Our Focus

Overview / Focus Areas

AHW is committed to advancing three health priorities in Wisconsin, targeting solutions from cells to society through research, education and workforce development, and community health initiatives. Alongside our work across these issues, we aim to accelerate opportunity, innovation, and collaboration by responding to research- and community-identified needs, and reaching beyond investments to influence greater impact statewide.

Focus areas

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Improving Heart Health

Advancing cardiovascular health by seeking solutions across genetic and biologic factors, health behaviors, and the socioeconomic conditions that lead to poor heart health outcomes.

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Supporting Healthy Minds

Advancing brain and behavioral health by seeking solutions across brain conditions, diseases and injuries, as well as the emotions, behaviors and biology of mental wellness and substance use.

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Dismantling Cancer

Advancing improvements in cancer by seeking solutions that improve understanding, prevention, and survival in the fight against cancer and its causes.

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8701 W Watertown Plank Road,
Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509
(414) 955-4350

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