Partnership Invites 31 Full Community-Academic Partnership Fund Applications

Si Se Puede, a Community-Academic Partnership Fund grant program, brought Spanish-language diabetes education to northeast Wisconsin.

The Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) received an overwhelming response to its 2010 Request for Partnerships (RfP) through the Community-Academic Partnership Fund.

This year, a combined 113 applicants filed notices of intent and letters of interest by the June 18, 2010 deadline.

Following a technical and content review, the Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC) invited 31 proposals - 12 implementation grants and 19 development grants - to submit full applications. Read More 

Federal Grant to Increase Public Health Workers in Wisconsin

Federal funding will help expand on the work of the Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute.

The grant expands on several initiatives created through the Wisconsin Partnership Program, including the Master of Public Health (MPH) program, the Population Health Fellowship Program and the Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute. Read More

Building a Bridge with Cross-Cultural Cancer Education

A study conducted by UW-Madison researchers and the Wisconsin United Coalition of Mutual Assistance Associations found that traditional approaches to cancer education have failed to resonate with members of the Hmong population in Wisconsin. The findings, part of the Reducing Cancer Disparities program, funded by the Medical Education and Research Committee, will help educators develop more effective outreach. Read More

Wisconsin Partnership Releases 2009 Annual Report

The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, in coordination with the Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC) and the Medical Education and Research Committee (MERC), has released the 2009 annual report of the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP). Read More

Remington Named to Oversight and Advisory Committee

Dr. Patrick Remington will bring his wealth of public health experience to the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Oversight and Advisory Committee (OAC).

The school's first Associate Dean of Public Health was named to the OAC by the UW System Board of Regents at their August meeting. Read More

Partnership Program Welcomes New Program Officer

Mary Jo Knobloch has joined the Wisconsin Partnership Program (WPP) as its new Program Officer for the community grants program directed by the Oversight and Advisory Committee. Knobloch will work directly with applicants and awardees on grant development and implementation, and will also offer advice and guidance to organizations on the future directions of the Wisconsin Partnership Program. Read More

Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families News

Local LIHF Collaboratives Hold Kickoff Events

Coalitions in three cities will formally launch their efforts to improve birth outcomes among Wisconsin's African-Americans with kickoff events in October.

The events will introduce the Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families, an up to $10 million collaboration between the Wisconsin Partnership Program of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and groups in Beloit, Kenosha, Milwaukee and Racine. Read More