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Staff
- Lee T. Banfi, M.B.A., C.P.A., F.H.F.M.A.
- Dennis J. Baumgardner, M.D.
- Karen Blanchard
- Farrin Bridgewater, B.A.
- Han-Yang Chen, M.S.
- Ron A. Cisler, Ph.D.
- Paul Florsheim, Ph.D.
- David Frazer, M.P.H.
- Loren Galvão, M.D., M.P.H.
- Gina Green-Harris, M.B.A.
- Amy Harley, Ph.D.
- Stephanie L. Houston, M.B.A.
- Paul Hunter, M.D.
- Amanda Joyce, B.S.
- Courtenay L. Kessler, M.S.
- Amy Kirby, M.S.W, L.C.S.W.
- Melissa Lemke, M.A.
- Andrew Marek, B.B.A.
- Naoyo Mori, Ph.D.
- Nia C. Norris, M.A., B.A.
- Cacy Odom-Williams, M.B.A.
- Ruth M. Perez, B.A.
- Laura Ramos, B.A.
- Jessica Rice, M.P.H.
- Nicole Robinson, M.P.H., M.S.W.
- JoAnne Sabir, M.S.W.
- Trina C. Salm Ward, M.S.W., A.P.S.W., C.C.R.C.
- Geoffrey R. Swain, M.D., M.P.H.
- Anne Marie Talsky, B.A.
- Service Learning Opportunities
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News
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In the Media
- 2012
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2011
- Dennis Baumgardner Honored by State of Wisconsin
- Advancing Public Health Research Globally and Locally
- Center Investigator Speaks at Wisconsin Local Food Summit
- Empty Cradles | Confronting Our Infant Mortality Crisis
- Mapping Milwaukee's Infant Mortality Crisis
- Cisler cited in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on the Wisconsin's Health Ranking
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2010
- Right to Breastfeed Act Signed Into Law
- Free e-book for children: Pandas’ Earthquake Escape
- City of Milwaukee Health Department Releases Summary Report from the Safe Sleep Summit
- Recent Center Achievements
- Center Receives Milwaukee Health Champion Award
- Expectant Parents Can Find Hospital Birth Care Services, Information Online
- Researchers Getting Closer to Cause of Alzheimer's Disease
- Social and public health issues: An Interview with Nicole Angresano
- Cisler quoted in Milwaukee Magazine newsbuzz
- Wisconsin Has Highest African American Obesity Rate in the Nation
- Milwaukee LIHF Coalition to Fight Infant Mortality Receives $250,000 Grant
- SHOW featured in the Milwaukee Health Department's Healthy Times newsletter
- Salm Ward quoted in Milwaukee Magazine newsbuzz
- City's Teen Birth Rate Drops Again
- New Blog Profiles Center Associate Director and Fellow
- JSOnline Feature Article
- Meet the Need - 88.Nine Unified Milwaukee Radio Segment
- Center Director Activities Highlighted
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2009
- Group Prenatal Care for Pregnant Teens
- Rep. Pasch Applauds Assembly Passage of Breastfeeding Legislation
- The Mix and Race for the Cure
- Center for Urban Population Health and Aurora Health Care's Partnerships with ARCW highlighted
- OnMilwaukee.Com Underscores Milwaukee's High STD Rates
- Celebrate Public Health Week - Statewide Simulcast & Discussion April 3
- Adherence to Hypertension Drug Treatment
- Infant Mortality Fight Gets $10 Million Boost in State
- National Minority Health Month: Focus on Preconception Health
- Center Staff Honors
- National Public Health Week April 6-12, 2009
- Breast Cancer in Southeastern Wisconsin
- Domestic violence killings put state on deadly pace: 30 people have died so far this year; 11 in county
- South Milwaukee Health Department and Aurora Health Care Plan Community Health Survey
- Food and Water Contamination, Radio Interview on UWM Today
- Wisconsin featured in the September 2009 Pulse newsletter from the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Take the Test, Take Control: HIV Testing and Awareness Event
- Milwaukee Health Report 2009 Demonstrates Dramatic Health Disparities
- Breast Cancer Screenings More Commonly Put Off Amid Economic Distress
- Group Prenatal Care for Vulnerable Pregnant Teens
- Breast cancer screening saves lives, lowers medical costs
- Poverty's High Cost to Health
- World AIDS Day 2009
- City of Milwaukee Health Officials Announce Drop in Teen Birth Rate
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2008
- More than a matter of aging
- Regents Approve Milwaukee School of Public Health
- Young and in need
- Reducing Infant Mortality in Racine
- Center Could Be Model for New School of Public Health
- WHA Board Approves Adding New Perinatal Measures to CheckPoint
- The Business of Cancer Research (PDF)
- Troubling Disparities in Infant Mortality Rates
- Milwaukee's Infant Mortality Rate Rivals That Of Third World Country
