Portrait of Jennifer Fink

Jennifer T. Fink, PhD, MS

  • Associate Professor, Health Care Administration
  • Executive Committee Chair

Speaker Topics

  • Health Services Research
  • Population Health Management
  • Patient Engagement
  • Obesity
  • Diabetes
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Employee Wellness
  • Health Information Technology
  • Health Care Disparities

Interests & Expertise

Jennifer T. Fink completed her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the Urban Studies program, with her dissertation focusing on Aurora Health Care's employee Wellness program. She has 15 years of research experience in several disease specialties.

Fink’s research focuses on health services including population health management, obesity, patient engagement, preventive medicine, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, employee wellness and health information technology.

Currently, she is funded through an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) R21 grant, a public reporting grant with University Wisconsin-Madison’s Health Innovation Program.

Professional Service

  • Global Conference Planning Committee for 2007 for ACRP
  • Cerner Project Team Member, September 2006-present
  • Website Database Team leader, January 2007-January 2009
  • ACRP- Board Member- Secretary, January 2008- 2013
  • Chair of Research Awareness committee, January 2008- present
  • Member of Research communications team, March 2009-present
  • Planetree Committee Member, July 2009- 2013