Our Committees

UW CIPE Steering Committee

The Steering Committee provides leadership for the Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) at University of Wisconsin–Madison and beyond. The Committee’s role is to provide support, guidance and oversight of UW CIPE’s progress towards achieving the UW CIPE Strategic Directions.

Steering Committee Membership

The Steering Committee includes members from all health/social programs, schools, community at large, and clinical partners as listed below:

Barb Anderson	UW ICEP Chair	barbara.anderson@wisc.edu
Shobhina G. Chheda	SMPH – Associate Dean for Medical Education	sgc@medicine.wisc.edu
Melgardt De Villiers Karen Kopacek (Alternate)	SoP – Vice Dean and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs SoP – Associate Dean for Student Affairs	melgardt.devilliers@wisc.edu karen.kopacek@wisc.edu
Mel Freitag Lisa Imhoff (Alternate)	Health Science Schools Diversity Officers Representative	mbfreitag@wisc.edu lisa.imhoff@wisc.edu
Sharon G. Gartland	Director, Occupational Therapy Program	sgartland@wisc.edu
Michele J. Glynn	Director, Education & Development for Nursing & Patient Care Services, University Hospital	MGlynn@uwhealth.org
Erica Keenan	IPHC President	emkeenan@wisc.edu
Hossein Khalili (Chair) Nina Berge	UW CIPE Director UW CIPE Admin Assistant	hkhalili@wisc.edu nina.berge@wisc.edu
Lynn M Maki	SVM – Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs	lynn.maki@wisc.edu
Elizabeth M Petty	SMPH – Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs	epetty@wisc.edu
Laurie Pirtle	SoN Simulation Coordinator	lpirtle@wisc.edu
George Quinn	WCMEW Executive Director	gquinn@wcmew.org
Catherine Reiser	Director, Genetic Counselor Training Program	reiser@pediatrics.wisc.edu
Roberta Rusch	UW CIPE Associate Director	rrusch@wisc.edu
Ryan J Thompson	Medical Director, UW Health Clinical Simulation Program	rthompson@medicine.wisc.edu
Dan Willis Katie Bleier (Alternate)	SoN – Associate Dean for Academic Affairs	dgwillis@wisc.edu akessler@sralab.org

UW CIPE Advisory Council

The Advisory Council’s role, as a strategic advisory and consulting body, is to provide strategic guidance and consultation to UW CIPE in achieving its mission: To work collaboratively locally, nationally and globally to champion, integrate, and advance Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) to achieve the Quadruple Aim: better health, better care, better value, and better work experience.  

Advisory Council Membership

The Advisory Council members represent the community at large and UW Centers/Programs across campus:

• Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP) Director (or Representative)
• Community Representative – Dr. Elaine Mischler
• Epic Representative
• Global Health Institute (GHI) Director (or Representative)
• MEDiC Representative
• Native American Center for Health Professions Director (or Representative)
• Patient/family Representative
• Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (PSW) Director (or Representative)
• Pre-Health Advising Director (or Representative)
• Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative Director (or Representative)
• SMPH Office of Health Professions Research Director (or Representative)
• SoN CARES Representative
• Student Representative
• UW CIPE Director (or Associate Director) as the Chair of the Council
• UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (CITRI) Representative
• UW Health Administration Representative
• WI LEND Director (or Representative)
• WisCARES Director (or Representative)
• Wisconsin Area Health Education Centers (WI AHEC) Program Director (or Representative)
• Wisconsin Center for Nursing (WCN) Director (or Representative)
• Wisconsin Department of Health Services Representative
• Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) Representative
• Wisconsin Office of Rural Health Director (or Representative)
• Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association (WPHCA) Director (or Representative)