- Fighting and Treating Substance Abuse
- United Way of Greater Milwaukee Named Community of the Month
- WPR Series: Infant Mortality
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2007
- Effects of Post Partum Depression
- Three CHS Faculty Receive Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Funding Awards (PDF)
- Barb Lawrence: Cultivating better dementia care
- Study takes close look at homicides: Agencies come together in effort to reduce killings
- CHS Faculty Receives $100,000 Grant from Helen Bader Foundation
- Editorial: A reason for optimism
- Budding Researcher Recognized for Work in Postpartum Depression
- Welcome support: Grant will fund local infant mortality research (PDF)
- Health disparities in Milwaukee by socioeconomic status
- City receives poor marks in check-up
- Wisconsin Partnership Program Awards 21 Grants Totaling $5.3 Million
- Eells Reveals the Mystery of the Healing Light (PDF)
- September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month (PDF)
- 2006
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Press Releases
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2010
- Join more than a million people walking in March for Babies to help give all babies a healthy start!
- New County Health Rankings Give First County-by-County Snapshot of Health in Each State
- National Effort to Reduce the Risk of Stillbirth
- babyfirst: New Website Resource for Parents and Clinicians on the NICU Experience
- Teen Suicide Prevention Campaign launches the Reach Out Web site Resource for Teens
- City of Milwaukee Health Department and its Community Partners Honored for Excellence in Public Health
- Wisconsin Partnership Program releases Community-Academic Partnership Fund Requests for Partnerships
- Joint Center Commission Report Says More Research, Policy Changes Needed to Boost Involvement of Expectant Fathers in Pregnancy Outcomes
- Check out the Milwaukee LIHF Wiki!
- Milwaukee Health Department Releases Community Health Planning and Policy Recommendations
- September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
- 2009
- 2008
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2010
- Reports
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In the Media
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Events
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Past Events
- Fall 2011 Public Health Series
- YWCA Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action
- Fall 2011 Public Health Series
- YWCA Unlearning Racism: Your Role in Addressing Racism
- SAVE THE DATE for Poverty Matters! Conference
- SUID/SIDS Webinar Series
- YWCA Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action
- Fall 2011 Public Health Series
- YWCA Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action
- 5th Annual Race, Families and Milwaukee Summit
- AWHONN State Conference and Healthy Babies Summit
- 9th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Program
- 9th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Program
- Fall 2011 Public Health Series
- Covering Kids & Families
- YWCA Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action
- 9th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Program
- 9th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Program
- 9th Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Program
- YWCA Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action
- Black Health Coalition's Community Health Forum
- Gathering Waters Festival
- Beyond Accountability: Measuring Nonprofit Performance to Improve Practice
- Private Sector Employer Innovations in Health Care Financing and Delivery
- 2011 WPHA - WALHDAB Annual Conference
- Bay View Fox Run
- Celebrate the new home of The Healing Collective
- Health Disparities Interest Group Meeting
- The Ecology of Hydrocarbon Degradation in Gulf Beach Sands Impacted by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
- 18th Annual Women of the World Conference
- Pathogens and their Indicators in Beach Sands: Sources, Fate, and Transport
- Milwaukee LIHF Save the Date - Plenary Session
- Illuminate the Journey
- Microbial Diversity and the Rare Biosphere
- National Health Care Decision Day
- Wisconsin Association for Perinatal Care 41st Annual Statewide Conference
- World Health Day Celebration
- Aggregation, Reactivity, and Toxicity of Fullerene-based Nanomaterials
- 3rd Annual Unsung Heroes
- Latino Social Workers Conference 2011
