UW Law Professor Meg Gaines, Director of the Center for Patient Partnerships, has been named the 2004 recipient of the Robert Heideman Award for Excellence in Public Service. The award is conferred annually on one member of the academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has demonstrated outstanding service to the public.

The winner of the Heideman Award is nominated by colleagues and chosen by a special selection committee.

Gaines is one of eight members of the UW academic staff receiving one of the prestigious annual awards for excellence (in six categories). Winners will be honored in April at a reception hosted by UW-Madison Chancellor John Wiley.

The Center for Patient Partnerships, directed by Gaines and administered by the Law School, is a multi-disciplinary collaboration of faculty and staff from across the UW campus who share research, education and service interests in consumer-driven, patient-centered health care and system improvement.

Since its founding in 2000, the Center has rapidly become a national resource for strengthening the consumer perspective in health care and building more effective partnerships among patients, providers, and other stakeholders. The Center's Web site is http://www.law.wisc.edu/patientadvocacy .

Submitted by on March 5, 2004

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