Management and Strategic Skills

Courses with keyword "Management and Strategic Skills"

Deepening Your Impact, Part II: Considerations When Choosing Voices and How to Use Relatable Language

Are your training scripts and voices relatable to your audience?

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Course Information

  • Audience: Public health professionals
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST.
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_11032021. 
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Communication Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Companion trainings: Deepening Your Impact for Self-Paced Trainings: Scoping Down Trainings to be More Action Oriented

    Deepening Your Impact for Self-Paced Trainings: Recording Quality Audio in Our Public Health Environment
  • Supplemental materials: None
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this workshop

Deepening Your Impact, Part II: Considerations When Choosing Voices and How to Use Relatable Language 

The goal of this webinar is to teach creators of online courses how to choose voices that will reflect and resonate with their participants, as well as how to communicate in straightforward language. This webinar combines the approaches of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion alongside Health Literacy to teach a framework for intentional decision-making about languages and voices.


Learning objectives

After completing the workshop, participants will be able to:

  • Make intentional choices for voiceover selection by identifying the dimensions of diversity relevant for a given training.
  • Make intentional choices for voiceover roles by identifying potential assumptions and biases as well as characteristics of promising individuals.
  • Use a health literacy framework to adapt course language for intended participants. 
  • Identify next steps for building a diverse network of people to record voiceovers.

Subject Matter Expert

  • Ariela Freedman
    Dr. Ariela Freedman, PhD, MPH, MAT

Dr. Ariela Freedman is an experienced trainer with over 20 years of experience in education and public health, including CDC, state and local public health departments, Head Start, camps and afterschool programs, nonprofits, and public schools. She also works with corporate clients and health care professionals, with a specific focus on empowering women. Ariela’s workshops are known for being interactive, creative, fun, and designed for immediate use. Ariela has a PhD in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education from Emory University and an MPH from the University of Minnesota. Ariela also has a Master of Arts in Teaching and a BA in English Literature. Ariela is the Owner and Founder of MavenTree Consulting and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Emory University. Ariela began her career as a high school English, Drama, and Debate teacher in Chicago. She later directed health programming at Head Start in Minneapolis, then served as an Assistant Professor in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

Contributors

  • Jamie Berberena

    Jamie Berberena

  • Jamie Berberena is a CHW and serves as Regional Chapter Leader in Southeastern Massachusetts and Advisory Board member for the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers.

  • McKenzie Wren

    McKenzie Wren

  • McKenzie Wren launched Wren Consulting in 2015 and has served nearly 50 client-partners since then ranging from single sessions to multiyear relationships. McKenzie earned her master’s degree from Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health where she also taught students on leadership and community engagement. She worked in Clarkston, GA, called “the most diverse square miles in the US,” for 10 years including serving as Executive Director at the Clarkston Community Center where she honed her facilitation skills. She has a background in storytelling and performance and is also trained in Asset-based Community Development and the Collaborative Operating System as well as drawing from the deep wisdom of the Presencing Institute and the Art of Hosting.

  • Patrice Holt

    Patrice Holt

  • In 2018, Patrice founded Start2Soar, LLC whose purpose is to create a network of adults that are dedicated to becoming champions of youth. Start2Soar, LLC also works to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion within organizations and within communities. She coaches professionals and organizations to meet their impact goals with organizational sustainability in mind. As the recipient of the inaugural Leadership Award at the 2018 Georgia After-school and Youth Development due to her work in leading and progressing after-school services throughout Georgia. In 2018, Patrice also received a special Outstanding Service award from The Salvation Army Metro Atlanta Area Command. Patrice currently serves as a Quality Coach for Georgia Statewide After-school Network, and facilitates training all over the country focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion . Throughout Patrice’s career she has been instrumental in supporting organizations and teams with implementing turnaround strategies that create substantive positive change for work teams and the communities they serve. She has several years of experience facilitating large and small scale conversations about shifting the culture of organizations to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Patrice believes that all organizations can mobilize to find their SOAR strategies for successful outcomes.

