Staff/Contact

The CHESS team can be contacted via info@chess.wisc.edu or by calling 608-263-0492.

Leadership

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David Gustafson

Credentials: Ph.D

Position title: Director, Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies

Email: dhgustaf@wisc.edu

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Todd Molfenter

Credentials: Ph.D

Position title: Deputy Director, Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies

Email: todd.molfenter@wisc.edu

Staff

Stephanie Behlman

Position title: CHESS Research Administrator

Email: sebehlman@wisc.edu

Deanne Boss

Position title: BHE-TAC Program Manager

Email: dboss@wisc.edu

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Kaitlyn Brown

Position title: Program Coordinator

Email: kmbrown36@wisc.edu

Rebecca Buller

Position title: PTTC Program Coordinator

Email: rmbuller@wisc.edu

Alfredo Cerrato

Position title: Program Manager

Email: alfredo.cerrato@wisc.edu

Alyssa Chwala

Position title: ATTC Program Coordinator

Email: alyssa.chwala@wisc.edu

Robin Conkey

Position title: Lead Research Administrator

Email: robin.conkey@wisc.edu

Jess Draws

Position title: ORN Outreach Specialist

Email: jess.draws@wisc.edu

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Maureen Fitzgerald

Position title: Lead Communications Manager

Email: maureen.fitzgerald@wisc.edu

Kisha Freed

Position title: BHE-TAC Program Coordinator

Email: ksfreed@wisc.edu

Kris Gabrielsen

Position title: PTTC Co-Director

Email: kgabrielsen@wisc.edu

Scott Gatzke

Position title: Director of Dissemination

Email: scott.gatzke@wisc.edu

Shelly Greller

Position title: ORN Outreach Specialist

Email: rgreller@wisc.edu

Dave Gustafson, Jr

Position title: IT Director

Email: dgustafson@wisc.edu

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Eric Haram

Position title: NIATx Subject Matter Expert

Julie Horst

Position title: Program Manager

Email: jhorst@wisc.edu

Kris Kelly

Position title: PR CoE Program Manager

Email: kris.kelly@wisc.edu

Gina Landucci

Position title: Chief Operating Officer

Email: gina.landucci@wisc.edu

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Lynn Madden

Position title: NIATx Subject Matter Expert

Adam Maus

Position title: Lead Software Developer

Email: amaus@wisc.edu

Sarah McMinn

Position title: MHTTC Program Manager

Email: sarah.mcminn@wisc.edu

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Todd Molfenter

Position title: Deputy Director, Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies

Email: todd.molfenter@wisc.edu

Sherrie Nichols

Position title: MHTTC Co-Director

Email: slnichols2@wisc.edu

Julia Parnell Alexander

Position title: BHE-TAC Co-Director

Email: jcparnell@wisc.edu

Klaren Pe-Romashko

Position title: Program Manager

Email: kspe@wisc.edu

Jeanne Pulvermacher

Position title: Assistant Director Region 5 TTCs/ATTC Co-Director

Email: jeanne.pulvermacher@wisc.edu

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Adrijana Pusnik

Position title: ORN Outreach Specialist

Email: adrijana.pusnik@wisc.edu

Andy Quanbeck

Position title: Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin

Email: andrew.quanbeck@fammed.wisc.edu

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Mat Roosa

Position title: NIATx Subject Matter Expert

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Chuck Ross

Position title: NIATx Subject Matter Expert

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Mark Sanders

Position title: State Program Manager

Email: masanders5@wisc.edu

Laura Saunders

Position title: State Program Manager

Email: laura.saunders@wisc.edu

Sydney Saunders

Position title: Program Coordinator

Email: sasaunder2@wisc.edu

Ann Schensky

Position title: BHE-TAC Program Coordinator

Email: ann.schensky@wisc.edu

Kristina Spannbauer

Position title: Communications Specialist

Email: kmspannbauer@wisc.edu

Kasey Thompson

Position title: Program Coordinator

Email: kfwagner@wisc.edu

Jessie Vechinski

Position title: Program Manager

Email: jvechinski@wisc.edu

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Isa Velez-Echevarria

Position title: State Program Manager

Email: isa.velezechevarria@wisc.edu

Olivia Vjorn

Position title: Statistician

Email: ocody@wisc.edu

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Jen Winslow

Position title: MHTTC Program Coordinator

Email: jmwinslow@wisc.edu

Judy Woodburn

Position title: Writer/Editor

Email: woodburn@wisc.edu

Collaborators

Randy Brown

Credentials: MD, PhD

Position title: Director, Center for Addictive Distorders; Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin

Email: randy.brown@fammed.wisc.edu

Randy Brown's website

John Curtin

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Professor, Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology

Email: jjcurtin@wisc.edu

John Curtin's website

Jane Mahoney

Credentials: MD

Position title: Professor, UW Division of Geriatrics; Director of the Community-Academic Aging Resource Network (CAARN)

Email: jm2@medicine.wisc.edu

Louise Mares

Credentials: Ph.D

Position title: Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin

Email: mares@wisc.edu

Louise Mares's website

Andy Quanbeck

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin

Email: andrew.quanbeck@fammed.wisc.edu

Dhavan Shah

Credentials: PhD

Position title: Jack M. McLeod Professor of Communication Research; Maier-Bascom Professor; Director of the MCRC

Email: dshah@wisc.edu

Dhavan Shah's website

Ryan Westergaard

Credentials: MD, PhD. MPH

Position title: Wisconsin Department of Health Services State Epidemiologist, Associate Professor, Dept of Medicine, University of Wisconsin

Email: rpw@medicine.wisc.edu

Ryan Westergaard's website