When Aleeza Barkas was diagnosed with a rare form of progressive hearing loss, she expected the medical challenges ahead. What she didn’t expect was that she would have to spend over a year fighting her insurance …
Year: 2026
Advocating for Seniors Through Partnership
When older adults across Wisconsin began receiving unexpectedly high medical bills earlier this year, many were left frustrated, confused, and unsure where to turn. What started as individual calls for help soon revealed a much …
We are Hiring: Staff Advocate for New Rural Health Insurance Project
More information on the UW Job Site. The Center for Patient Partnerships (CPP) seeks a staff advocate for the new health insurance program to reach rural health care consumers. The advocate will provide primarily intensive …
Clarifying the Gray Zones: Supporting Self-Advocacy in Gender-Affirming Care
A procedure required for surgery shouldn’t be hard to get covered, but for many transgender patients seeking gender-affirming care, pre-operative electrolysis sits in a frustrating gray zone. Ash Eisen, a second-year Masters of Social …
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 …
Resource 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 …
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, …
“It’s changed my entire trajectory in life”: Anika K.’s Experience as a Community Resource Navigator
“This program has helped me become more compassionate, more empathetic, more grateful for the position that I’m in,” Anika said. “It goes without saying that it’s changed my entire trajectory in life.”
Resource Navigators Present Student Research at the Wisconsin Idea Conference
Six students from CPP’s Community Resource Navigator Program (CRNP) presented research at the fourth annual Wisconsin Idea Conference, held March 2, 2026 at Union South. The conference highlights the Wisconsin Idea, the principle that the …
Finding Peace of Mind Through The Health Justice Clinic
Melinda Kruger, a volunteer and board secretary at Kinship Community Food Center in Milwaukee, WI, often supports individuals navigating eviction, addiction, and complex bureaucratic systems. But in 2025, she found herself benefiting from support alongside …