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Name: Denise Bulling
E-Mail: dbulling@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-1509
Denise Bulling joined the Public Policy Center in February 2003. She has over 20 years of experience as a behavioral health clinician, manager, and planner.
Education
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Human Science, 2006
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Counseling Psychology, 1987
B.S., Nebraska Wesleyan University, Psychology, 1982
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Counseling Psychology, 1987
B.S., Nebraska Wesleyan University, Psychology, 1982
Certifications
- Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner
- Certified Professional Counselor
Areas of Interest
Dr. Bulling's research interests are in the areas of disaster/emergency behavioral health and threat/risk assessment and management. She enjoys applied research that creates shared understanding among practitioners, policy makers and academicians via strategic planning, public engagement and program evaluation.
Projects
- Behavioral Health Strategic Planning Design Work Group
- Children's Mental Health and Substance Abuse State Infrastructure Grant
- Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Program
- Disaster Behavioral Health Project
- Drug Courts Evaluation
- Homeland Security Planning Project
- Justice Mental Health
- NEBHANDS Project
- Nebraska Suicide Prevention
- Public Engagement Pilot Project on Pandemic Influenza Evaluation
- Threat Assessment Research
Publications
- Citizen Voices on Pandemic Flu Choices: A Report of the Public Engagement Pilot Project on Pandemic Influenza
- Cleaning Up After The Storm
- Dialogue, The
- Evaluation of Nebraska's Probation Problem Solving Courts
- NEBHANDS Semiannual Program Progress Report (April 2003)
- NEBHANDS Semiannual Program Progress Report (April 2004)
- NEBHANDS Semiannual Program Progress Report (April 2005)
- NEBHANDS Semiannual Program Progress Report (October 2003)
- NEBHANDS Semiannual Program Progress Report (October 2004)
- NEBHANDS Semiannual Program Progress Report (September 2005)
- Nebraska Behavioral Health Guidelines for Medical Isolation
- Nebraska Drug Courts Evaluation Summary
- Nebraska Final Report on Disaster Response Capacity Expansion Grant
- Nebraska Hospital Preparedness
- Public Engagement Project on Community Control Measures for Pandemic Influenza Final Report
- Responding to the Storm
Community Involvement
Dr. Bulling volunteers as part of the Nebraska Critical Incident Management Team, Nebraska's Behavioral Health Emergency Response Team, and the American Red Cross as a local and national disaster mental health volunteer. She also volunteers as a member of the Nebraska Suicide Prevention Committee and serves on the advisory board for the Nebraska Injury Prevention Program.
Professional Activities
- Courtesy Faculty Appointment; College of Education and Human Sciences, Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies
- Faculty affiliate, Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools
- Association of Threat Assessment Professionals
- American Evaluation Association
- American Association of Suicidology
