These diverse collaborative work groups rarely occur naturally, and this collaboration isn't often intuitive. We are helping to bridge different perspectives, creating meaningful interaction, and growing partnerships through transdisciplinary collaboration. 

​In transdisciplinary collaboration, teams learn from each other, develop a broader and deeper understanding of a problem, and are better equipped to create effective solutions.

Collaborative Work Groups will be  in urban and rural areas of the state, focused on specific topics associated with breast and lung cancer including:

• environment
• health care access and quality
• stress
• commercial tobacco use

 ​Collaborative Work Group Leadership

David Frazer,  MPH
Community Leader

Associate Director,
​Center for Urban Population Health ​

Staci Young, PhD
​Academic Leader

Associate Professor,
Family & Community Medicine,
Interim Director, Community Engagement,
Interim Senior Associate Dean,
Community Engagement 
Medical College of Wisconsin

Tim Meister, MA
Program Manager

Medical College of Wisconsin

For more information on The Collaborative Work Groups Initiative, please contact Tim Meister, tmeister@mcw.edu