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Linda Oakley

Linda Oakley

Expert on social determinants of health disparities in African Americans

Professor, School of Nursing School of Nursing Work: 608-263-5866 — Home and cell phones available upon request linda.oakley@wisc.edu Home page

Topics

  • Human ecology of health inequities
  • Stigma related despair and depression
  • Inflammatory social stress and hypertension

Achievements

  • Winner: Unsung Heroine Award Dane County National Alliance of the Mentally Ill, 2002
  • Author: Inequities of health care: Market challenge to nurses (The American Nurse)
  • Member: SAMHSA Minority Fellowship Program Advisory Board American Nurses Association