Leadership

Clark, PhD, Roseanne

Roseanne Clark, PhD is the UWPRC Core Research Project Multiple Principal Investigator. and serves on the Administrative and Steering Committees of the UWPRC. She is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and Faculty Director of the UW Infant, Early Childhood, and Family Mental Health Capstone Certificate Program and the UW Postpartum Depression Treatment Research Program. Dr. Clark’s research focuses on improving maternal, infant and early childhood mental health outcomes and assessment and treatment of early parent-child relationships. Dr. Clark is an internationally recognized expert in postpartum depression, assessment of the quality of mother-infant relationships, and parent-infant psychotherapy. She conducts clinical and translational research with underserved populations and has developed and evaluated the effectiveness of preventative and early intervention approaches in urban, rural and tribal communities. As UWPRC Core Research Project Multiple Principal Investigator, Dr. Clark works with Dr. Jane Mahoney on activities related to the Core Research Project, providing her extensive expertise in this field.

Cox, MD, PhD, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Cox, MD, PhD is a UWPRC Steering Committee Member. She is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She leads the Program of Research on Outcomes for Kids (PROKids) health services research team that investigates family-centered interventions to improve children’s health outcomes.

Dilworth-Bart, PhD, MS, Janean

Janean Dilworth-Bart, PhD, MS is a UWPRC Steering Committee Member. She is a Professor in and Chair of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies in the School of Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Dilworth-Bart’s focuses on self-regulation development and the transition to elementary school. She is particularly interested in how parent-child relationships, co-parenting, and fathering relate to this transition in Black families. She also examines how exposure to chemical and nonchemical pollutants and psychosocial stressors impact school readiness and achievement in higher and lower risk communities.

Durkin, PhD, DrPH, Maureen

Maureen Durkin, PhD, DrPH is a UWPRC Steering Committee Member and Faculty Member. She is a Professor in the Departments of Population Health Sciences and Pediatrics and the Chair of the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health. Additionally, she is a Waisman Center Investigator and Principal Investigator on the Wisconsin Surveillance of Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities System and the Study to to Explore Early Development of Autism. Dr. Durkin’s research focuses on the epidemiology, prevention and consequences of neurodevelopmental disabilities and childhood injuries at local, national and global levels.

Magnuson, PhD, Katherine

Katherine Magnuson, PhD is a UWPRC Steering Committee Member. She is a Professor in the School of Social Work and Director of the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Magnuson’s research focuses on the health and development of economically disadvantaged children and families. She examines how disparities in socioeconomic status affect children’s development, and how policies and programs may alter these effects. She is specifically interested in the impacts of early childhood education programs and anti-poverty policies on children’s development.