    Enrollment and Contact Hours

    Select the Enroll button below to register for the course. If you have any trouble accessing the course, contact support@nephtc.org.

    Acknowledgement:

    This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

    * Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH

Deepening Your Impact for Self-Paced Trainings, Part I: Scoping Down Trainings to be More Action-Oriented

Do you have a hard time distinguishing the “nice to know content” from the “need to know content” when creating a course?

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Course Information

  • Audience: Public health professionals
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: Thursday, October 7th 2021 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EST.
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID:

    PM1131137_10072021.
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.

  • Competencies: Communication Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Companion trainings: Deepening Your Impact for Self-Paced Trainings: Considerations When Choosing Voices and How to Use Relatable Language

    Deepening Your Impact for Self-Paced Trainings: Recording Quality Audio in Our Public Health Environment
  • Supplemental materials: None
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this workshop

Deepening Your Impact

In a time with limited resources and limited attention spans, this 3-part webinar series is designed to help you deepen the impact of your self-paced trainings. In the first webinar, you’ll learn how to pare down the content of your trainings to focus on the skills your participants need most. In the second webinar, you’ll learn how to communicate in straightforward language and choose voices that will reflect and resonate with your participants. In the final webinar, you’ll learn how to record quality audio from home so you can maximize resources for your training.

Part 1: Scoping Down Trainings to be More Action-Oriented

You’ll learn a 4-question framework to use when creating online trainings. We’ll be discussing this framework as applied to the development of a recent online training for dental hygienists.


What you'll learn

After completing this course, participants will be able to...

  • Distinguish between the “nice to know” and the “need to know” information for a training
  • Identify the knowledge, skills, and mindsets for each training you design
  • Communicate the behavior changes you hope to result from your trainings
  • Explain the “north star” for your trainings that will guide your decision-making

Subject Matter Expert


  • Dr. Ariela Freedman, PhD, MPH, MAT

Dr. Ariela Freedman is an experienced trainer with over 20 years of experience in education and public health, including CDC, state and local public health departments, Head Start, camps and afterschool programs, nonprofits, and public schools. She also works with corporate clients and health care professionals, with a specific focus on empowering women. Ariela’s workshops are known for being interactive, creative, fun, and designed for immediate use. Ariela has a PhD in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education from Emory University and an MPH from the University of Minnesota. Ariela also has a Master of Arts in Teaching and a BA in English Literature. Ariela is the Owner and Founder of MavenTree Consulting and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Emory University. Ariela began her career as a high school English, Drama, and Debate teacher in Chicago. She later directed health programming at Head Start in Minneapolis, then served as an Assistant Professor in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University.

Enrollment and Contact Hours

Select the Enroll button below to register for the course. If you have any trouble accessing the course, contact support@nephtc.org.

Acknowledgement:

This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH

Course Information

  • Audience: Public health workforce
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: Tuesday, June 21st, 2022 11:00 am - 12:30 pm ET
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1.5 hours
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 0. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_06212022.
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Data Analytics and Assessment Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness and Performance
  • Companion Trainings: None
  • Supplemental materials:None
  • Pre-requisites: None


About this Webinar

Reliable data is necessary for public health, in every aspect of practice. In this session, the presenters will talk about the variety of ways data are critical to public health and discuss some of the common data used in public health. The presenters will provide examples of resources available for public health professionals in NH.


What you'll learn

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Locate common public health data
  • Explain how to use data when making decisions



Subject Matter Experts

  • Amy Costello

    Amy Costello

    MPH, Director, Center for Health Analytics, Institute for Health Policy and Practice, UNH
  • Amy Costello is the Director of Health Analytics and Informatics at the Institute for Health Policy and Practice. With the Center Health Analytics, Amy works closely with the IHPP analytic team to develop information and data system solutions for clients like the NH Department of Health and Human Services, NH Purchasers Group, Accountable Care Learning Network, and Maine Quality Counts. Amy is also actively engaged with the APCD Council, a federation of organizations and state agencies that are interested in the development, standardization and utility of all-payer healthcare claims databases. Amy brings years of experience with health data standards initiatives, and works closely with states, payers, and Data Standards Maintenance Organizations to design solutions for reporting to federal and state data agencies.

