Dana Garbarski, PhD, T32 Health Disparities Research Scholar is a co-winner of this year's Lumpkin Award for the best dissertation in the Wisconsin Sociology Department. Dana Garbarski's dissertation, "Dynamic and Dyadic Relationships: An Extension of the Socioeconomic Status-Health Relationship," was written under the supervision of Ted Gerber.

Upcoming Events

Join us for a Professional Development Luncheon the third Wednesday of every month! The next Professional Development Luncheon will be Wednesday, June 19th from 12:00 PM-1:30 PM. Dr. Lori DiPrete Brown will be presenting on teaching. Interested in attending? Please email Julia Brasileiro at Brasileiro@wisc.edu for additional details.

Applicant Information

Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) application deadline: April 26, 2013. For more information, please visit the ‘Apply’ Section for the BIRCWH.

Publications

Tarini, B.A., Brooks, M.A., Bundy, D.G. (2012). Fair or foul? A policy impact analysis of the mandatory NCAA sickle cell trait screening program. Health Services Research, 47(1 Pt 2), 446-461. PMCID: PMC3288389.

Garbarski, D, and Whitney W.P. “Does child health status moderate effects of maternal marital and socioeconomic factors on maternal health?” Journal of Family Issues. 2013; 34(4). (Forthcoming).

Saha S, Psonak A, Craighead M, Colsen C, Kalra A, LaBarbera D. (2013) Patient and Referring Provider Satisfaction with a Gastrointestinal Consultation Clinic for Pregnant Patients. Wisconsin Medical Journal, 112(2); 23-26.

Roti Roti, E.C., Leisman, S. K., Abbott, D. H., & Salih S. M. (2012). Acute doxorubicin insult in the mouse ovary is cell- and follicle-type dependent. PLoS One, 7(8), e42293. PMCID: PMC3410926.

Tyler, C., Kapur, A., Felder, M., Belisle, J.A., Trautman, C., Gubbels, J.A., Connor, J.P., Patankar, M.S. (2012). The mucin MUC16 (CA125) binds to NK cells and monocytes from peripheral blood of women with healthy pregnancy and preeclampsia. American Journal of Reproductive Immunology, 68(1), 28-37. PMCID: PMC3370110

Wakeel, F, Witt, WP, Wisk, LE, Lu, MC, Chao, SM. Racial and ethnic disparities in personal capital during pregnancy: findings from the 2007 Los Angeles Mommy and Baby (LAMB) Study. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2012. (Epub ahead of print) PMID:23504131