Wisconsin Partnership Program

05/28/2026

Tracking ticks and disease risk across Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health researchers are using WPP funding to improve how Wisconsin predicts, prevents and responds to tick-borne diseases. Learn more about how this research is addressing this critical public health issue:

While most people dread finding a tick stuck to their clothing or skin, Johnny Uelmen is literally beating the bushes for them.

05/19/2026

Stop by! The WPP team will be hosting a booth at this year's Wisconsin Public Health Association conference. Please stop by to say hello and learn about our grant programs and funding opportunities! We look forward to seeing you!

05/13/2026

Please Join Us for a WPP Community Conversation!

When: Tuesday, June 11; 4-6 pm

Where: UW-Stevens Point

What: Grant recipients from Marshfield Clinic and UW-Stevens Point will share information about their project: Feeding the Whole Child, Whole Family, and Whole Community through Civic Engagement. WPP staff will share information about WPP grant programs and funding opportunities.

Register today: https://explore.wisc.edu/MFxSP_CommunityConnections

05/07/2026

Apply soon! Eligible Wisconsin-based nonprofits, public 4K-12 schools, school districts, and tribal, state or local government entities are invited to apply for a Wisconsin Partnership Program 2026 Community Impact Grant Program Level Two: Accelerate grant. These grants are up to $500,000 over three years and are designed for larger organizations with annual expenses of $1,000,000 or more and require an academic partner.

** Letters of Intent are due May 28, 2026. **

Eligible Wisconsin-based nonprofits, public 4K-12 schools, school districts, and tribal, state or local government entities are invited to apply for a Wisconsin Partnership Program 2026 Community Impact Grant Program Level Two: Accelerate grant.

05/04/2026

Congratulations, Ashley! Thank you for your commitment to healthy people and healthy communities. We're grateful to have you on the WPP team as a project assistant. We wish you and all the SMPH graduates the very best today and in all your future endeavors!

For Ashley Benitez, health does not begin in a clinic or hospital, but is shaped long before that by the realities of people’s everyday lives. She approaches the school's vision of Healthy People, Healthy Communities as the foundation of public health, recognizing that you cannot have healthy people without healthy communities.
In the Master of Public Health program, Ashley consistently connects classroom learning to what is happening in the world. She thinks about health not simply as an outcome, but as something built or limited by systems. Impact, in her view, is not measured by findings alone, but by whether those findings change circumstances for the communities they are meant to serve.
Ashley describes public health as everything around us. “It’s the information people can access, the language it is delivered in, whether people trust the system, and whether care is within reach at all. These conditions shape who gets sick in the first place, who receives care, and who is left behind,” she said.
Ashley grounds her work in connection, trust, and whether people feel seen and understood within the systems meant to support their health. As a Latina, she has seen firsthand how linguistic and cultural knowledge can make public health measures more effective.
Beyond coursework, Ashley strengthens the MPH community through her leadership in the MPH Student Organization and by mentoring prospective students as they explore the program. Working alongside faculty and students addressing real‑world public health challenges at UW has also pushed her to think bigger about what research can do and who it should serve.
This fall, Ashley will continue her training at UW and will pursue a PhD in Population Health Sciences. She chose this path because she wants to help design systems that work for the people they are meant to serve and to be part of meaningful change.
Congratulations to all 39 graduates in the Master of Public Health Class of 2026, including 17 dual-degree graduates.

04/30/2026

Join us in Stevens Point! Please join us on June 11 to learn about a community-academic partnership between Marshfield Clinic and UW-Stevens Point to improve food security for children and families in rural northern Wisconsin.

Grant recipients from Marshfield Clinic and UW-Stevens Point will share information about their project: Feeding the Whole Child, Whole Family, and Whole Community through Civic Engagement. WPP staff will share information about WPP grant programs and funding opportunities. Learn more and register: https://wpp.med.wisc.edu/grant-funding/learning-events/

04/27/2026

Now Open! Eligible Wisconsin-based nonprofits, public 4K-12 schools, school districts, and tribal, state or local government entities are invited to apply for a Wisconsin Partnership Program 2026 Community Impact Grant Program Level Two: Accelerate grant. Letters of Intent are due May 28, 2026. Learn more: https://wpp.med.wisc.edu/news/accepting-2026-community-impact-grant-applicants-accelerate/

04/16/2026

Farm Well Wisconsin is building resources, resilience and community to address the unique mental health challenges and risks facing Wisconsin farmers. The initiative, funded by a WPP five-year Community Impact Impact Grant to SWCAP Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program is positively impacting the health of the region's farming community and creating lasting change in how we talk about and address mental health, su***de prevention and the health needs of our state's farmers. https://www.med.wisc.edu/news/opening-up-about-farmers-mental-health/

04/14/2026

Thank you Badger Talks for highlighting Dr. Sharifi and her important work to improve cancer care. WPP is proud to support her work!

04/08/2026

Thanks to Badger Talks for featuring this Quick Pick highlighting Dr. Marina Sharifi and her WPP-funded work to advance care for women with breast cancer.

New research is helping us stay one step ahead of cancer.

Tune into an insightful BTQP with Dr. Marina Sharifi (University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health), where she discusses unique insights into how cancer cells are evolving in patients as they receive treatment.

Watch the full episode: https://hubs.li/Q049TvW70

This presentation is a part of Badger Talk's "A Healthier Wisconsin: Innovations in Social Health Sciences" series for the month of April.
Learn more: https://hubs.li/Q049Tn6K0