Faculty

Graduate degrees in Population Health are research degrees.  Students acquire knowledge through coursework, but conduct of research is the primary focus of graduate study.  Upon admission students are assigned an academic advisor, but before the end of their second year should identify and associate with the faculty member who will be their major professor and research supervisor.  A list of UW Population Health departmental faculty associated with Social and Behavioral Health Sciences are listed below (although many faculty also work on projects outside these interests).

One of the active working groups in the department is BioPop: Integrative Biopsychosocial Research in Population Health.  Their research focuses on: 1) social and familial relationships and health; 2) stress, resilience, and health; 3) mental health and healthcare; and 4) the biological pathways that mediate these relationships.  http://biopop.pophealth.wisc.edu/
 
Core Faculty Member
Area(s) of Research
Measurement, Evaluation; and Outcomes Assessment.
Aging, Sensory Impairments
Epidemiology and prevention of: pediatric injuries, developmental disabilities, and perinatal antecedents of neurodevelopmental disorders
Determinants of Health Behavior and Community Health Interventions
Health Policy
Health Economics
Health Policy and System Reform
Evaluation of health related quality of life, statistical methods  for panel studies
Public health surveillance, community-based interventions
Access to Care, Quality of Care, Patient Safety, Patient-Physician Relationship
Health Economics, Health Care Technology Assessment
Diabetes, Obesity, and Lifestyle Choices
Psychosocial Determinants of Health Outcomes
 
Current Social and Behavioral Health Sciences Research Projects in PHS
 
Faculty Member
Area(s) of Research
Impact of non-response bias on graduate survey results
Modeling effects of confounding on correlation-based measures
Analysis of cut score methods for medical school admissions
The National Health Measurement Survey
HIV Risk and Health Care Access among Mexican Migrants
Catalysts for Action Toward Community Health (CATCH)
Cancer Patients' Preferences for Uncertain Outcomes
 Evaluation of Osteoporosis Prevention in the Elderly: Benefits and Costs 
Interactions between Childhood Illness and the family
Breast Cancer and the Effect on the Family
Caregiver Strain and Cellular Aging: An Ancillary Study to the SHOW
Biological and Self-Reported Measures of Psychological Stress   among Informal Caregivers of Patients with Prostate Cancer
Stress and Cellular Aging Among Parental Caregivers of Childhood Cancer
The Impact of Family Stress and Well-Being on the Quality of Life and Health of Childhood Cancer Survivors
Wisconsin Sleep Cohort Study
 
Program Faculty and Areas of Research
The School of Medicine and Public Health and other schools at the University of Wisconsin include many researchers with a wide variety of research interests.  A list of UW Population Health Program Faculty associated with Social and Behavioral Sciences Research is shown below.
 
Faculty Member
Area(s) of Research
Educational Psychology, Response to Treatment Interventions
Social Policy, Child and Family Wellbeing, Parenting, and Child Maltreatment.
Nursing, Long Term Care
Focus on personal health records
Insurance
Quality of Care and Patient Safety
Special education, self-determination, youth transitions, adolescent peer relationships, and individuals with disabilities
Women’s Health
Health Services Research, Adolescent Health
Health Systems Engineering
Ed. Psych. Quantitative Methods
Economic well-being of the elderly, retirement savings behavior, pensions and retirement. 
Nursing, Parent Child and Family Relationships
Aging
Socioeconomic Determinants of Health
Human Development and Family Science, Community capacity building and Evidence based practice
Medical/Pharmaceutical Sociology