  • Josephine Porter

    Josephine Porter

    MPH, Director,
    Institute for Health
    Policy and Practice,
    UNH
  • Josephine Porter, MPH, serves as the Director for the Institute for Health Policy and Practice. Jo joined the Institute in December 2007, as a project director. She served as the Deputy Director for several years, before becoming the Director in 2015. Jo oversees operational functions across IHPP. She also co-chairs the All-Payer Claims Database Council (APCD Council) and serves on the Governor’s Commission for Medicaid Care Management. Jo is part of Academy Health’s State-University Partnership Learning Network and is a steering committee member for that group. She also serves on the UNH Analytics Steering Committee. Jo brings many years of health care-related project management and program development experience to IHPP. She has private sector experience, including program management with Health Dialog, Inc., a care management firm. She also previously served as the Associate Director of the New Hampshire Health Information Center at UNH and was the NH BRFSS state coordinator for the NH Department of Health and Human Services. Her research interests are in health data collection and dissemination and using data to effectively improve health care quality.

  • William Moir

    William Moir

    MPH, Chief Health Statistics and Data Management, NH Division of Public Health Services
  • William Moir

  • Al Lemay

    Al Lemay (CAS’99, SPH’01)

    Business Systems
    Analyst,
    NH Division
    of Public Health Services

  • Al Lemay

  • Lynne Clement

    Lynne Clement

    NH Radon Program Manager and Communications Specialist

  • Lynne Clement

      Registration

      Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this recording. If you have any trouble accessing the recording, contact support@nephtc.org.


      Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.


Course Information

  • Audience: Public health professionals, behavioral health, community organizations
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: November 12, 2019
    12:00 - 1:00 PM EST
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour 
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: SS1131137_IST.  
    If you are not seeking CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness
  • Companion Trainings: On-line Training One-day live training Coaching
  • Supplemental materials:Session PowerPoint
  • Pre-requisites:None

About this Webinar

The fast pace and pressures experienced in public health often demand short term and immediate actions without thoughtful consideration of the long-term effects. When people are able to look at situations from a bigger picture, systems view, it allows them to make higher quality decisions and minimizes unintended consequences. One of the most significant contributions to building this capacity is Systems Thinking.

Systems Thinking is a practical, results-oriented approach for better understanding the underlying causes of complex issues. This webinar will introduce systems thinking tools and present two recent examples of public health teams who have engaged with systems thinking tools and received coaching, with very positive results!

  • Example 1: one of of three teams coached from the Vermont Department of Health that focused on reducing the case processing backlog in their Cancer Registry Department
  • Example 2: one of five teams coached from NNPHI's Strategic Scholars Program that focused on the challenges local health departments have in prioritizing and integrating  behavioral health services


What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Define systems thinking
  • Explain the Iceberg Model and Ladder of Inference
  • Give an example of an improvement by a public health team using systems thinking coaching

Subject Matter Expert

Course Information

  • Audience: Community health workers, public health professionals, nurses, people working with populations requiring chronic care
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: March 19, 2020
    12:00 - 1:00 PM EST
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hour.  Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hour is 1.  Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_03192020.
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, If you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
     
  • Competencies: Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Companion Trainings: None
  • Supplemental materials: Session PowerPoint
  • Pre-requisites: None


About this Webinar

One thing for certain, change is inevitable. Reorganization, funding loss or gain, leadership, emerging community issues, policy changes – the list is endless. Like it or not, change happens. Learn to anticipate and embrace change, thrive in an ever changing environment, and bring others on the journey with you.


What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe strategies to overcome the fear of change in yourself and others.
  • Identify ways to anticipate and prepare for change.
  • Define strategies to support team members in a changing environment.

