Prior to her faculty position, she was the Director of the College of Nursing’s Institute for Urban Health Partnerships, the umbrella organization responsible for the Community Nursing Centers. In 1986, faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing incorporated the Omaha System into the data collection system for its Community Nursing Centers. With a team at the College, Mary Jo has lead work on various revisions of this data-system, the Automated Community Health Information System (ACHIS), which serves as the method for tracking the College’s Community Nursing Center practice and research. This team of nurses participated in the revision of the 2005 Omaha System.