Dr. Wiskur (he/him) is an Associate Professor of Research in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the OU College of Medicine. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Additionally, he works as a psychotherapist at OU Health Psychiatry.
His teaching responsibilities include instructing neuroscience didactics to psychiatry residents and biopsychosocial determinants of health to social workers. Dr. Wiskur has extensive experience developing methodologies that assess population characteristics across the university and evaluating statistical prediction models for dependent variables such as student enrollment, performance outcomes, and staff retention.
He was the Director of Institutional Research for 10 years and the Interim Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Faculty Affairs for four years. His institutional role follows years of biomedical research as a neuroscientist and education program management efforts where he designed novel experimental studies, participated in educational program development, and evaluated both results. These efforts have resulted in 25 peer-reviewed scientific publications and NIH grant funding.
Before his graduate studies, he was a U.S. Army sergeant and has spent approximately two years in a deployed status. He is currently a member of an OUHS cross-departmental research team focusing on the impact of fear and trauma. He also serves as a field instructor for social work students in their practicum, some of whom have trained at CLL. In 2008, he earned his Doctorate in Neuroscience, and in 2017, he earned a master’s degree in social work. Brandt works with the CLL on special projects and participates as a faculty member in CLL-sponsored training events.
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:
- 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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100302
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wiskur B, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B. The aging colon: The role of enteric neurodegeneration in constipation. Current Gastroenterology Reports, 2010; 12(6): 507-512.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Wiskur BJ, Woods DC, Wheatley NR, Callegan MC. Update on improvements for therapy of severe bacterial endophthalmitis. ISOPT Conference Proceedings, 2009: 25-37.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.