Director, SIRC Evaluation & Research Associate Professor
Arizona State University -SIRC
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Wendy L. Wolfersteig, PhD, serves as Director of Evaluation and Partner Contracts at the Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC) at Arizona State University and is a research associate professor in the School of Social Work. For over 20 years, her work in substance abuse prevention and evaluation in Arizona has focused on the use of effective evidence-based strategies and data-driven decision-making. She leads her team in working collaboratively with state, county, city and local agency and coalition partners to design and perform evaluations, provide trainings and disseminate findings aimed at preventing, reducing and eliminating health disparities. Her community based participatory research addresses health equity with underserved populations and diverse subgroups. Specifically, this includes research on health effects stemming from risk and protective factors around social determinants such as food and housing, social support and isolation, and traumatic childhood and adult experiences. Recent community-based projects collect and analyze data on social and health needs of Latino, American Indians and African Americans in Arizona around the impacts of COVID-19; evaluate county and state opioid prevention programs; and test the efficacy of a child abuse and neglect curriculum for preK to 12th grade students. Dr. Wolfersteig serves as a member of the Arizona Prevention Workgroup and was appointed as a member of the City of Phoenix, Fast-Track Cities Initiative Ad-Hoc Committee. She served for four years on the board of the Arizona Evaluation Network (AZENet) and received the 2021 Allison Titcomb Award for outstanding service to AZENet and the profession.
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Friday, October 13, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Friday, October 13, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET