Karen Palmersheim, PhD, MS
Program Director
(608) 262-2825
kpalmers@wisc.edu

Karen Palmersheim is an Epidemiologist and Director of the Tobacco Surveillance and Evaluation Program. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare and an M.S. in Epidemiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Palmersheim’s background encompasses applied research, teaching in academic and community settings, and clinical practice. Most recently, she directed three studies to evaluate the health impact of smoke-free workplace ordinances on the respiratory health of barworkers in Wisconsin (read more...)

David Ahrens, MS
Communications Coordinator
(608) 265-6386
ahrens@uwccc.wisc.edu

David Ahrens is a Researcher at the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Coordinator of the Wisconsin Population Health Fellowship Program. He received an M.S. in Industrial Relations (Labor Economics) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For the Surveillance and Evaluation Program, David conducts research, provides training and technical assistance, and consults on matters of public policy. Most recently, he authored a study of exposure to secondhand smoke in homes (read more...)

Kim Brown, MS
Project Assistant
(608) 262-3459
kjbrown@wisc.edu

Kim is a master’s student in the UW department of Population Health Sciences, and is also a Project Assistant with the Tobacco Surveillance and Evaluation Program. She completed a B.S. in molecular biology at Humboldt State University in California and an M.S. in genetics at the UW. She is interested in genetic and chronic disease epidemiology, and has most recently published a trends report on Adult Smoking in Wisconsin, 1990-2006.

Carrie Hinterthuer
Project Assistant
(608) 265-3023
chinterthuer@wisc.edu

Carrie Hinterthuer is currently enrolled in the Master of Public Health program at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Carleton College in Northfield, MN and went on to work with at-risk youth in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to starting her public health education, Carrie was involved in community health outreach at a San Francisco high school wellness center. She is interested in studying a wide spectrum of youth risky behaviors and interventions.

Daphne Kuo, PhD
Researcher
(608) 261-1873
dkuo@ssc.wisc.edu

Dr. Kuo is a social demographer of health and social inequality and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her expertise includes socioeconomic disparities in health and risk factors (smoking, problem drinking, and obesity), and quantitative methods. Her research includes social and demographic determinants of smoking behaviors; changes in public opinions and attitudes toward smoking bans; and racial disparities in smoking behaviors and attitudes. Dr. Kuo serves as a regular member of the Disparities team at the WI DPH Tobacco Prevention & Control Program (read more...)

Affiliates

Mary Baliker
Assistant Director
UW Comprehensive Cancer Center
(608) 263-2212
baliker@uwccc.wisc.edu

D. Paul Moberg, PhD
Deputy Director
UW Population Health Institute
(608) 263-1304
dpmoberg@wisc.edu
www.pophealth.wisc.edu/uwphi/about/bios/mobergp.htm

Patrick Remington, MD, MPH
Professor, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, and Associate Director, UW Comprehensive Cancer Center
(608) 263-1745
plreming@wisc.edu
www.pophealth.wisc.edu/faculty/premingto.html

How to Reach Us

University Of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
Surveillance and Evaluation Program
370 WARF
610 N. Walnut Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53726

Phone
(608) 262-2825

Fax
(608) 262-2425

Website
www.medsch.wisc.edu/mep

6/18/08