About
Gillean Kitchen is the Women’s Health Research Program Manager. In this role, she oversees the UW Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) program. She also provides project management support for ICTR Deputy Director Dr. Beth Burnside’s breast cancer imaging informatics research program.
She came to ICTR in 2023 from the Wisconsin Health Care Association, where she served as the WisCaregiver Careers Data and Operations Manager. She has held a range of leadership roles within UW, including at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research and offices within UW System Administration, that leveraged her expertise in program and project management, as well as fiscal administration. She has worked successfully with both internal and external stakeholders including faculty members, executive leadership, administrators, state entities, and private sector leadership.