Kj Hansmann, MD

• Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine – MD, MPH
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health – Madison Family Medicine Residency
• University of Wisconsin Department of Population Health Sciences – PHD
• University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health – Primary Care Research Fellowship
• William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital – Advanced Fellowship in Women’s Health

Bio

KJ Hansmann, MD, MPH, PhD (she/her/hers, they/them/theirs) became a DFMCH faculty member in 2024 as a family medicine doctor and health services researcher. Her research focuses on leveraging our understanding of social determinants of health to design and implement clinical care interventions that promote health equity across the life course. Through postdoctoral research training after completing her clinical residency in family medicine at University of Wisconsin, she developed skills in multivariate statistical modeling and health equity research and content expertise in driving cessation.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Hansmann provides care for patients of all ages including management of chronic health conditions and health promotion. Within family medicine, she also has special interest in caring for older adults and providing gender-affirming health care.

Teaching Interests

Dr. Hansmann is motivated to help family medicine learners build skills in system-level change through their work in direct patient care, developing connections with their community, and investigating meaningful practice improvement through quality improvement and research.

Research Interests

Dr. Hansmann’s long-term research goal is to investigate and implement interventions that help older adults navigate complex life transitions with their care partners in the context of their social determinants of health. Her current research focuses on decision support interventions that can help older adults with dementia and their care partners navigate transitions to non-driving.

Publications and Presentations

• Hansmann KJ, Razon N. Transportation Justice and Health. The Milbank Quarterly. doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12676.
• Hansmann KJ, Deemer D, Robert S. Measuring age-friendliness of transportation and mobility characteristics in communities: A scoping review. Gerontologist. 2023 Aug 1:gnad106. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnad106. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37527462.
• Hansmann KJ, Freidel R, Jenness A, Alberth J. (2022). Adapting an In-Clinic Resource Navigator Program to a Virtual Referral Model. Annals of Family Medicine. 20(2).
• Hansmann KJ, Powell WR, Golden BP, Kind AJH. (2022). Hospital Characteristics by Proportion of Patients from Disadvantaged Neighborhoods. Journal of Hospital Medicine. 17(13): 181-185. doi.org/10.1002/jhm.12793
• Hansmann KJ, Grabow M, McAndrews C. (2022). Health Equity and Active Transportation (HEAT): A scoping review of interventions that promote active transportation and their health equity impacts. Journal of Transport and Health. 25.

Awards and Honors

• McGovern-Tracy Scholars Award – University of Wisconsin Department of Family Medicine and Community Health