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C. William Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice The most recent version of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) was adopted by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages)...

Building and Strengthening Academic Health Departments in an Evolving Public Health Environment

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

November 19, 2012

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation The Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community tackled the development of successful AHD partnerships and potential roles for AHDs in an evolving public health...

Help Improve Tools for Building Competence in Public Health Professionals: Share Your Feedback with the Council on Linkages

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

June 12, 2012

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Project Manager, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation Striving to continually enhance performance is critical for moving public health organizations, and the field of public health as a whole, forward. Through producing and...

How Can We Best Improve Public Health Training and Measure Its Impact? We Need to Hear from You!

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

March 26, 2012

Wendy Braund, MD, MPH, MSEd, State Health Officer and Senior Administrator, Public Health Division, Wyoming Department of Health; Chair, Training Impact Task Force High-quality continuing education is vital to the maintenance of a competent public health workforce. In today’s rapidly changing environment,...

Paul Campbell Erwin: Translating Research into Practice – Is Your Academic Health Department Leading the Way?

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

August 29, 2011

Paul Campbell Erwin, MD, DrPH, Professor and Department Head, Department of Public Health, University of Tennessee Academic health department (AHD) partnerships bring together academic institutions and health departments to strengthen public health education and training, research, and practice. Hig...

Kate Nicholson: Integrating the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals into Workforce Development Initiatives

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

August 3, 2011

Kate Nicholson, MA, Program Manager, Indiana Public Health Training Center (IPHTC), Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Public Health For the past decade, the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Public Health’s 25-member agency training center Advisory Board determined tha...

Louise A. Kent: Developing Academic Health Departments – A Practice Perspective

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

March 31, 2011

Louise A. Kent, MBA, ASQ CQIA, Health Planning Administrator, Northern Kentucky Health Department With a growing interest to support the expansion of Academic Health Departments (AHDs) across the nation, it is worth taking time to mention the benefits of being an AHD and then briefly explore a “stepped...

John Gwinn: What Does Your Model Academic Health Department Health Officer Look Like?

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

March 21, 2011

John Gwinn, PhD, MPH, President, Kent City Board of Health, OH Do you ever think about what it takes to build the relationships needed to sustain an Academic Health Department (AHD)? Or perhaps you work in an AHD and see characteristics in your colleagues that make them successful in their jobs? ...

Amy F. Lee: Developing Academic Health Departments - An Academic Perspective

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

March 14, 2011

Amy F. Lee, MD, MPH, MBA, Program Director, Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy From an academic perspective, there are many reasons to develop relationships with your local health departments. Public health, medicine,...

Renee Frauendienst: Minnesota’s SCHSAC Blue Prints Work Group and the Tier 3 Core Competencies

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

March 8, 2011

Renee Frauendienst, PHN, Public Health Division Director, Stearns County Human Services Department, MN What makes a strong local public health organization? What factors contribute to its success? How do different “operating environments” influence public health outcomes for the community? These...