Bio: Georgiana Wilton

Georgiana Wilton, PhD is an Associate Scientist who joined the Department of Family Medicine in 2002. She is currently the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator of several research and outreach projects addressing the prevention, identification, and treatment of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). Dr Wilton is the Director of the Wisconsin FASD Treatment Outreach Project providing consultation and clinical outreach to women-specific AODA treatment providers, and the Family Empowerment Network. Georgiana has taught classes on both Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and adolescent health in the UW Department of Medical Genetics, and provides training to parents, clinicians and service providers locally and nationally. She is currently conducting brief intervention research on FASD and developing a line of family functioning research. Georgiana earned her doctorate in Rehabilitation Psychology and has worked in the disabilities field for nearly 25 years with a focus on family support, professional education, vocational rehabilitation, and advocacy.