Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin
The Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Program oversees the distribution of endowment funds made available to the College from the conversion of Blue Cross and Blue Shield United of Wisconsin to a for-profit entity. These funds were received at an initial value of approximately $300 million and are distributed to improve the health of the public through research, education, and community-based partnerships.
The Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program is one of three components of the endowment fund. Its vision is to improve the health of the people of Wisconsin. The Partnership Program supports community-medical school partnerships that target public and community health inclusively, focusing on broad determinants of health.
To be selected, partnerships must demonstrate effective collaboration that capitalizes on the strengths each organization brings to the table, builds upon Healthiest Wisconsin 2010 (the state health plan), coordinates with other efforts in the community, works to leverage other resources, and demonstrates financial sustainability.
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Children at Neighborhood House of Milwaukee learn how to prepare healthy meals using fresh ingredients.
Technology Transfer
The Medical College of Wisconsin's Research Foundation (MCWRF), is responsible for managing the discoveries, inventions, and other intellectual property assets of the College and advancing these discoveries from patents to patients.
The Foundation identifies ideas generated in the College's laboratories and markets those ideas to established companies or facilitates the formation of spin-off companies to develop commercial products. In fiscal year 2005/06 College researchers disclosed 130 new discoveries, spanning therapeutic compounds, diagnostic tests, imaging technologies, medical devices and research tools.
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