About HWLI
Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute
The Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute is a continuing education and training resource supported jointly by the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Funded through the Wisconsin Partnership Fund for a Healthy Future (affiliated with SMPH) and the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin endowment (affiliated with the Medical College), the Institute is co-directed by Peter Layde, MD, MSc of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Patrick Remington, MD, MPH of the UW School of Medicine and Public Health and was created to contribute to the development of a "sufficient and competent workforce," one of the infrastructure priorities of the state health plan, Healthiest Wisconsin 2010.
Purpose: To build public and community health skills and leadership capacity throughout Wisconsin
Vision: Healthy people in healthy communities through education and leadership development
Mission: Development of transformational leaders who engage in innovative community health improvement activities that effectively protect and promote the health of the public
Target Audience: Those working to improve the health of the people of Wisconsin, such as current and future leaders of health care systems, communities, governmental public health agencies, and academic organizations; health care practitioners and providers; policy makers; and the media.
MCW and UW faculty and staff, a planning committee of experts, and others worked closely together over several months in 2005 to develop the Institute. With an overall emphasis on collaborative leadership, a variety of relevant programs and learning opportunities are offered that address continuing education and professional development needs of the Institute's diverse target audience. Major Institute program areas are:
For more information on the Healthy Wisconsin Leadership Institute, please contact us.
