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
Carly Babino
Position title: Translating Evidence to Practice in Public Health Intern (2017)
Paula Bizot, MS, BSN, RN
Position title: WPHRN Research Project Manager
Email:
pbizot
Phone: 608-263-5268
Address:
UW-Madison School of Nursing
4182 Signe Skott Cooper Hall
701 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705
Linda Conlon
Credentials: MPH, BSN, RN
Position title: WPHRN Steering Committee Member, Oneida County Public Health Department-Director and Health Officer
Email:
lconlon
Phone: 715-369-6111
Address:
Oneida County Public Health Department
100 W Keenan Street
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Julia Dickson-Gomez, PhD
Credentials: PhD
Position title: Professor of Epidemiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Institute of Health and Equity
Email:
jdickson
Rebecca Hovarter
Credentials: DNP, PHN,A, RNBC, CPH
Position title: Senior Lecturer, Nursing and Health Studies, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Email:
hovarter
Phone: 920-465-2976
Laura Koch
Position title: Translating Evidence to Practice in Public Health Intern (2022)
Angela Nimsgern
Credentials: MPH, CPH
Position title: WPHRN Co-chair, Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Northern Region-Regional Director
Email:
angela.nimsgern
Phone: 715-365-2721
Address:
Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Northern Region
2187 N. Stevens Street, Suite #C
Rhinelander, WI 54501
Darren Rausch
Credentials: MS, BA
Position title: Greenfield Health Department-Director/Health Officer
Email:
darrenr
Phone: 414-329-5275
Address:
Greenfield Health Department
7325 West Forest Home Avenue
Greenfield, WI 53220
Sue Smith
Credentials: MSN, RN, CPM
Position title: Wood County Health Department-Health Officer
Email:
skunferman
Phone: 715-421-8911
Address:
Wood County Health Department
111 West Jackson Street
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-4167
Amy Van Aartsen
Position title: Translating Evidence to Practice in Public Health Intern (2019)
Susan Zahner
Credentials: DrPH, RN, FAAN
Position title: WPHRN Co-Chair, University of Wisconsin-Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Email:
susan.zahner
Phone: 608-263-5282
Address:
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
Credentials: DrPH, RN, FAAN
Position title: WPHRN Co-Chair, University of Wisconsin-Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Email:
susan.zahner
Phone: 608-263-5282
Address:
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing
5226d Signe Skott Cooper Hall
701 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI 53705