WPHRN Champions are network members from research settings who work to increase the engagement of researchers in the network. WPHRN Champions collaborate with network staff and the WPHRN Steering Committee to inform colleagues and students about the WPHRN and its value as a resource and a mechanism to connect public health researchers and public health professionals. WPHRN Champions:
- Share information about the network (e.g. WPHRN website link, WPHRN’s Priority Research Questions, research briefs, and webinar offerings),
- Disseminate information about funding opportunities,
- Promote collaborative public health services and systems research with the network, and
- Encourage colleagues and students to take advantage of WPHRN’s free membership and become involved in network activities such as short term work groups or projects, and
- Consult with colleagues or students about potential research projects and use of the WPHRN to facilitate research.
Contact a WPHRN Champion for more information.
Academic researchers should consider joining WPHRN to connect with public health practitioners and other academicians across Wisconsin who are interested in research and to learn about grant opportunities and study results.
John Meurer, MD, MBA
Paula Bizot, MS, BSN, RN
WPHRN Research Project Manager
608-263-5268
UW-Madison School of Nursing
4182 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
701 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
Linda Conlon
WPHRN Steering Committee Member, Oneida County Public Health Department-Director and Health Officer
715-369-6111
Oneida County Public Health Department
100 W Keenan Street
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Institute of Health and Equity
Rebecca Hovarter
Senior Lecturer, Nursing and Health Studies, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
920-465-2976
Angela Nimsgern
WPHRN Co-chair, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Northern Region-Regional Director
715-365-2721
Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Northern Region
2187 N. Stevens Street, Suite #C
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Darren Rausch
Greenfield Health Department-Director/Health Officer
414-329-5275
Greenfield Health Department
7325 West Forest Home Avenue
Greenfield, WI 53220
Sue Smith
Wood County Health Department-Health Officer
715-421-8911
Wood County Health Department
111 West Jackson Street
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-4167
Susan Zahner
WPHRN Co-Chair, University of Wisconsin-Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
608-263-5282
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing
5226d Signe Skott Cooper Hall
701 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
The WPHRN is a valuable resource for collaboration between researchers and public health professionals. If we value strong evidence to improve public health practice and outcomes, we really need to work together. Engaging in the WPHRN is one way to make that happen.
Susan Zahner, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Susan Zahner
WPHRN Co-Chair, University of Wisconsin-Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
608-263-5282
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing
5226d Signe Skott Cooper Hall
701 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705