Subject Matter Expert

  • Laurie Call
    Laurie Call

Laurie Call serves as the Director of the Center for Community Capacity Development (CCCD) at the Illinois Public Health Institute. Over the past 12 years, Call built the Center from its roots as a community health assessment and planning training and TA program into a public health systems and performance improvement consultation provider serving clients across the United States. With a focus on tailoring processes to meet everchanging community and organizational needs, diverse stakeholder engagement, collective impact and health equity, Call has facilitated the MAPP framework in over 25 communities including rural, urban, suburban, and statewide initiatives. Over the past 29 years, Call has developed expertise in strategic, program, and community health improvement planning, performance management, quality improvement and public health accreditation. Call is a trained curriculum developer and has developed and delivered over 100 public health and management trainings in a wide variety of topic areas. In addition, Call developed the NACCHO resource, Developing a Local Health Department Strategic Plan (PDF). Call, along with Jess Lynch, also developed two guidance documents for ASTHO, State Health Assessment Guidance and Resources and Developing a State Health Improvement Plan: Guidance and Resources (PDF), both of which are resources to state health departments as they embark on state health assessment and improvement planning.


Registration and Contact Hours

Select the Enroll button below to register for this webinar. If you have any trouble accessing the webinar, contact support@nephtc.org.

Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

* Yale School of Public Health, Office of Public Health Practice, a New England Public Health Training Center partner, is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. All CHES credit inquiries are managed by YSPH

Introduction to Resource Management in Health Organizations and Nonprofits

As a public health leader, are you adept in resource management and fiscal principles, concepts and tools or are you looking to further your knowledge and skills in this area?

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Course Information

  • Audience: Public health workforce
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1.5 hours
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_02022022.
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Management and Finance Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness
  • Companion Trainings: None
  • Supplemental materials:None
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

This webinar will examine the various aspects of resource management in health care, health organizations and nonprofits. Resource management is the evidence-based process by which health care organizations effectively distribute human, capital, supply and data resources in a manner that assures operational and financial stability for the organization and quality care for individuals. 

Traditionally in health and social service organizations, resource management and fiscal and budgeting responsibilities have been the purview of the chief financial officer, accountants, and budget analysts. However, today, front-line managers are being called upon to integrate fiscal planning and resource management into their clinical and operational responsibilities. 

This program is intended for public health leaders who have limited knowledge, skills and experience with resource and financial management and or those wish to review and/or refresh their knowledge of fiscal principles.


What you'll learn

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the major resources in health care requiring a management approach
  • Identify strategies and tools to monitor resource utilization
  • Explain possible performance deviations through a variance analysis process
  • Identify strategies for performance improvement in the resource management process


This webinar is recorded and made available within 2 business days of the webinar close. Please log in to view the recording in the section "View a Recording of the Webinar. "


Subject Matter Expert

  • Rebecca Arsenault
    Rebecca Arsenault, DHA, RN, FACHE
  • Rebecca serves as adjunct faculty and an adjunct academic partner in Southern New Hampshire University’s graduate healthcare administration program and adjunct faculty in University of New England’s graduate public health program. Dr. Arsenault has over thirty-five years of healthcare administrative experience in hospital chief executive officer, chief operating officer, and chief nursing officer roles.


Registration

Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this course. If you have any trouble accessing the course, contact support@nephtc.org.

Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

Course Information

  • Audience: Public health workforce
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: Thursday, July 21, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm ET
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1.5 hours
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1.5. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_05262022.
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Management and Finance Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness, Performance
  • Companion Trainings: None
  • Supplemental materials:None
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

This session is designed to take public health professionals through an interactive and participatory group discussion on leading change in the public health and healthcare settings. In this session, the speaker will provide an overview of change management theories, change management applications, how to create a sense of urgency as a pre-condition for change, how public health professionals should think about when leading change, and the current level of fatigue observed in the healthcare system within the context of change management in the current environment.


