Amanda Jovaag, MS
Associate Researcher

Amanda Jovaag is an Associate Researcher with the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute in the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She holds a Masters degree in population health sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been working for the university since 2003.

Ms. Jovaag is currently working on the "Making Wisconsin the Healthiest State" project, a research and translation effort funded by the Wisconsin Partnership Fund for a Healthy Future. The objectives of this four-year project are to identify the most effective investments to help Wisconsin become the nation's healthiest state and to monitor Wisconsin's progress toward achieving this goal with less health disparity. Ms. Jovaag also serves as an epidemiology consultant to the Wisconsin Bureau of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.

Prior to her current projects, Ms. Jovaag created an evidence-based public health practice Web site for Wisconsin's Division of Public Health; assisted with the surveillance and evaluation of Wisconsin's Tobacco Prevention and Control Program; and assisted in the creation of the Wisconsin County Health Rankings.

Contact Information:

Amanda Jovaag, MS
Department of Population Health Sciences
530 WARF Building
610 Walnut Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53726 USA

Phone: (608) 265-4172
Email: amriemer@wisc.edu