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Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Academic health department (AHD) partnerships – formal affiliations of health departments and academic institutions training future health professionals – can offer organizations numerous benefits and are...

Ask the AHD Expert: Creating a Job Description for an AHD Coordinator

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

September 29, 2017

Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University With excellent staff being key to the successful operation...

Ask the AHD Expert: Operating Academic Health Collaboratives

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

June 30, 2017

Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University Academic health department (AHD) partnerships require...

New Partnership in Chicago Offers Latest Example of Academic Health Department Development

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

April 26, 2017

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation The University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) have joined together in a progressive new academic health department (AHD) partnership....

Ask the AHD Expert: Sharing Resources without Sharing Money

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

March 30, 2017

Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University Collaboration between partners in academic health department...

Learning and Collaboration Key to Building the Strongest Public Health Workforce

Posted in: Conferences and Events, Council on Linkages, PHF News, TRAIN, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

November 17, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation During a special session at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting earlier this fall, Public Health Foundation (PHF) President Ron Bialek, MPP, opened his remarks with a big thank...

Draft AHD Research Agenda Now Available for Public Comment

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

March 18, 2016

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Do health departments that participate in academic health department (AHD) partnerships implement evidence-based practices to a greater degree than health departments in non-AHD settings? Are health departments...

Beginning Your Workforce Development Planning? Five Tips for Getting Started Today!

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

December 11, 2015

The author is Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages at the Public Health Foundation A skilled and competent workforce is critical to an effective organization, but how do you ensure your staff’s skills are well matched to the positions they fill as well as the needs of your organization?...

Academic Health Department Mentorship Program – Have You Joined?

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

November 23, 2015

Janelle Nichols, MPH, Project Assistant, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Public Health Foundation As highlighted during the American Public Health Association’s 2015 Annual Meeting earlier this month in Chicago, collaboration between academia and public health practice...

How Do We Ensure an Effective Public Health Workforce into the Future?

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

November 11, 2015

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation What is critical to building an even stronger public health workforce for the future? According to national experts speaking at the American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting earlier this...