What you'll learn

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Explain change management theories and their applications
  • Identify ways to create a sense of urgency when leading change
  • Apply change in public health and healthcare settings


Subject Matter Expert

  • Louise Keogh Weed
    Louise Keogh Weed
    Program Director,  Leadership Strategies for Evolving Health Care Executives Program,  Practice Transformation Specialist, Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care
  • Louise Keogh Weed has her Masters in Public Health in Health Policy and Management from Harvard School of Public Health. Since then, Louise has worked in quality improvement and patient safety in the Boston hospital system. Most recently, she served as the Director of Medical Management and Improvement at Codman Square Health Center, a unique health center in Dorchester known for its leadership in innovation. In this role, Louise oversaw all Primary Care innovation work, created the infrastructure for organizational innovation, and worked with Medical leadership on management of the Provider practice. Louise is an instructor at HSPH, teaching in the department of Health Management and is the Co-Director of Leadership Strategies for Evolving Healthcare Executives. Louise is especially interested in non-profit strategy and leadership. Louise has a BA in Women’s Studies from Tufts University and is committed to equity, including racial and social justice, as part of all of her work. In 2018, Louise and her husband adopted an amazing dog named Mugsy.


Registration

Select the Enroll Me button below to register for this course. If you have any trouble accessing the course, contact support@nephtc.org.

Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.


Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book and Data Center

How can public health professionals and policymakers use the Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book and the online KIDS COUNT Data Center to make data-informed decisions to support Maine children and families?

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Course Information

  • Audience: All public health professionals working in nonprofits, healthcare, educational institutions, government and private sector
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: Thursday, December 7th, 2023 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM ET.
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_12072023.
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Data Analytics and Assessment Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness
  • Companion Trainings: None
  • Supplemental materials:None
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

The Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book is produced by the Maine Children's Alliance every other year - the comprehensive report of the physical, social, economic, and educational well-being of children in Maine. The Data Book as well as the interactive KIDS COUNT Data Center can serve as useful resources to advocates and decision-makers, to ensure policies and programs are centered in supporting and strengthening families. Find out about key takeaways and opportunities to address inequities apparent in the latest data on how children and families are faring in our state.


What you'll learn

At the end of the recording, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book
  • Identify where to view the interactive Maine KIDS COUNT data dashboard Data Center
  • Identify data-informed strategies that support Maine children and families more


Subject Matter Expert

  • Helen Hemminger

    Helen Hemminger

  • Helen Hemminger is the Research and KIDS COUNT Associate at Maine Children’s Alliance.



Registration

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Acknowledgement:
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: November 29, 2016, 9:00-11:30am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 46 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of completion
  • Competencies: None
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

What trends are happening in the external environment that are affecting the public health organization and how can you manage them? How can contemporary theories of management and motivation inform your work? Learn about the skills needed for managers to thrive in today’s new normal.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Classify trends affecting public health organizations today into one of five types
  • Give two examples of consequences of the trends on public health organizations
  • Name two contemporary theories of management and two parts to employee engagement
  • Identify four effects of contemporary theories of management and motivation on organizations today
  • Describe three skills needed to thrive in the “new normal”

Subject Matter Expert

Registration and Contact Hours

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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: February 28, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 32 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
  • Competencies: Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

What are the principles of evaluation and how can your agency use data for effective evaluation? Evaluation is one of the most important skills that public health practitioners can use to meet the needs of the population they serve, to understand what is needed in their particular population, and to demonstrate the effectiveness of programs and services. Governmental and private funders providing resources for public health services are really interested in knowing that programs make a difference and that money is being spent well. Databases of evidence based programs and services, and requirements to use the programs and services, are ways to share ideas, and to show how some programs work better for some populations than others. Learn about this important part of the public health skill set in this webinar.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Summarize four basic principles of evaluation
  • Describe three types of evaluation:  formative, process, and outcome
  • List five sources of quantitative data and five methods to collect qualitative data
  • Learn about developing an evaluation plan for a public health program

Subject Matter Expert


  • Justeen Hyde, PhD

    Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Implementation Research (CHOIR)
    Bedford Veteran’s Administration

