PhD Student

Department of Health Promotion
University of Nebraska Medical Center
College of Public Health

Professional Summary

• 2018-present, SHPEP Program Manager, Division of Student Success, University Nebraska Medical Center
• 2016-2018, Education & Outreach Program Manager, College of Public Health, University Nebraska Medical Center
• 2012-2016, Administrative Programs Coordinator, College of Public Health, University Nebraska Medical Center
• 2012-2013, Scholar, Year 8, Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute, University Nebraska Medical Center
• 2012-2013, Adjunct Assistant Professor, College of Education, School of Health & Kinesiology, University Nebraska Omaha
• 2012, Lecturer, College of Education, School of Health & Kinesiology, University Nebraska Omaha
• 2007-2012, Accounting/Grants/Program Associate, College of Public Health, University Nebraska Medical Center
• 2011-2012, Service Learning Capstone Intern, OneWorld Community Health Centers
• 2006-2007, Community Relations Intern, The Nebraska Medical Center

Education

• 2014-2020, PhD Health Promotion Disease Prevention Research, University Nebraska Medical Center
• 2008-2012, MPH, Health Services Research & Policy, University Nebraska Medical Center
• 2004-2007, BSED, University Nebraska Omaha

Research Interests

• Sonja Tutsch serves as the Summer Health Professions Education Program Manager in the Division of Student Success. Her dissertation research explores the impact of a six-week academic summer enrichment program on anxiety outcomes among socioeconomically disadvantaged youth, and examines differences in outcomes between high versus low counts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), the role of resilience promoting vs. hindering factors, and perceived levels of self-efficacy in pursuing a graduate education in the health professions.
• Research Interests: Social Determinants of Health, Lifecourse Perspective, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Health Disparities, Wellness, Resilience, Mental Public Health.

Selected Publications

• Tutsch, S. F., Fowler, P., Kumar, G., Weaver, A., Minter, C., & Baccaglini, L. ‘Universal Anxiety Intervention in U.S. Schools: A Systematic Review’. Health Behavior and Policy Review (manuscript under review/HBPR-2019-22/R1).
• Johansson, P., Schober, D., Leon, M., Brueggeman, G., Tutsch, S. F., Lyden, L., Schulz, P., Zimmerman, L., Wilson, F., & Estabrooks, P. ‘Adapting an Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Intervention to Urban American Indians’. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 2019 (30), 618-636. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2019.0046
• Johansson, P., Schober, D., Tutsch, S. F., Brueggemann, G., Leon, M., Lyden, E., Schulz, P., Estabrooks, P., & Zimmerman, L. ‘Adapting an Evidence-Based Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Intervention to Rural Communities’. Journal of Rural Health, 35(1), 87-96. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jrh.12306
• Johansson, P., Blankenau, J., Tutsch, S. F., Brueggeman, G., Afrank, C., Lyden, E., & Khan, B. ‘Barriers and solutions to providing mental health services in rural Nebraska’. Journal of Rural Mental Health. Available at: https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Frmh0000105
• Tutsch (Russell), S. F., & Adams, J. ‘An Examination of the Perceived Burden of Mental Illness and Services Needed by Individuals Seeking Care at a Federally Qualified Health Center in the Midwest’. (unpublished manuscript)
• Tutsch (Russell), S. F., Johansson, P., DeAlba, A. ‘Diversity in health care. Assessing the increasing need for growing a culturally and linguistically competent health professions workforce in rural Nebraska’. (unpublished manuscript)

Professional Affiliations

• American Public Health Association (APHA)
• Public Health Association of Nebraska (PHAN)