A special meeting of the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community will be held on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 from 1:00-2:30 pm EDT to begin exploring how AHDs can play a role in health reform. Specifically, discussion during the meeting will consider:

This conference call meeting will help determine if a subgroup of the AHD Learning Community should be formed to focus on health reform opportunities that can benefit from practice and academic collaboration.

 

The meeting will be facilitated by Guest Chair Kathy Miner, PhD, Associate Dean for Applied Public Health at Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health, and is open to all public health and primary care professionals interested in practice/academic collaboration in the evolving health system environment. Both current and prospective AHD Learning Community members are welcome to attend.

 

 

 

 

For questions, please contact Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org.

 

The AHD Learning Community brings together public health and primary care professionals to engage in collaborative learning, knowledge sharing, and resource creation to support the development, maintenance, and expansion of AHD partnerships. The AHD Learning Community is an initiative of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Visit the AHD Learning Community webpage for more information.