Lived Experience Partner
Gillette Children's
Fitchburg, WI
Sandy Tierney holds a Master's Degree in Social Work, a PhD in Counseling Psychology and was a depression researcher before her daughter’s birth. Raising a child with special health care needs ignited her passion for improving the lives of families like hers. She uses her lived experience, insights shared by other parents, training as a LEND Family Discipline Fellow, and psychology and social work training to bring the family voice to her advocacy, education, and training efforts. Currently, she provides opportunities for developing professionals to learn from families, works with a team to share the stories of caregivers of children with medical complexity (CMC) with medical students and residents, is conducting research on the experience of caregivers of CMC, and is a member of the Family Engagement Research Blueprint Team at Gillette Children’s. She is a parent advisor on the WI Children’s Long-Term Support Council, Waisman Center’s Constituent Advisory Committee, and Gillette Children’s Parent Advisory Council.
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Sunday, April 14, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PT