New Class of 40 Under 40 in Public Health Reflects a Dedicated and Compassionate Workforce de Beaumont Foundation | October 14, 2025 Julianna Manske, MSN, RN, OCN, has been named one of the de Beaumont Foundation’s 40 Under 40 Public Health Class 2025. This honor recognizes rising leaders who are working to improve the health …
Susan Zahner, DrPH, RN, FAAN, associate dean for faculty affairs, professor, and Vilas Distinguished Achievement professor at the UW–Madison School of Nursing, has been recognized by the Wisconsin Public Health Association (WPHA) as the 2023 Carol Graham Lifetime Achievement award winner.
Despite Julianna Manske’s years as a nurse educator and acute care outpatient oncology nurse, she was overwhelmed in 2016 when she became a frontline public health nurse in suburban Milwaukee. The local health department, Manske, MSN, RN, OCN, quickly learned, is where residents turn for answers to all manner of health-related questions, ranging from how to avoid the stomach bug circulating the schools to how to handle a dog bite to the risks of long-term radon exposure.