A University of Wisconsin graduate, Sheffer earned her master’s in public health at UW-La Crosse and her PhD in oral science from the University of Iowa. She was a postdoctoral fellow and adjunct faculty member at the University of Iowa. There, she conducted tobacco-policy research, such as studying the economic effects of the Iowa City smokefree restaurant ordinance. She has experience in survey research.

“I’m excited to be working for UW-CTRI and to help improve the health of our state and nation,” she said.

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