Team & Advisory Council

Dr. Christine Pfund

CIMER Director
Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER), Department of Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR) and Center for Women's Health Research

Dr. Melissa McDaniels

Associate Executive Director

Dr. Jenna Rogers

Research Director

Kim Spencer

Assistant Director of Research & Evaluation

Emily Utzerath

Executive Project Lead

Julia Vander Meer

Program and Events Lead

Ashley Armitage

Program and Events Assistant

Victoria Zurakowski

Administrative Assistant

Jebina Devadas

Undergraduate Assistant

Julie Hau

Researcher

Emma Dums

Research Analyst

Yun Cho

Research Analyst

Shea Toppel

Administrative Assistant

Dean Dvorak

Graduate Assistant

Faculty Leaders

Dr. Janet Branchaw

CIMER Faculty Leader, Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement (WISCIENCE), University of Wisconsin

Dr. Angela Byars-Winston

CIMER Faculty Leader, Professor
Department of Medicine Collaborative Center for Health Equity Center for Women's Health Research, University of Wisconsin

Dr. Christine Sorkness

CIMER Faculty Leader, Professor
School of Medicine and Public Health
School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin

UW–Madison Advisory Council Members*

Dr. Chris Brace
Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering 

Dr. Andrew Greenberg
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute for Chemical Education

Dr. Eric Hooper
Departments of Astronomy and Physics

Dr. Robert Mathieu
Director, Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Albert. E. Whitford Professor of Astronomy

Dr. Stephanie Robert
Director, School of Social Work, Affiliated with the Department of Population Health Sciences, La Follette School of Public Affairs, Institute for Research on Poverty, Center for Demography and Ecology, and Center for Demography of Health and Aging

Dr. Christine Sorkness
School of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Public Health-Department of Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR), and Collaborative Center for Health Equity (CCHE)

Dr. Amber Smith
Faculty Associate for Research Mentor/Mentee Programs, Wisconsin Institute for Science Education and Community Engagement

*National Advisory Board coming soon