The Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public (CEPPP) is a joint initiative supported by the Université de Montréal (UdeM), the Faculty of Medicine of the UdeM, and the Research Centre of the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM). The CEPPP is building on the work of the Office of Collaboration and Patient Partnership (Faculty of Medicine, UdeM) and the Canada Research Chair in Patient and Public Partnership (CRCHUM), to build synergies and bridge the gap between the practices and the science of partnership between patients, professionals and the public. The CEPPP will be built off of 3 core elements: a laboratory, a school to educate and a community of expertise.