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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...

Richard Riegelman & Brenda Kirkwood: Training Public Health Professionals: Exploring the Role of Community Colleges

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

February 25, 2011

Richard Riegelman, MD, PhD, Professor of Epidemiology-Biostatistics, Medicine and Health Policy & Founding Dean, School of Public Health and Health Services, The George Washington University Brenda Kirkwood, MPH, DrPH candidate in Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Services, The Geo...

C. William Keck: Academic Health Departments

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Development

December 7, 2010

There is a big distinction between people just working together with their own agenda and working together towards a common purpose…When a community of learners transforms into a learning community, the outcome is far greater than the sum of the individual parts. Lori Nishiura, “On Learning” Many...