Education

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Undergraduate:
B.A., in International Affairs, Spanish Language, & Literature
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

Graduate
Master of Public Health, Maternal, & Child Health
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Doctorate:
PhD in Community Health Sciences
Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Publications

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1. Wennerstrom A, Pollock M, Silver J, Gustat J.  Training community residents to address social determinants of health in under resourced communities.  Health Promotion Practice. 2020; 21(4):564-572. PMID:  30616364.

2. Sugarman O, Bachhuber M, Wennerstrom A, Bruno T, Springgate B. Interventions for incarcerated adults withopioid use disorder in the United States: A systematic review with a focus on social determinants of health.  PLoS One. 2020;15(1): e0227968.  PMID:  31961908.

3. Vargas SM, Wennerstrom A, Alfaro N, Belin T, Griffith K, Haywood C, Jones F, Lunn MR, Meyers D, Miranda J, Obedin-Maliver J, Pollock M, Sherbourne CD, Springgate BF, Sugarman OK, Rey E, Williams C, Williams P,Chung, B. Resilience Against Depression Disparities (RADD): A protocol for a randomised comparative effectiveness trial for depression among predominantly low-income racial/ethnic, sexual and gender minorities.  BMJ Open. 2019 Oct 22;9(10):e031099/. PMID:  31641001.

4. Pollock M, Wennerstrom A, True G, et al. Community perspectives on cross-sectoral collaborations to enhance preparedness and community resilience in disaster prone areas: Findings from South Louisiana.  American Journal of Public Health. 2019;109(S309-S315). PMID: 31505147.

5. Wennerstrom A, Reilly B, Sugarman MK, Henderson N, Niyogi A. Promoting health equity and criminal justice reform:  The Louisiana experience.  American Journal of Public Health. 2020; 110(S1):  S39-S40. PMID:  31967900.

6. Haywood C, Feist D, Sugarman M, Ezouah P, Wennerstrom A.  Community health worker leadership in Louisiana, during and after Hurricane Katrina.  American Journal of Public Health. 2020;110(10):1498-1499.  PMID:  32903084.

7. Mayfield Johnson S, Smith DO, Crosby S, Haywood CG, Castillo J, Bryant-Williams D, Jay K, Seguinot M, Smith T, Moore N, Wennerstrom A.  Insights on COVID-19 from community health worker state leaders.  Journal of Ambulatory Care Management.  2020;43(4), 268-277.  PMID:  32858726.

8. Sugarman M, Ezouah P, Haywood C, Wennerstrom A.  Promoting community health worker leadership in policy development: Results from a Louisiana workforce study.  Journal of Community Health.  2021;46(1):64-74.  PMID:  32448981.

9. Wennerstrom A, Sugarman M, Rush C, Barbero C, Jayapaul-Phillip B, Fulmer E, Shantharam S, Moeti R, Mason T.  “Nothing about us without us”:  Insights from state-level efforts to implement community health worker certification.  Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2021;32(2): 892-909. PMID:  34120983.

10. Barbero C, Mason T, Rush C, Sugarman M, Bhuiya A, Fulmer E, Feldstein J, Cottoms N, Wennerstrom A.  Processes for implementing community health worker workforce development initiatives.  Frontiers in Public Health.  Published 2021 June 24. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.659017

11. Wennerstrom A, Pollock M, Silver J, Gustat J. Action to improve social determinants of health: Outcomes of leadership and advocacy training for community residents. Health Promotion Practice.  2022; 23(1): 137-146. PMID:  32911991.

12. Wennerstrom A, Sugarman OK, Page K, Whittington A, Martin, D, Reilly B, Bachhuber MA.  Mixed method evaluation of Louisiana’s pre-release Medicaid enrollment program, 2017-2019.  Medical Care. 2022; 60(7):512-518. PMID:  35471484.

13. Rush C, Smith DO, Fox D, Wennerstrom A.  Lessons learned in establishing a health profession:  What oncology patient navigators can learn from the National Association of Community Health Workers.  2022;128 (S13): 2659-2663. PMID:  35699617.

14. Barbero C, Abdullah A, Wiggins N, Garrettson M, Jones D, Guinn A, Girod C, Bradford J, Wennerstrom A. Community health worker activities in public health programs to prevent violence:  Coding roles and scope.   American Journal of Public Health. 2022: 112(8):1191-1201. PMID:  35737917.

15. Wennerstrom A, Sugarman M, Martin D, Breland C, Haywood C, Niyogi A.  “You have to be almost dead before they ever really work on you in prison”:  A qualitative study of women’s health care experiences during incarceration in Louisiana.  Health & Social Care in the Community.  2022 Sep; 30(5):1763-1774. PMID:  34448314.

16. Wennerstrom A, Haywood C, Smith D, Jindal D, Rush C, Wilkinson G. How are Medicaid managed care organizations employing community health workers? Results from a national study.  Journal of Population Health Management.  Published online 2022 Oct 20. PMID: 3629598.

Research

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Current Funding

Title: Community health worker MCO population health strategy evaluation
Sponsor: RWJF

Title: The Impact of HCV Treatment in HIV/HCV Co-infected and HCV Monoinfected Incarcerated Persons Elimination
Sponsor: OMH
Role: Co-Investigator

Title: Advancing Health Literacy to Enhance Equitable Community Responses to COVID-19
Sponsor: NIH
Role: Co-Investigator

Title: 2019 CHWs for COVID Response and Resilient Communities
Sponsor: CDC
Role: Co-Investigator

Title: 2110 CHWs for COVID Response and Resilient Communities- Technical Assistance
Sponsor: CDC
Role: Co-Investigator

 

Past Funding

Title: Examining the effects of carceral exposure on health services use
Grant: RWJF Interdisciplinary Research Leaders Fellowship
Role: Primary Investigator

Title:  Resiliency Education to Reduce Depression
Sponsor: PCORI
Role: Co-Investigator

Title: Community Health Worker Return on Investment Study
Sponsor: CDC
Role: Dual Primary Investigator

Title: Community Partnered Participatory Research Network Centers of Excellence
Sponsor: PCORI
Role: Co-Investigator

Title: NOLA LEADs:  Leadership Education & Action on Health Disparities
Sponsor: CDC
Role: Primary Investigator

Title: Community Health Worker Certification Project
Sponsor: CDC
Role: Dual Primary Investigator

Title: Pipeline to Proposal, Tiers 1, 2, and 3:  Transitioning from Prisoner to Patient:  Addressing Health Care Needs of the Formerly Incarcerated
Sponsor: PCORI
Role: Dual Primary Investigator

Title: Safe Spaces:  Fostering Equitable Partnerships to Prevent Violence
Sponsor: NIH
Role: Dual Primary Investigator

Title: CHW Behavioral Health Primary Care Integration Project
Sponsor: HRSA
Role: Dual Primary Investigator