Lauren E. Wisk, BS

Doctoral Candidate
School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Population Health Sciences
610 Walnut Street
WARF Office 558
Madison, WI
USA 53726
Email: wisk@wisc.edu

Biographical Sketch: Lauren holds a bachelor’s degree in Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology from the University of California, Los Angeles and is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her research interests include biopsychosocial determinants of health, healthcare disparities, health policy, and life-course epidemiology. Her dissertation focuses on understanding financial barriers to healthcare access and associated inappropriate healthcare utilization for families with children.

Papers:
2049.0 Gender differences in chronic disease management self-efficacy in adults with type 2 diabetes and heart disease 3157.0 A lifecourse approach to understanding birth delivery methods in the US: Importance of preconception and pregnancy-related determinants 3158.0 Unmet healthcare need among US children increases subsequent ambulatory care sensitive utilization 3260.0 Receipt of asthma self-management education in adults with asthma 3389.0 Increased ambulatory care sensitive emergency room and inpatient utilization due to past year unmet healthcare need among children in the US 4056.0 Preterm birth in the US: The importance of preconception stressful life events and pregnancy-related determinants 4094.0 Stress, immune function, and cellular aging among parents of children with and without cancer or brain tumors 4110.0 Patient perceptions of healthcare quality and the role of provider quality reporting metrics: Evidence from the survey of the health of Wisconsin 4333.0 Costly care: Increased ambulatory care sensitive expenditures due to unmet healthcare need among children in the US 4355.0 Stress, immune function, and aging among parents of children with and without cancer or brain tumors 5068.0 Disparities in oral health and the association with disparities in the receipt of needed dental care: Findings from the survey of the health of Wisconsin 5122.0 Preconception stressful life events predict low infant birthweight among women in the United States