Bruce Christiansen MA, PhD

Bruce Christiansen is the director of the Milwaukee research office and recently led a team of researchers updating the Clinical Practice Guideline: Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence. Bruce completed his undergraduate work at Alma College in Alma, Mich. and earned his PhD in clinical psychology at Wayne State University in urban Detroit. During the late 1980's, Bruce was a UW-Madison assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry; he taught medical residents in Milwaukee how to treat tobacco dependence. He previously worked with the Wisconsin Medicaid Program through APS Healthcare and Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.