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About

Since 2012, Native American Center for Health Professions (NACHP) has provided a supportive, mentoring environment for Indigenous health professional students at UW–Madison, with the ultimate goal of improving the health and well-being of Native people and communities.

Enrichment and Outreach

NACHP serves students in all health professions, including the schools of Medicine and Public Health, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work and Veterinary Medicine. We enrich students’ experiences through events, mentoring and educational opportunities. We also engage with our tribal communities through outreach and clinic work.

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Mission and Vision

Established in 2012 by Erik Brodt, MD, an Ojibwe family medicine physician, the mission of NACHP is to enhance the recruitment, retention and graduation rates of Native American health professional students and to promote health education, research and community-academic partnerships with Native communities.

NACHP will achieve its mission through five primary objectives:

Enhance recruitment of Native students to UW health professional schools and programs
Improve the Native health professional student experience
Establish and enhance Native health education opportunities
Recruit, retain and develop Native faculty
Grow Native health academic programs in research and education with tribal communities

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Native Connections

NACHP hosts an advisory council of more than 25 dedicated Native American health professionals, and we encourage you to meet the members and learn more about becoming affiliated with NACHP. You can also connect with Native groups on campus and in the community.

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Partnerships

NACHP works with partners and programs across campus and the state to improve health outcomes in Native communities and to recruit and support future indigenous health care providers.