hall, Signe Skott
Jeneile M. Luebke, PhD, RN
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
jmluebke
Phone: 608-890-0555
Address:
5111 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Rachel Odes, PhD, RN
Position title: Assistant Professor
Email:
odes
Phone: 608-263-5195
Address:
3127 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
Teri Pipe, PhD, RN
Position title: Professor of Practice
Email:
tpipe
Phone: 608-263-5458
Address:
4105 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
