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Your daily public health briefing with the latest news from the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO).
Dr. Charmain Jackman, Licensed Psychologist and Founder and CEO of InnoPsych, tells us how InnoPsych plans to diversify the psychology workforce; Tami Thompson, Regulatory Affairs Manager at the Washington State Department of Health, discusses how Washington is prioritizing health equity in their rulemaking processes; the Public Health Infrastructure Grant has its own newsletter; and ASTHO is hiring several positions.
CNN News Article: Why Black women are pushing to diversify health care industry
ASTHO Report: Equitable Rulemaking in Washington State
ASTHO Web Page: Careers At ASTHO
Dr. Steven Stack, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health and ASTHO’s Immediate Past President, tells us how his state is using the Public Health Infrastructure Grant to improve the state of public health in Kentucky; ASTHO and the National Community Action Partnership are hosting a webinar focused on lessons learned from the vaccine equity project on November 20th at 2 p.m. ET; and California has confirmed the first known case of Clade I MPox in the United States.
CDC News Release: California confirms first clade I mpox case
Karl Ensign, ASTHO Vice President for Island Support, tells us why braiding and layering funding can be beneficial as ASTHO launches a learning module on the subject; Beth Giambrone, ASTHO Senior Analyst for State Health Policy, discusses the EPA setting limits on PFAS chemicals in drinking water; and ASTHO is looking for its next Chief Medical Officer.
ASTHO Learning Module: Braiding and Layering Funding
ASTHO Blog Article: States’ Growing Efforts to Eliminate PFAS
ASTHO Web Page: Chief Medical Officer
Rachel Jervis, Foodborne Enteric, Waterborne and Wastewater Diseases Program Manager for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, discusses how Colorado played a key role in the response to the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak; Joshua Berry, ASTHO Director of Chronic Disease Risk Factors, details the latest version of the National Youth Tobacco Survey; the Public Health Infrastructure Grant has its own newsletter; and an ASTHO Brief takes you through lessons learned from the Data Road Map for Racial Equity Advancement in Maternal and Child Health Learning Community.
ASTHO Brief: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity – Lessons from the DREAM Learning Community
Greg Papillon, ASTHO Director of Public Health Innovation, tells us about the launch of ASTHO’s Innovation Advisory Council; Jonathan Greene, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, reflects on the response in North Carolina to Hurricane Helene; and ASTHO and the National Community Action Partnership are hosting a webinar focused on lessons learned from the vaccine equity project.
Vaccine Equity Project Webinar
Dr. Manisha Juthani, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health and ASTHO President-Elect, breaks down some of the recommendations from the most recent ACIP meeting; Kelsey Tillema, ASTHO Senior Analyst, discusses the recent PH-HERO Agency Advocate event; and for all PHIG information, PHIG has its own newsletter now.
Teresa Ehnert, Federal Affairs Liaison for the Arizona Department of Health Services Office of Resiliency, Policy, and Environmental Services, discusses why public health is the perfect career for someone transitioning from the military; Lillia Colasurdo, ASTHO Director of Public Health Law and Data Sharing, tells us how the HTI-2 rule could help those in public health; the Public Health Infrastructure Grant has its own newsletter; and applications are now open for ASTHO’s Over-the-Counter Contraception Academy.
Arizona Department of Health Services Web Page: AZ Hires Vets
ASTHO Blog Article: What Public Health Leaders Need to Know About HTI-2 Proposed Rule
ASTHO Web Page: Funding & Collaboration Opportunities
Dr. Kenneth Fink, Director of the Hawaii Department of Health, an ASTHO Member and a retired Air Force Colonel, tells us how the military prepared him for his role in public health; Sara Bell, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Public Health Systems and Planning, tells us about a recent ASTHO learning community series focused on public health planning; and ASTHO is sharing best practices for environmental agency resiliency planning.
State of Hawaii Web Page: Director of Health
ASTHO Blog Article: Balancing Structure and Flexibility for Effective Public Health Planning
ASTHO Report: State Resiliency Planning Considerations
Dr. James Huynh, Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, discusses what the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey says about racism; Sarah Auer, Program Analyst for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, outlines the findings from CSTE’s Epidemiology Capacity Assessment; ASTHO would like to give a warm welcome to Dr. Stacey Bank as the newest ASTHO member; and an ASTHO blog article details how Minnesota uses the Public Health Infrastructure Grant to streamline public health funding and technical assistance.
ASTHO Blog Article: How Massachusetts Streamlines Data Sharing to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness
Dr. Wanda Barfield, Division Director for the Division of Reproductive Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses the “Hear Her” campaign that aims to help the national maternal mortality crisis; Naasira Taylor, Leadership Training Coordinator and the Program Manager for Leading the Way, explains how PHIG has funded a leadership training program in South Carolina.
CDC Web Page: Hear Her Campaign
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