CARE at the UW-Madison School of Nursing
Laura Block, PhD, RN is an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin—Madison School of Nursing with a focus on long-term care and cognitive aging among older adults with serious mental illness. Her nursing experience in a skilled nursing environment, with added pressures during the COVID-19 pandemic, informs her research.
Barbara Bowers, PhD, RN, FAAN conducts research with frail older adults in both community and residential settings. She is interested in how public policies, organizational practices and models of care delivery influence quality of care and quality of work life for caregivers.
Lisa Bratzke, PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAHA studies cognitive impairment of patients with coronary heart disease, who, according to health data, suffer from concentration or memory difficulties.
Kristin Brunsell Merss, PhD, RN is a Postdoctoral Trainee at the University of Wisconsin—Madison School of Nursing. Her research explores the intersection of incarceration and health, specifically for older adults and people aging in the criminal legal system.
Michelle Chui, PharmD, PhD is a professor in the School of Nursing. Her research centers on applying human factors approaches and utilizing a systems perspective to studying and characterizing community pharmacy practice and its practitioners.
Barbara King, PhD, RN, APRN-BC, FAAN is the Charlotte Jane and Ralph A Rodefer Chair and Professor at the School of Nursing.
Wan-chin Kuo, RN, PhD utilizes social and behavioral data from population-based longitudinal studies to examine how the socio-ecological environments interact with 24-hour behaviors and shape cardiometabolic disparities in industrial workers.
Maichou Lor, PhD, RN earned her BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Nursing from the UW–Madison and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Columbia University.
Susan Passmore, PhD is an anthropologist with many years of experience working public health. She studies ways to promote the ethical and equitable distribution of the benefits of health research.
Kristen Pecanac, PhD, RN conducts research into how conversations between healthcare professionals, patients and their families shape treatment decision-making.