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Brandt Wiskur, PhD, LMSW
Family and Preventive Medicine

Brandt Wiskur, PhD, LMSW

Associate Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Family Medicine Center Building
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
​900 NE 10th Street
Oklahoma City, OK  73104

405-271-2370
405-271-5251 for clinic appointment

brandt-wiskur@ou.edu

Dr. Wiskur is an Associate Professor of Research in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. He also serves as a psychotherapist at OU Health Psychiatry, integrating his expertise in neuroscience, behavioral health, and clinical practice.

Dr. Wiskur serves as the Oklahoma City Course Director for Personal and Professional Development at the OU College of Medicine. His educational responsibilities include teaching neuroscience to psychiatry residents, teaching social work students about the biopsychosocial determinants of health, and supporting interdisciplinary health professions education. He has extensive experience in curriculum development, educational assessment, institutional research, and applying statistical methods to evaluate population characteristics and predict outcomes related to student enrollment, academic performance, and faculty and staff retention.

Previously, Dr. Wiskur served as Director of Institutional Research for 10 years and Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Faculty Affairs for four years. His leadership in academic administration builds upon an extensive background in biomedical research, neuroscience, and educational program management. Throughout his career, he has designed and conducted experimental research, developed and evaluated academic programs, and applied quantitative methodologies to inform institutional decision-making. His scholarly contributions include more than 30 peer-reviewed scientific publications and research supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Before graduate school, Dr. Wiskur served as a sergeant in the United States Army, including approximately two years of deployment. His military experience complements his longstanding professional interests in understanding human behavior, resilience, and responses to adversity. He currently participates in an interdisciplinary research team at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences investigating the impact of fear and trauma. In addition to his research and teaching responsibilities, he provides psychotherapy through OU Health Psychiatry and mentors students through workshops at the OU Harold Hamm Health Campus.

Dr. Wiskur's professional work integrates neuroscience, behavioral health, medical education, institutional research, and clinical practice, with a particular emphasis on translating scientific evidence into improvements in education, healthcare, and human well-being.

Academic Section(s):

OUFMC Research Division

Education:

2013 – 2017       MSW, Social Work (summa cum laude). Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

2009 - 2011       Postdoctoral Fellowship, Oklahoma Center for Neuroscience, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

2003 - 2008       PhD, Neuroscience, Graduate College, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK

2001 - 2003       BS, Chemistry (cum laude), Department of Chemistry, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, MO

Funding:

Current:

09/17/2024 – 06/30/2029
U19MD020537, D. Rhoades, M. Doescher, P. Spicer (MPI)
Improving Cancer Outcomes in Native American Communities (ICON).
Role: Program Evaluation

09/30/2023 – 06/30/2027
T9952111, S. Crawford (PI)
Medical Student Education Program to prepare medical students for primary care careers.
Role: Program Director, Program Evaluation

Completed:

07/01/2019 – 06/30/2024
U01 GM132175, Sood (PI)
Effectiveness of Innovative Research Mentor Interventions among Underrepresented Minority Faculty in the Southwest.
Role: Site Coordinator

09/01/2019 – 06/30/2024
T99HP33558, Crawford (PI)
Medical Student Education Program to prepare medical students for primary care careers.
Role: Program Evaluation

07/01/2017 – 06/30/2023
James (PI)
Education and Mentoring Professional Development Core (PDC), in Oklahoma Center for Clinical and Translational Resources (OSCTR). 
Role: Program Evaluator

09/24/2017 – 05/31/2022
Stoner & Houchen (PIs)
Addressing Health Disparities among Oklahoma Minority and Rural Communities through Clinical Research Education and Career Development.
Role: Program Evaluator

Select Publications:

