Wisconsin Network for Research Support
Shammari Kay Member of the Lussier CARDS since 2016 What is one thing you really like about being a member of the CARDS at Lussier? One thing I really like about the CARDS group is the fact that the group feels more like a family rather than a group of people from the community, which …
Designing a smart phone app to improve outcomes after surgery Lead Researcher: Sara Fernandes-Taylor, PhD; Department of Surgery, UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health What is the focus of your research? Our research program focuses on improving outcomes after vascular surgery. Specifically, we designed and pilot-tested a smartphone app that allows our vascular surgery …
Bob Miller Member of the Goodman CARDS since 2010 What is one thing you really like about being a member of the CARDS at Goodman? I like it when we hear feedback that something we did really helped someone – when it made something as or more successful as someone was expecting. It’s what we …
Provider-patient communication in managing chronic childhood conditions Lead Researcher: Gwen Costa Jacobsohn, PhD, Primary Care Research Fellow; UW–Madison School of Medicine and Public Health What is the focus of your research? My research looks at the role of provider-patient communication in management of chronic childhood conditions; more broadly, relationship between socioeconomic determinants of health and …
Dawn Lynch Member of the Pitt Patient and Family Advisory Board since 2016 What is one thing you really like about being a member of a patient advisory committee? When something totally unexpected happens to you, like what happened to me, it’s not like you say “poor me”, but ultimately, you want a way to …
Vicki Goodman-Strenski Member of the Zgierska Patient and Family Advisory Committee and Stakeholder Advisory Committee since 2017 What is one thing you really like about being a member of a patient advisory committee? I really appreciate how open the researchers and project coordinators are with the patients on the committees. You can tell that they’re …
Gibril Jarjue Member of the Goodman CARDS since 2012 What is one thing you really like about being a member of the CARDS at Goodman? CARDS seem like family to me. There’s camaraderie and mutual respect, and a lot of understanding in the way we communicate – talking to each other and to our guests. …
Preventing misuse of OTC medications by older adults Lead Researcher: Michelle Chui, PharmD, PhD; UW–Madison School of Pharmacy What is the focus of your research? The goal of our current AHRQ funded research grant is to prevent the misuse of over-the-counter medications by older adults by implementing a system-redesign intervention in community pharmacies. How has …
Mike Arndorfer Member of the Cox Parent Advisory Board from 2014-2017 What is one thing you really like about being a member of a patient advisory committee? The thing I like most about being a member of the patient advisory committee is giving back to the medical community and patient population that has helped us …
Improving Medication Adherence Lead Researcher: Olayinka Shiyanbola, PhD, B.Pharm; UW–Madison School of Pharmacy What is the focus of your research? My research is “patient-centered”. In general, I’m interested in examining patient perceptions, attitudes and roles, as well as investigating how to incorporate perceptions into improving the quality of medication use. My goal is to improve …