- Educating & Graduating Latino High School Students, National Conference 2011, Milwaukee WI
- Webinar: What Shapes Health? Social Determinants
- An Interactive Workshop: Using the Arts & Humanities in Community Health
- Physical Processes in Large & Small Lakes
- Dr. Elliott Fisher on Public Policy and Accountable Care Organizations
- Harmful Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes
- Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative, Dialogue with our Youth Series
- Community Cafe
- Research to Practice: Translation in Public Health Systems and Services Research
- Wisconsin Partnership Fund Oversight and Advisory Committee Meeting
- Synthetic Data and Public Health Multi-Source Data
- LIHF Steering Committee Meeting
- Thoughtful Thursdays - 6th Annual An Evening to Promote Racial Justice
- PHN Section Lunch and Learn Webinar
- Wisconsin Community Health Workers:Partners in the Fight Against Breast Cancer Conference
- Thoughtful Thursday
- Influenza Vaccinations for Health Care Workers
- Beyond The Bricks
- Impacting Poverty in Milwaukee - Public Housing and Beyond
- Daddy Talk: Bonding with Baby
- The Invisible Victim
- Biostatistics Research Day
- Hombres Sanos (Healthy Men): An Evaluation of a Social Marketing Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk Among Latino Men
- Race, Families, & Milwaukee Summit - Infant Mortality
- Geographical Mapping Approaches for Health Research: 4-Part Workshop Series
- 12th Annual Robert and June Becker Lecture
- LIHF Infant Mortality Summit
- Milwaukee LIHF offers training on the Lifecourse Model
- Breast Cancer Awareness Information Session
- Community Engagement for Health Conference 2010
- 3rd Annual Race, Families & Milwaukee Summit
- Thoughtful Thursday
- Wisconsin Partnership Fund Oversight and Advisory Committee Meeting
- Annual Medical Humanities Lecture: "The Poetry of Healing: A Doctor's Education in Identity and Empathy"
- LIHF UnNatural Causes: When the Bough Breaks
- Milwaukee Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families (LIHF) Community Kickoff Event
- Alcohol, Drugs and Poverty: Understanding the Connection
- LIHF Steering Committee Meeting
- Milwaukee LIHF offers training on the Lifecourse Model
- The Project Health Pilot Study
- LIHF Sixth Annual African American Health Fair
- Reminder: Legislative Committee Studying Public Health Funding to Meet October 1
- Political Dynamite: Paying for Wisconsin's Schools
- Leadership for Productivity and Health Management: Issues, Innovations, and Solutions
- YWCA's Unlearning Racism: Tools for Action Series
- Alcohol, Drugs, and Poverty: Understanding the Connection
- Advanced Cultural Competency: Working Within the Culture of Poverty Webinar
- 2010 Immunization Symposium
- Caring for the Late Preterm Infant: What We Need to Know
- Fatherhood Best Practices Webcast
- Wisconsin Partnership Fund Oversight and Advisory Committee Meeting
- Bright Futures Webcast: Promoting Healthy Nutrition & Promoting Healthy Weight (Part 2)
- Breast Cancer Information Session
- Wisconsin Partnership Fund Oversight and Advisory Committee Meeting
- LIHF Steering Committee Meeting
- Credit Repair Workshop
- The Invisible Victim
- Statewide Fatherhood Webinar
- Webinar: A New Way to Talk About the Social Determinants of Health
- Wisconsin Partnership Fund Oversight and Advisory Committee Meeting
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Center Events
- Public Participation and Community Engagement in Research: Reports & Recommendations from the NIH Council of Public Representatives Conference Call
- Evidence-Based Systems of Home Visitation: Opportunities for Replication and State Innovation Web Conference
- CCPH Educational Conference Call: Participatory Policy Analysis: Achieving Systems-Level Change through CBPR
- On Public Health
- On Public Health
- On Public Health
- On Public Health
- On Public Health
- On Public Health
- Broad Population Health Initiatives
- Community Partnerships
- Healthy Aging
- Health Services
- Maternal and Infant Health
- Youth Violence and Violent Crime Prevention
- Uncategorized Events
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Past Events
- Partners
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Projects
- Center Scientist Development Program
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Current Projects
- A GIS approach to waterborne infectious disease: Cryptosporidium
- A Qualitative Study of Perceptions of Racism During Prenatal Care in a Sample of African-American Women with Limited Incomes
