is a professor in the Departments of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and the La Follette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is also an affiliate and past director of the Institute for Research on Poverty and the La Follette School.  She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973 and has been a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1977. Dr. Wolfe also currently serves as an adjunct professor in the economics department of the Research School of the Social Sciences at Australia National University.  She was elected to the Institute of Medicine in 2002.  Her current research projects focus on health economics including, child health, the link between income and health, and teen non-marital fertility.  Dr. Wolfe is particularly interested in vulnerable populations such as those in poor families. Her recent research has included exploring the adequacy of resources of new retirees, the association of income with health,  the long run effects of Section 8 housing vouchers,  whether an exogenous increase in income leads to better health related behaviors and improved health using a natural experiment and the  influence of mental illness on human capital accumulation . Dr. Wolfe has published extensively in economics journals and serves on the board of a number of professional organizations.