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Health Services Research and Evaluation Scientist
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
Sally Jolles, MS, MA, is a Health Services Research and Evalauation Scientist within the University of Wisconsin Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease. She is trained in the disciplines of public policy, cultural anthropology, and evaluation science with expertise in qualitative and mixed methods research. Over the past 10 years, Sally has conducted health services research focused on identifying barriers and facilitators to receiving health care, as well as analyzing health educational factors at the patient, provider, and systems levels with the intention of developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions that target these barriers to care. Her personal and professional work has focused on identifying barriers to the care of vulnerable populations such as Veterans, nursing home residents, and patients with complex chronic health conditions. Sally currently manages the research program of infectious disease physician and epidemiologist, Christopher Crnich, MD, PhD, where we design, implement and evaluate health system and behavioral interventions to enhance tracking and prevention of infections and antibiotic-resistant organisms in long-term care settings. She also conducts her own research on fluoroquinolone use and quality of life in patients with Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum disorder.