- ACE Polymorphism in Hispanic/Latino Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
- Aurora UW Medical Group Projects
- AZithroMycin/Asthma Trial In Community Settings
- Blastomyces dermatitidis
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Catalog of Initiatives to Address Infant Mortality and Disparities in Birth Outcomes
- Catalog of Initiatives to Address Infant Mortality and Disparities in Birth Outcomes
- Featured Articles
- In the Media
- Reports
- Center Scientist Development Program
- Children with Special Health Care Needs
- Community Health Surveys
- Developing a Men’s Wellness Network to Improve Community Health Outcomes
- Development of a Senior Housing Health Environment and Health Behavior Index
- Early Childhood Integrated Database System (ECIDS)
- Establishing Benchmarks for Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety
- Evaluation of Ultrasensitive Troponin Assay to Detect Heart Attack
- Family Caregiver Self-Management of the Unmet Needs of Persons with Dementia
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Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) of Racine
- Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Project of Racine
- In the Media
- Reports
- Geographic Clustering of ADHD in Children
- Group Prenatal Care for Vulnerable Pregnant Teens
- Health Care Task Force on Pre- and Inter-Conception Care
- Identification of Risk Factors for Adverse Outcomes for Second Births to Teenage Mothers
- Increasing Response to Intimate Partner Violence
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Influence of Socioeconomic Factors and Race on Birth Outcomes
- Influence of Socioeconomic Factors and Race on Birth Outcomes in Urban Milwaukee
- In the Media
- Posters
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Join the Fight Against Infant Mortality!
- Featured Articles
- In the Media
- Press Releases
- Reports
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Komen for the Cure® Breast Cancer Community Profile
- Komen for the Cure® Breast Cancer Community Profile
- Featured Articles
- In the Media
- Latinas Living with HIV
- Maintenance vs. Intermittent Inhaled Steroids in Wheezing Toddlers
- Midwest AIDS Training & Education Center
- Milwaukee County Breastfeeding Coalition
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Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission
- Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission
- Articles
- In the Media
- Reports
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Milwaukee Regional Cancer Care Network
- Milwaukee Regional Cancer Care Network
- Featured Articles
- In the Media
- Posters
- Reports
- Other Materials
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Mobile Markets
- Mobile Markets: Nutrition Education with Healthy, Affordable Food at the Neighborhood Level
- Featured Articles
- In the Media
- Posters
- Other Materials
- Motivational Interviewing for Health Maintenance and Promotion
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PeriData.Net
- Developing a tool for real-time access to state-wide perinatal data
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In the Media
- Empty Cradles | Confronting Our Infant Mortality Crisis
- Expectant Parents Can Find Hospital Birth Care Services, Information Online
- Research Efforts Promote Quality Improvement in Wisconsin Birth Hospitals
- WHA Board Approves Adding New Perinatal Measures to CheckPoint
- Wisconsin featured in the September 2009 Pulse newsletter from the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Posters
- Other Materials
- Physical Activity Evolution Framework: Refinement Study
- Pilot Evaluation of the Youth Chef Academy: Effectiveness of a Plant-Based Cooking Course for Urban Middle School Students
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Piloting the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) Project Community Advisory Board: Partners in Dissemination
- Piloting the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW) Project Community Advisory Board: Partners in Dissemination
- In the Media
- Other Materials
- Possible Complications of Infections during Pregnancy
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Postpartum Depression (PPD)
- Improving the Health of Children with Special Needs in Birth to 3 Programs through Health Literacy and Maternal Depression Screening
- In the Media
- Posters
- Other Materials
