Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans; Louisiana CHW Institute/Center for Healthcare Value and Equity
Lead for assessment, evaluation and performance measure.
Lead for assessment, evaluation and performance measure.
Leadership & Evaluation Teams
Associate Professor Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, LSU School of Public Health; Director, Louisiana Community Health Worker Institute; Assistant Director, Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, LSU School of Medicine
Dr. Wennerstrom specializes in Community Health Worker training, policy, and workforce development as well as community-academic partnered research, behavioral health, SDOH, and incarceration.
Evaluation Team
Evaluation Manager
Center for Healthcare Value and Equity, LSU School of Medicine
Kira has almost 15 years of experience working in the non-profit and public heath sectors in New Orleans, Louisiana. She received her Master of Public Administration, with a concentration in Community Development, from the University of New Orleans.
Her work has supported programming and evaluation in the areas of disaster case management, primary care behavioral health integration, healthcare access and in Early Head Start schools.