Cindy Burzinski

• University of Wisconsin-Madison – BS, Psychology
• University of Wisconsin-Madison – MS, Counseling
• Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor – CSAC
• Licensed Professional Counselor – LPC

Bio

Cindy Burzinski, MS, CSAC, LPC (she/they) is a researcher and director of DFMCH’s Wisconsin Voices for Recovery (WVR). She has been with DFMCH since 2012 and has been director of WVR since 2021. Prior to DFMCH, Burzinski worked in an outpatient setting providing mental health and substance use disorder counseling and at a detoxification facility providing assessment and brief intervention. She has co-authored several research publications as well as clinician-oriented resources on substance use disorders.

Professional Interests

Burzinski’s professional interests include addiction recovery advocacy, stigma reduction, community engagement, and mind-body therapies.

Publications and Presentations

• Burzinski, CA. Supporting Safety Supporting Recovery: Community Naloxone Access and Connection to Peer Support through the Nalox-ZONE and ED2Recovery+ Programs. [Oral Presentation]. Wisconsin Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference, Wisconsin Dells, WI, Oct 19-20, 2023.
• Burzinski, CA. Decreasing Opioid Overdose Deaths Across Wisconsin. [Pecha Kucha Oral Presentation]. Pecha Kucha event (August 23, 2023), ForwardFest, Madison, WI Aug 21-25, 2023.
• Zgierska AE, Burzinski CA, Garland EL, Barrett B, Lennon RP, Brown RL, Schiefelbein AR, Nakamura Y, Stahlman B, Jamison RN, Edwards RR. Experiences of adults with opioid-treated chronic low back pain during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey study. Medicine, 2023, 102(41):p e34885. DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000034885.
• Zgierska AE, Burzinski CA, Garland EL, et al. Mindfulness-based therapy compared to cognitive behavioral therapy for opioid-treated chronic low back pain: Protocol for a pragmatic randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2021;110:106548. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2021.106548
• Burzinski, CA; Yuroff AS; Thomas, GR; Kaiser, BL; Goodman-Strenski, VG; Coloni, R; Cowan, P; Veasley, C; Zgierska, AE. Tailoring Stakeholder Engagement for Study of Adults with Opioid-Treated Chronic Low Back Pain. [Accepted Poster Presentation] 2019 PCORI Annual Meeting – Making a Difference: Using Patient-Centered Research Results in the Real World. Washington D.C., Sep 18-20, 2019.