Ni Ketut Wilmayani, who goes by Wilma, is a physician by training with international experience in global public health across both academic and community-based settings. Her work has centered on providing preventive health services for vulnerable populations.

She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, specializing in Global Family Health and Well-being. She earned her Master of Public Health from Vanderbilt University, Tennessee in 2021 as a Fulbright Scholar. Prior to that, she completed her medical degree in Indonesia and worked at a Primary Health Center as well as teaching faculty in Public Health Department, University of Mataram, Indonesia for seven years, focusing primarily on maternal and child health programs.

Wilma’s current research interests include early childhood, adolescent mental health, health promotion, health education, and behavior change. She is actively involved in a collaborative project on Trauma-Informed Programs and Practices for Schools (TIPPS) with the University of Michigan, where she conducted interviews with teachers to explore perspectives on trauma-informed practices in education.

Additionally, Wilma participated in a health promotion project on adolescent mental health, a collaboration between the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Boys Town National Research Hospital, Nebraska. In this role, she contributes to research on adolescent substance use, including alcohol, cannabis, and tobacco, by managing datasets and conducting quantitative analyses. She is passionate about expanding her expertise in health education through interdisciplinary approaches and is eager to continue collaborating with research teams from diverse academic institutions.