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Lisa Berger, PhD

Professor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, United States

Dr. Lisa Berger is a Professor of Social Work and the current Head of School of the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare. She is the former director of the Center for Urban Population Health, a partnership of Aurora Health Care/Aurora Research Institute, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. In 1998, Dr. Berger joined the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare as a researcher with the Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research and became a faculty member in 2005. Prior to 1998, Dr. Berger spent several years in the human services field providing direct services.

Dr. Berger’s research and teaching expertise is in the area of substance use, focusing predominantly on alcohol use and expanding the base of alcohol and other drug use intervention services into health care settings. Dr. Berger has been involved in numerous substance use research, evaluation, and training projects. These projects have included the effectiveness of alcohol behavioral treatments in combination with medications, studies on alcohol screening and brief intervention, and alcohol biomarker research. More recent projects include the evaluation of an integrated substance use disorder and psychological trauma intensive outpatient program for women plus an education and training project on suicide prevention.

Dr. Berger values community-engaged research. Over the years, she has maintained several close partnerships with local community-based organizations. Dr. Berger also enjoys teaching and has received several teaching recognitions and awards.

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