  1. Charron E, Rimal B, Wiskur B, Karrit F, Freeman-Cooper F, Higuita NIA, Brand M. Implementation of Integrated Behavioural Health in Outpatient Cardiology Care for Patients with Injection Drug Use-Associated Infective Endocarditis. CJC Open, 2026; 8(6): 715-718.
  2. Sood A, Shore X, Myers O, Wiskur B, Dominguez N, Tigges B. Impact of Faculty Mentor Development Intervention on Mentees' Subjective Career Success. Chron Mentor Coach, 2025; 9(3): 582-588.
  3. Holbrook E, Wiskur B, Nagykaldi Z. Discovering opioid slang on social media: A Word2Vec approach with reddit data. Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, 2024; 13: 100302.  DOI: 
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100302
  4. Brand MW, Kuhn KG, Hilton BT, Boyina K, Deshpande G, Suh J, Trapp M, Tucker P, Wiskur B. The impact of COVID-19 fear on mental health of community behavioral health providers. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2024; 18, e114. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.98
  5. Boylan P, Knisley J, Wiskur B, Nguyen J, Lam K, Hong J, Caballero J.  Pharmacist-social worker interprofessional relations and education in mental health: A scoping review. PeerJ  2024;12: e16977. DOI 10.7717/peerj.16977
  1. Tigges B, Soller B, Myers O, Shore X, Mickel N, Dominguez N, Wiskur B,  Helitzer D, Sood A. Mentoring network questionnaire support scales reliable and valid with university faculty. Chronicles of Mentoring & Coaching, 2023; 7(16): 459-465. 
  1. Shore XW, Soller B, Mickel N, Wiskur B, Morales D, Dominguez N,  Tigges B, Myers O, Sood A. Gender differences in self-reported faculty developmental networks. Chronicles of Mentoring & Coaching, 2023; 7(16): 445-452. 
  1. Shore XW, Soller B, Mickel N, Wiskur B, Morales D, Arora S,  Dominguez N, Tigges B, Myers O, Sood A. Curriculum-based faculty training in networking: Knowledge and self-efficacy outcomes. Chronicles of Mentoring & Coaching, 2023; 7(16): 453-458. 
  1. Hilton BT, Wiskur BJ, Brand MW, Rojas JI, Leckie RD, Trapp M, Kuhn KG. Fear of COVID-19 among non-smokers and smokers/former smokers: Implications for health promotion practice. Journal of Emergency Management, 2023; 21(7): 306-313.
  1. Trapp MDC, Wiskur BJ, Suh JH, Brand MW, Kuhn KG, Rojas J. Sex differences between medical students in the assessment of the fear of COVID-19. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022; 19(6): 3372.
  1.  Soller B, Dominguez N, Sood A, Mickel N, Myers O, Tigges B, Wiskur B, Helitzer D, Morales D. Developmental networks among mentors and mentees involved in a mentoring intervention. Chronicles of Mentoring & Coaching, 2021; 5(14): 375-382.
  1. Brand, MW, Wiskur BJ, Rojas, JI. Assessing fear of COVID-19 at an academic medical center. Journal of Emergency Management, 2020; 18(7): 91-98.
  1. Wiskur BJ, Mickel N, Williams VN. Mentee assessment of mentoring competencies at an academic health sciences center. Journal of Faculty Development, 2020; 34(2): 33-42.
  1. Mickel N, Wiskur BJ, James J, VanWagoner T, Williams VN. Assessing faculty capacity to build an effective mentoring network at an academic health sciences center. Journal of Faculty Development, 2018; 32(3): 35-46.
  1. Coburn PS, Wiskur BJ, Miller FC, LaGrow AL, Astley RA, Elliott MH, Callegan MC. Bloodstream-to-eye infections are facilitated by outer blood-retinal barrier dysfunction. PLoS ONE, 2016; 11(5): e0154560.
  1. Coburn PS, Wiskur BJ, Astley RA, Callegan MC. Blood-retinal barrier compromise and endogenous staphylococcus aureus endophthalmitis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2015; 56(12): 7303-7311.
  1. Coburn PS, Wiskur BJ, Christy E, Callegan MC. The diabetic ocular environment facilitates the development of endogenous bacterial endophthalmitis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2012; 53(12): 7426-7431.
  1. Tran L, Wiskur B, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B. The role of the anteriolateral bed nucleus of the stria terminalis in stress-induced nociception. American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal & Liver Physiology, 2012; 302(11): G1301-G1309.
  1. Callegan MC, Gues S, Wheatley NR, Woods DC, Griffin G, Wiskur BJ, Leonard R. Efficacy of vitrectomy in improving the outcome of Bacillus cereus endophthalmitis. Retina, 2011; 31(8): 1518-1524.
  1. Wiskur B, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B. The aging colon: The role of enteric neurodegeneration in constipation. Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2010; 12(6): 507-512.
  1. Wiskur BJ, Tyler K, Campbell-Dittmeyer K, Chaplan SR, Wickenden AD, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B. A novel TRPV1 receptor antagonist JNJ-17203212 attenuates colonic hypersensitivity in rats. Methods and Findings in Experimental Clinical Pharmacology, 2010; 32(8): 557-564.
  1. Callegan MC, Novosad BD, Ramadan RT, Wiskur B, Moyer AL. Rate of bacterial eradication by ophthalmic solutions of fourth generation fluoroquinolones. Advances in Therapy, 2009; 26(4): 447-454.
  1. Rajala RV, Wiskur BJ, Tanito M, Callegan M, Rajala A. Diabetes reduces autophosphorylation of retinal insulin receptor and increases protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B activity. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2009; 50(3): 1033-1040.
  1. Wiskur BJ, Woods DC, Wheatley NR, Callegan MC. Update on improvements for therapy of severe bacterial endophthalmitis. ISOPT Conference Proceedings, 2009:  25-37. 
  1. Wiskur BJ, Hunt JJ, Callegan MC. Hypermucoviscosity as a virulence factor in experimental Klebsiella pneumoniae endophthalmitis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2008;  49(11):  4931-493 8.
  1. Wiskur BJ, Robinson ML, Farrand AJ, Novosad BD, Callegan MC. Toward improving therapeutic regimens for Bacillus endopthalmitis. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2008; 49(4): 1480-1487.
  1. Callegan MC, Gilmore MS, Gregory M, Ramadan RT, Wiskur BJ, Moyer AL, Hunt JJ, Novosad BD. Bacterial endopthalmitis: Therapeutic challenges and host-pathogen interactions. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 2007; 26(2): 189-203.
  1. Thirumangalakudi L, Samany PG, Owoso A, Wiskur B, Grammas P. Angiogenic proteins are expressed by brain blood vessels in Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2006; 10(1): 111-118.