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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: Feburary 21, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 16 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
  • Competencies: Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

What is quality improvement and why is it important in public health? How can you see your current project in public health, and the health inequalities you want to solve, in the context of quality improvement? How does the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle work in Quality Improvement? How do Quality Improvement activities help accreditation and how can the failure to develop skills in quality improvement hinder accreditation? Learn about these topics and more in this webinar.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Contrast quality improvement, quality assurance, and evaluation
  • Explain why quality improvement activities are necessary in today’s public health environment
  • Describe the four phases of the PDSA quality improvement model
  • Discuss two existing standards-based programs that support quality improvement
  • List five benefits and three barriers to public health agency accreditation

Subject Matter Expert


  • Osagie Ebekozien MBBS, MPH, CPHQ, CPHRM
    Director,
    Office of Accreditation and Quality Improvement
    Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC)

Registration and Contact Hours

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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: Feburary 14, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 16 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
  • Competencies: Communication Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

Project Teams can be powerful forces in public health programs and departments, and they are complex to manage effectively. There are many tools available to help you manage projects. Beyond tools, what are the factors that drive project success and help you lead engaged project teams? Learn about these topics and more in this webinar.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the five phases of project management
  • Give examples of three project management tools
  • Summarize the four factors that lead to project success
  • List five essential components of high performance teams
  • Explain three engagement drivers for maximum job satisfaction and five for maximum job contribution

Subject Matter Expert

Registration and Contact Hours

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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: January 24, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 21 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
  • Competencies: Management and Finance Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment, Managing Budgets and Fiscal Resources: Part 1
  • Pre-requisites: Managing Budgets and Fiscal Resources, Part 1

About this Webinar

This webinar continues the discussion on budget assessment and budget monitoring. It moves beyond the budget cycle, and provides tips for a simple persuasive budget narrative to focus on how you might think about specific budget line items. How does a top-down budget approach work within your environment? How do monthly budget reconciliations work? How do you read budgets and understanding variance reports? Though the concepts are the same, the vocabulary can vary in different organizations, and participants share variations. Learn more about managing budgets in this webinar.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Classify budget line items into the correct type of budget: operational or capital
  • List two pros and two cons of a top-down budget approach
  • Describe the five steps in a monthly budget reconciliation process
  • Confidently read budgets and variance reports

Subject Matter Expert

Registration and Contact Hours

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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: January 17, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 26 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
  • Competencies: Management  and Finance Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment, Managing Budgets and Fiscal Resources: Part 2
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

What are the common types of budgets and approaches to budgeting? This webinar illustrates the process of budget formulation, approval, and execution in a town, explaining the roles of the people in the town, including the manager for public health and the town accountant. You will discover the common revenue and expense categories in public health budgets. The experts also explain how to use the budget to defend proposed spending and to educate town officials and citizens about what public health does and why it is critical. Learn about these important budgeting topics in this webinar.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify four common types of budgets
  • Describe the budget development and approval process
  • List four major revenue and three major expense categories in public health budgets
  • Defend proposed spending through written budget narrative and oral presentation

Subject Matter Expert

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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: January 10, 2017, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 40 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
  • Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

The area of Employee Grievances and Discipline is not black and white. How do you deal with employees that are challenging or may have grievances with you or your department? What conflict resolution management styles can help? What is progressive discipline and why is it important? What are employees' due process rights and what do managers have to consider in the decision to terminate? Learn about these topics in this webinar, including a case study.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • List five conflict resolution management styles and provide one example of an appropriate way to use each
  • Identify five due process rights of public employees
  • Name four common steps of progressive discipline
  • Identify three things a manager should do before, during, and after a disciplinary hearing
  • List three things a manager needs to consider in a decision to terminate

Subject Matter Expert


  • Cheryl Sbarra

    Senior Staff Attorney,
    Massachusetts Association of Health Boards

Registration and Contact Hours

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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: December 20, 2016, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 14 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
  • Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

