Magda Peck Named Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has announced the appointment of Magda G. Peck as the inaugural dean of its Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health. Dr. Peck’s appointment is effective on March 1, 2012. Currently, she is associate dean for community engagement and public health practice and professor of pediatrics and public health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

Dr. Peck is a graduate of Hahnemann University in Philadelphia. She holds master’s and doctoral degrees from the School of Public Health at Harvard University.

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  1. Welcome to Wisconsin Magda. I am the Executive Director of Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health and serve as the ECCS coordinator for WI. Lynne Brehm contacted me and said you were intregal in the Nebraska ECCS work.

    After you settle into your new position, perhaps we could meet. Good luck to you-

    Therese Ahlers, MS, MPA, IMH-E® (IV)
    Executive Director
    Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health
    133 South Butler Street
    Madison, WI 53703
    Phone – 608-442-8036
    Fax – 608-441-8920
    http://www.wiaimh.org

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