- Project Health
- Quality of Life and Depression as Determinants of Treatment Adherence in Hypertensive Patients
- Safe Mom, Safe Baby
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Setting a Goal to Reduce Teen Births
- Setting a Goal to Reduce Teen Births in Milwaukee by 2015
- Featured Articles
- Articles
- In the Media
- Press Releases
- Posters
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Social Network Testing
- Using Social Network Testing to Identify Undiagnosed HIV Infection in Vulnerable Populations in Wisconsin
- Featured Articles
- In the Media
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Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)
- Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (SHOW)
- Featured Articles
- In the Media
- Newsletters
- Teen Health Policy Project
- The Young Parenthood Study - Milwaukee
- United Way of Greater Milwaukee Healthy Girls Evaluation
- Utilizing Tailored Step-Count Feedback to Enhance Physical Activity in the Elderly
- Wisconsin Initiative to Promote Healthy Lifestyles (WIPHL)
- Wisconsin Network for Health Research (WiNHR)
- Wisconsin Project LAUNCH
- Wisconsin Registry for Alzheimer's Prevention
- Wisconsin Research and Education Network (WREN)
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Featured Projects
- Look for Mobile Exam Centers in Neighborhoods Near You
- SHOW Research Symposium on May 14th
- UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequity Making Us Sick?
- Addressing HIV in Milwaukee through the "Power of Partnerships"
- Examining Trends of Teen Birth Rates in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Milwaukee Teen Birth Rate Compared to National Trend
- December 1 is World AIDS Day
- Highlighting Breast Health Resources and Breast Cancer Occurrence in Southeast Wisconsin
- Dr. Loren Galvão, MD, MPH, is Co-Principal Investigator on $2.53 Million NIH Grant
- The Urgency of Reducing Premature Births
- Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging Awareness
- Cisler To Receive WPHA's Excellence in Public Health Research Award
- Part of the Solution: Teen Pregnancy Prevention in Milwaukee
- GO RED: February is Heart Disease Awareness Month!
- Infant Mortality Rate Goes Down in Milwaukee
- FDA Given Authority to Regulate Tobacco
- September is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
- Milwaukee Health Report 2009 Now Available
- Celebrating 25 Years of Awareness, Education, and Empowerment: National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Highlighting an Academic Partner
- October 15 is National Latinos AIDS Awareness Day
- Save-the-Date: Health Equity Leadership Institute:Building Collaborative Research Teams
- Novel Approach to Address CVD Disparities and Pulmonary Health Disparities
- Aurora Scientific Day Features Center Researchers
- Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do to protect your baby!
- Mobile Markets Respond to CDC’s Call to Reduce Obesity Rates
- Strategies That Help Clinicians Manage Patients' Chronic Conditions May Contribute to Improved Quality of Life
- Focus Areas Chosen for Milwaukee Fight Against Infant Mortality
- Support the Center for Urban Population Health
- Focus Areas Chosen for Milwaukee Fight Against Infant Mortality
- Tracking Health Care Improvement
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Past Projects
- Assessment of Children with Special Health Care Needs
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Aurora Healthy Lifestyle Study
- Other Materials
- Feasibility of Modeling Stable Warfarin Dose
- Health Care Disparities: Patient perspectives on navigating the health care system
- Health Disparities in Milwaukee by Socioeconomic Status
- Health Information Improvement Project (HIIP)
- Infant Mortality Action Group
- Milwaukee Homicide Review Needs Assessment
- Pilot Study to Implement a Coumadin/Warfarin Dosing Calculator
- TIMES: Telemedicine in Milwaukee Elementary Schools
- TReating Children to Prevent Exacerbations of Asthma (TREXA): A CARE Network Protocol
- Understanding Youth Violence Using African American Traditions
- Weight Loss: Perceptions and Self-Motivators in Family Medicine Patients
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About the Center
The Center for Urban Population Health, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and Aurora Health Care, Inc. that advances population health research and education to improve the health or urban communities.
