People

Miriam Landsman

Miriam Landsman, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Co-Director, Iowa Consortium
Associate Professor of Social Work
Miriam J. Landsman, PhD, MSW, is an associate professor of social work, Executive Director of the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice, Co-Director of the Iowa Consortium for Substance Use Research and Evaluation, and a Faculty Affiliate of the Iowa Center on School Mental Health at the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on family-centered child welfare practice and its intersection with behavioral health, and the human services workforce.
Brad Richardson

Brad Richardson, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Co-Director, Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation
Research Scientist/Engineer
Brad Richardson is Research Scientist/Engineer and Adjunct Associate Professor in The University of Iowa School of Social Work. As Research Director of the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice, he also serves as co-Director of the Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation and Director of the Center for Public Health Evaluation and Research.
Stephan Arndt

Stephan Arndt, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry & Biostatistics
Past Director, Iowa Consortium
DeAnn Decker

DeAnn Decker

Title/Position
Bureau Chief, Iowa Department of Public Health
Kseniya Garcia

Kseniya Garcia Bueno

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Kseniya is a Research Assistant at the University of Iowa School of Social Work, Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation. Since 2013, under direct supervision Kseniya assisted on research projects primarily focusing on working with Spanish speaking program participants, involving recruitment of research participants. Kseniya is a multilingual professional who speaks English, Russian, and Spanish.
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Rui (Renee) Ling

Title/Position
Research Associate
Ms. Ling's work focuses on program evaluation and implementation. She is interested in women's health, child health, and mental health as well as health equity. She is now working on expanding the Zero to Three Safe Babies program and contributes to data quality improvement, and project evaluation, with the Center for Public Health Evaluation and Research. She holds a Master of Science in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, focusing on Social and Behavioral Interventions.
Mary Losch

Mary Losch, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Director, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Professor of Psychology
Taylor Magnuson

Taylor Magnuson

Title/Position
Research Assistant
Ms. Magnuson assists projects within the Iowa Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation and the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice. Her work primarily involves program evaluation, homelessness, child permanency, and substance use disorders. Taylor earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and is currently pursing a Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Iowa.
Mike Polich

Mike Polich

Title/Position
Executive Director, UCS Healthcare
Lettie Prell

Lettie Prell

Title/Position
Research Director, Iowa Department of Corrections
Abby Schueller

Abby Schueller, LMSW

Title/Position
Research Associate
Abby Schueller, LMSW, is Research Associate at the University of Iowa School of Social Work. As Research Associate with the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice, Ms. Schueller assists in projects within the Consortium for Substance Abuse Research and Evaluation, Iowa Center for Public Health Evaluation and Research, and DMC Resource Center. She is also a Community Coordinator for the Polk County model Zero To Three program known as the Safe Babies Court Team.
Richard Spoth

Richard Spoth, Ph.D.

Title/Position
Project Co-Director, Partnerships in Prevention Science Institute
F. Wendell Miller Senior Prevention Scientist and Institute Director
Kathy Stone

Kathy Stone

Title/Position
Director, Behavioral Health Division at Iowa Department of Public Health
Dale Woolery

Dale Woolery

Title/Position
Director, Iowa Governor’s Office of Drug Control Policy (ODCP)
Iowa Consortium Board
Janet Zwick

Janet Zwick

Title/Position
Owner, Zwick Healthcare Consultants, LLC