Mission & Vision

The University of Wisconsin-Madison Prevention Research Center (UWPRC) is one of 20 academic research centers funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the Prevention Research Centers Program.

Mission

The mission of the UWPRC is to improve the health of women and birthing people, infants, and families impacted by health inequities by conducting and building capacity for high-quality applied health promotion and disease prevention research rooted in health equity.

Vision

The vision of the UWPRC is an academic research center that engages UW-Madison researchers, public health practitioners, community members, and translational partners in expanding prevention research and its translation to improve the health of women and birthing people, infants, and families with a particular focus on those most impacted by health inequities. The UWPRC supports community engagement, research, evaluation, and training to expand applied prevention research in three thematic research areas:

1. Community-based programs engaging mothers, fathers, and families to support overall health during and after pregnancy.
2. Quality improvement strategies to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
3. Community engaged research, which centers community voice and seeks to share power in decision-making.

Aims

Aim 1: Grow an academic research center that pursues a prevention research and translation agenda focused on improving maternal, infant, and child health among Wisconsin families, particularly for those most impacted by health inequities.

Aim 2: Engage the UWPRC Community Advisory Board (CAB) and Translational Partners Panel (TPP) to shape prevention research across all phases and activities, including the planning, implementation, analyses/evaluation, dissemination, and translation of all UWPRC research.

Aim 3: Build capacity among CAB and TPP members, community partners, and UWPRC faculty/staff, and across the pipeline of trainees, to collaborate on applied prevention research, including dissemination & implementation (D&I), translation, and community-based research.

Aim 4: Use evidence-based methods to communicate information about UWPRC activities to relevant parties.

Aim 5: Conduct a D&I research project that implements an evidenced-based intervention through a community-engaged approach to improve hypertension control among Black women and birthing people with hypertensive disorders in and around pregnancy.

Aim 6: Participate in PRC Network activities to share information, resources, and inform network-wide decisions, and collaborate with other PRCs in the network to advance PRC research projects.