Our Mission

The mission of Wisconsin Nursing Home Infection Prevention Program (WiNIPP) is to develop tools and resources to improve the quality of infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship in Wisconsin nursing homes.

Meet Our Team

WiNIPP is an interdisciplinary team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that brings expertise in the areas of infectious disease, health systems engineering, D&I research, social science, nursing, pharmacy, epidemiology, and quantitative and qualitative analyses.

Chris Crnich, MD, PhD

Infectious Disease
Principal Investigator

Jay Ford, PhD

School of Pharmacy
Co-Investigator

Sally Jolles, MS, MA

Infectious Disease
Health Services Research & Evaluation Scientist

Dee Heller, RN, NHA

Infectious Disease
Nurse Researcher

Michele Gassman, MA

School of Pharmacy
Researcher

Lori Koeppel, RN, BSN, NHA, DNS-CT

QID, Infectious Disease
Research Analyst I

Grace Multhauf

Infectious Disease
Clinical Research Coordinator I

Bikram Poudel, BPH

Infectious Disease
MPH Student Researcher