APEX Opportunities
Working with community partners during an Applied Practice Experience (APEX) is a highlight of the Master of Public Health program. The rewards go both ways. Students help community partners examine critical public health challenges, and community partners help students learn to navigate and succeed in a professional setting.
We offer many field work opportunities with agencies and organizations in Madison, across the state and around the world. These partnerships are designed to meet the diverse needs and interests of our students.
Community Partners
- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services, in Madison, has several divisions devoted to protecting public health and safety, including the Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Office of Health Informatics, Maternal and Child Health and more.
- The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, a consortium of federally recognized Indian tribes in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, assists Indigenous communities with data collection, analysis, community assessments, health research and epidemiology education.
- Special Olympics Wisconsin provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
- UW Center for Patient Partnerships offers programs and services that include advocating for patients, educational programs, research into patients’ experiences and learning to navigate legal and policy systems.
- UW Extension FoodWise offers a community-based nutrition education program that seeks to empower Wisconsin residents with limited incomes to make healthy choices.
- American Family Children’s Hospital
- Health Innovation Program
- healthTIDE
- Milwaukee Health Department
- Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin
- Rock County Public Health Department
- University Health Services
- UW Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
- UW Center for Urban Population Health
- UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
- UW Division of Recreational Sports
- UW Global Health Institute
- UW Health Office of Population Health
- UW Population Health Institute
- Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
- Wisconsin Health Literacy
What Does an APEX Project Look Like?
Check out our YouTube channel for more APEX videos.
“I worked with the Rock County Health Department to evaluate their Community Health Improvement Plan and designed a framework for future evaluations.”
–Faleasha Gallagher, Master of Public Health student
“My project with the Department of Health Services focused on the appropriate assessment and treatment of patients with dementia in WI’s skilled nursing facilities.”
–Hannah Schulz, PharmD-MPH dual degree student