Community
Guided by the College of Health Sciences mission, vision and values, the college’s faculty, staff and students are committed to improving the health and well-being of our communities through innovative research, outstanding education and exceptional services.
Services
The College of Health Sciences serves the UWM campus and greater Milwaukee community with the following services, clinics and screenings.
Collaborations
This work is made possible through collaboration with many exceptional partners in the community.
CHS enjoys collaborating with hundreds of community partners through research, internships and clinical training, mentorship, scholarships and community advocacy. If you are interested in exploring a way that you can partner with CHS, please contact Development Director Laura Fish at 414-229-6247 or fishl@uwm.edu.
The College of Health Sciences provides community access to outstanding educational programs. Continuing education classes and programs through our Office of Outreach strengthen lifelong learning.
The Center for Community-Based Learning, Leadership, and Research (CCBLLR) partners with the community to inspire students, faculty and staff to engage in activities that foster enduring personal and social change.
Community Research
The College of Health Sciences is doing cutting-edge research that is making a difference in the lives of people in Wisconsin and world. Some of the diseases and conditions our faculty, staff and students are investigating:
- Injury prevention and rehabilitation
- Lyme disease
- Macular degeneration
- Motor development
- Pain physiology and aging
- Prostate cancer
- Voice and speech disorders
- Accessible design
- Applied sport psychology
- Biomedical informatics
- Ergonomics
- Health care information systems
- Motion analysis
- Nutrition
- Obesity, weight management and body image
Research Partnerships
- The College of Health Sciences is a sponsoring member of the Center for Aging and Translational Research. The Center brings together multiple disciplines, departments, and colleges to provide a unified and strategic response to advance aging research, education, training, and community engagement.
- The College of Health Sciences is a sponsoring member of Center for Urban Population Health (CUPH). CUPH’s mission is to conduct and facilitate original population health research and educational initiatives that improve the health of urban communities through collaboration with academic and community organizations.
- The Rehabilitation Research Design and Disability (R2D2) Center performs discovery, innovation, training & dissemination activities around technology and disability. Its projects focus on universal design, measurement and outcomes and assistive technology.
- Many College of Health Sciences Faculty are research partners of the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). Backed by $20 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this consortium of eight Milwaukee institutions, including UWM, shares resources to accelerate the translation of research discoveries into new medical treatments. Other members are the Medical College of Wisconsin, Marquette University, Milwaukee School of Engineering, BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Froedtert Hospital and the Zablocki VA Medical Center.