Center for Healthy Communities & Research

Center for Healthy Communities & Research Staff:

Name:  Melissa DeNomie, MS

Position:  Program Coordinator

Degree(s) and College(s):

• BS, Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
• MS, Counseling, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Grants:

• Around the Corner for Better Health, funded through Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program (HWPP).
• Los Cuidadores Unidos: United Latino Caregivers, funded through Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program (HWPP).
• Community Based Participatory Research in Family Medicine, funded through Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Teaching:

•  Family and Community Medicine M3 Clerkship

Name:  Shari Hagedorn

Position:  Program Associate

Degree(s) and College(s):

• Associate Degree, Executive Secretary Program, Southeast Community College, Beatrice, NE

Grants:

• Advancing Community-Academic Partnership for Translational Research:  Scientific Citizens and Citizen’s Scientist, funded through Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin (AHW).
• Community Based Participatory Research in Family Medicine, funded through Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
• Senior Mentor Program, funded through the VMP Foundation.

Name:  Amy Kistner, LPC, SAC-IT

Position:  Program Coordinator

Degree(s) and College(s):

• 2003 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Master of Science Degree - Health Psychology; Graduate Certificate - Women’s Studies
• 2000 Carroll College - Waukesha, WI; Bachelor of Science Degree - Psychology Minor - Economics; Minor - Women’s Studies

Teaching:

•  Family and Community Medicine M3 Clerkship

Name:  Michele Leininger

Position: Program Coordinator; Clinical Research Coordinator for Froedtert Radiology (22 current studies)

Grants:

• Salud de la Mujer, funded by the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program
• Benefits of a Patient-Centered Medical Home for High-Risk OB Care (Principal Investigator:  James Slawson, MD)

Name:  Leslie Patterson, MS

Position: Program Coordinator

Degree(s) and College(s):

• MS, Administrative Leadership-Higher Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
• BS, Natural Science with an emphasis on Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI

Grants:

• Building the Family Medicine Workforce Through a Competency-based Three-year Accelerated MD Program in Family Medicine (AMP-FM), funded through Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) (Principal Investigator:  Doug Bower, MD)
• MOVE OUT: A Partnership with Veterans Groups to Enhance Weight Management in the VHA, funded through VA Health Services Research & Development (VA HSR&D) (Principal Investigator:  Jeff Whittle, MD)
• Community Based Participatory Research in Family Medicine, funded through Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Teaching:

•  Family and Community Medicine M3 Clerkship