University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Prevention

Lucchesi, Dante

Education BS, University of Wisconsin–Madison Biography Dante joined UHS as a Collegiate Recovery Specialist for Badger Recovery in 2025 after graduating from UW-Madison as a Health Promotion and Health Equity major. He is deeply committed to ensuring that students struggling with their mental health receive the support needed to achieve academic, professional and personal fulfillment. …

Marconi, Agustina

Education MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Biography Agustina Marconi serves as the UHS staff epidemiologist. A trained physician, Marconi is experienced in infectious disease surveillance, infectious disease outbreak management, population health, health promotion and prevention, and health data analytics. Prior to coming to UHS, Marconi worked at the Instituto de Efectividad Clinica and the …

Nelson, Alex

Biography Alex is the co-coordinator of primary prevention programming for undergraduate students.  Alex’s areas of interest include peer education pedagogies, social norms approaches to violence prevention, alcohol-facilitated sexual assault, and queer- and trans-inclusive prevention practices. Alex is committed to doing violence prevention work in ways that are transformative, relationship-centered, strongly rooted in anti-oppression frameworks, and …

Pastor, Nola

Nola co-coordinates the in-person GetWIse workshop series and manages ActWIse, a homegrown violence prevention bystander intervention strategy.

Retzlaff, Jenna

Education BS, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Residency, University of Wisconsin-Madison Biography Jenna Retzlaff joined UHS in 2023 as a Alcohol & Other Drug Misuse Prevention Specialist. Retzlaff works to support student development around effective advocacy for high-risk drinking prevention, recovery, and drug misuse prevention. Substance misuse can have many short-and long-term impacts on a person’s …

Shadle, John

Education AB, Duke UniversityMSPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Biography John joined the UHS Data & Quality team as a Health Equity Survey Analyst in 2024. His work helps promote and maintain healthy behaviors among students at the University through data-informed decision-making. Outside of work, John enjoys attending live music events, watching college basketball, …