September 2017 Town Hall Teleconference

Ian Brissette, PhD

Director, Bureau of Chronic Disease Evaluation and Research, New York State Department of Health

Ian Brissette, PhD, is a research scientist at the New York State Department of Health, where he directs the Bureau of Chronic Disease Evaluation and Research. His bureau is responsible for overseeing public health surveillance, performance measurement, and evaluation programs that support chronic disease prevention programs the department administers. He is also director of the New York State Coverdell Stroke Program. Dr. Brissette has worked in the New York State Department of Health as a research scientist and program evaluator for 14 years. He specializes in applying social science theories and research methods to the practice of public health. Prior to working in public health, he was a faculty member in the psychology department at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dr. Brissette received his PhD in health psychology from Carnegie Mellon University and completed post-doctoral training at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

Mark Wegner, MD, MPH

Chronic Disease Medical Advisor, Bureau of Community Health Promotion, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Mark Wegner, MD, MPH, is the chronic disease medical advisor for the Bureau of Community Health Promotion in the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Dr. Wegner received his medical degree from the Madison Medical School at the University of Wisconsin, and as part of a preventive medicine residency, he received an MPH from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland. He specializes in public health and general preventive medicine. In addition to his work for the Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Dr. Wegner is an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at the University of Wisconsin. He previously served on the board of directors for the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors and was one of three co-editors who developed the third and fourth editions of the book Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Prevention, and Control for the American Public Health Association.