Explore our Transformational Work
Research & Systems Change
Our research and advocacy efforts are designed for lasting systems change. We are working hard to find solutions.
Education
Our programs combine patient advocacy, in depth knowledge of how health systems operate, and experiential learning to prepare tomorrow’s health justice leaders.
Advocacy
Students offer free advocacy and navigation services for patients entangled in healthcare and insurance systems – because no one should have to go it alone.
Our Mission: To create a more just, people-centered healthcare system that works for ALL patients and providers.
We seek justice in three important ways:
- Our advocates work closely with patients to help them navigate their own care.
- Our researchers study and support the patient experience.
- Our educators give University of Wisconsin students the tools to change systems—and people’s lives.
Our Vision: We deserve a healthcare system everyone can access, understand, and afford.
Our Approach: We train health advocates, conduct research, and guide patients to make healthcare better for all.
News
Advocacy Faculty Member Pete Daly Receives Governor’s Volunteer of the Year Award
The Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP) is extremely proud to celebrate longtime volunteer Pete Daly, who was recently recognized as a 2026 Governor’s Service Award Volunteer of the Year by Governor Tony Evers and Serve …
July 8, 2026Resource Navigator Program featured in GROW magazine
Read about the transformational experience our undergraduate students are having in the spring ’26 edition of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences magazine: Wayfinders in the Health Care World: Through an advocacy program at …
June 25, 2026
WE ARE HIRING! JOIN OUR MISSION-DRIVEN TEAM
The Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP) seeks a manager advocate for the new rural health insurance program. The mission of this new program is to support patients in using health insurance and coverage to gain timely, …
June 19, 2026- Read more
“CPP has been the most personally impactful experience of my graduate program. Through the coursework, but especially through the connections I’ve made with clients and fellow advocates, I’ve gained important understanding of healthcare from an individual to systems level.
My time at CPP has laid the foundation for a future career grounded in patient narratives.”
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The Center for Patient Partnerships and the University of Wisconsin-Madison
are located on unceded, ancestral lands of the Ho-Chunk people.