Center for Healthy Communities

Center for Healthy Communities Faculty:

Name:  Marie Wolff, PhD

Position:  Associate Professor

Degree(s) and College(s):

• BS, Speech and Language Pathology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
• MSW, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
• PhD, Urban Social Institutions (Medical Sociology emphasis), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Programs and Activities:

   Grants:

• Principal Investigator of the "Lakeshore Lodge" project, funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program, to expand and enhance a clubhouse model mental health program in Manitowoc County.
• Partner Investigator of the "Emergency Department to Primary Care Medical Home Referral and Retention" project, funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
• "Principal Investigator of the "Development of a Hispanic Health Patient Navigator Project", funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program, which will develop a culturally appropriate and effective patient navigation model.
• Principal Investigator of the "Determining the Status of Wisconsin School Health Services", funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program, which will assess the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of the current health services infrastructure in Wisconsin public schools.
• Co-Investigator of the "Wisconsin Health Care Utilization" Project, funded by the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Program.
• Co-Investigator of the "Health Care Can Change From Within:  A Sustainable Model for Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Prevention", funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
• Co-Investigator with the "Increasing Identification of Vulnerable Elderly in the Community Utilizing the Electronic Health Records" Project, funded by the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Program.
• Co-Project Director of the "The Aging Imperative:  Teaching Future Family Physicians Skills in Geriatrics" project, funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
• Principal Investigator of the "Partnership for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management in Western Wisconsin, funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
• Community Based Participatory Research Co-Project Director of the "Community Based Participatory Research in Family Medicine", funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
• Co-Evaluation Coordinator for the "Milwaukee Health Care Partnership Outcome Measurement" project

   Teaching:

• Course Director, Integrated Selective, "Promoting Health in Underserved Communities"
• Family and Community Medicine M3 Clerkship

   Research Interests:

• Health Care Safety Net
• Access
• Health Policy
• Community-Academic Partnerships
• Medical Education Curriculum

Name:  Staci Young, PhD

Position:  Assistant Professor

Degree(s) and College(s):

• BS, Economics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
• MS, Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
• PhD, Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Programs and Activities:

   Grants:

• Principal Investigator of the "School Nursing:  The Tipping Point for Health for Vulnerable Families", funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
• Principal Investigator of the "Nuturing Healthy Youth Leaders through Faith-Based Partnership", an expand of the B.R.A.N.C.H. Out (Building a Rejoiceful Alliance of Neighbors for Change and Healing), Church-based Health and Wellness program, funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership program.
• Co-Evaluation Coordinator for the " Raising the Bar Project", funded by the Faye McBeath Foundation.
• "Integrated Curriculum in Population Health and Policy" project, funded by
• Marion Area Coalition for Healthy Communities:  A Partnership to Address Substance Abuse in a Rural Community-Program Evaluation.
  
• Medical College of Wisconsin/Columbia St. Mary's Saturday Clinic for the Uninsured.

   Teaching:

• M1 Clinical Continuum:  Medical Interviewing and Diversity Lecture Series
• Family and Community Medicine M3 Clerkship
• M3 Patient Center Care Intersession
• Integrated Selective, "Promoting Health in Underserved Communities"