Hiring talented people is critical to the success of an organization. What are the processes involved in recruitment and hiring? To hire the most talented people, we have to attract them, recruit them, assess and evaluate them, and then make the right hiring decisions. Learn about best practices in this webinar.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify two effective recruitment practices
  • Describe five types of interview bias
  • Name four things you should do before interviewing job candidates
  • Give three examples of what NOT to ask when interviewing job candidates
  • List two common hiring mistakes

Subject Matter Expert


  • David Pia

    Director of Human Resources,
    Boston Public Health Commission

Registration and Contact Hours

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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments and managers or directors in city or state public health agencies in Massachusetts; managers of community organizations may also find valuable
  • Format: Recorded Online Webinar
  • Date/Time: December 13, 2016, 9:00-11:00am (Eastern Time)
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1 hour and 23 minutes
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion
  • Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning Skills
  • Learning Level: Performance
  • Supplemental materials: PowerPoint
  • Technical Requirements: Modern web browser, such as Internet Edge, Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Speakers or headphones
  • Companion Training: Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Webinar

What is the history of the labor movement up to current times? What national laws do you need to know relative to labor? What are Local Boards of Health permitted to do under Chapter 111 Sec 27? What are collective bargaining agreements and how do they fit (or don’t fit) into Local Board of Health management practices? How can job descriptions contribute to organizational effectiveness? Learn about collective bargaining from the experts.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Summarize the history of the U.S. labor movement from the late 1800s through the mid-1950s
  • Describe three provisions of two U.S. labor laws (National Labor Relations Act of 1935 and the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947)
  • List three things MGL Ch 111 s27 allows LBOH to do
  • Apply collective bargaining agreement provisions to a situation where a workforce reduction involves union employees
  • List three ways well-written job descriptions contribute to individual effectiveness, and two ways they contribute to organizational effectiveness
  • Apply MGL Ch 111 s27 and local personnel by-laws to situations where employees are hired and fired

Subject Matter Expert


  • Cheryl Sbarra

    Senior Staff Attorney,
    Massachusetts Association of Health Boards

Registration and Contact Hours

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Living on Grants: Practical Budgeting Guidelines

How can your public health organization be better prepared for budget time? Learn the basics of grant budget development and how to manage a grant-based budget from proposal to post award.


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Course Information

  • Audience: Heads of local or regional health departments agencies
  • Format: Webinar
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1.5 hours
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Certificate of Completion.
  • Competencies: Management and Finance Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness
  • Supplemental materials: None
  • Pre-requisites: None



About this Webinar

No Matter what level of budget management or review is your responsibility, this webinar can help you identify the requirements and limitations for grant budget development and the fiscal requirements after your proposal is awarded.

What you'll learn

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  • List the three stages of a grant lifecycle that require budget consideration
  • Identify proposal requirements and limitations that impact budget development and fiscal grant management
  • Define allowable expenses and how they are determined and documented


Subject Matter Expert


  • Lu'Ann Thibeau

    Manager of Finance and Administration
    University of New England


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How does compassionate leadership benefit not only the organization and individual employees, but the leaders themselves?

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Course Information

  • Audience: Public Health Professionals
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: Thursday, October 7th, 2021 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM EST
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1.25 hours
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: SS1131137_DBL
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness
  • Companion Trainings: None
  • Supplemental materials:None
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Recording

Donato Tramuto’s new book, The Double Bottom Line: How Compassionate Leaders Captivate Hearts and Deliver Results explores the importance of compassion as the leading force to advance the well-being of a business and its people. Tramuto defines a new model of leadership, identifies the secrets of successful leaders who win hearts and deliver results, and examines how to cultivate more compassionate people.


What you'll learn

At the end of the recording, participants will be able to:

  • Define compassionate leadership
  • Identify the two most important ingredients in practicing compassionate leadership
  • Provide examples of the value of compassionate leadership in businesses and institutions in building the bottom line
  • Discuss the importance of storytelling and “storylistening” in meaningful connection within an organization and with the external world
  • Describe lessons learned from the pandemic in working in and leading an organization

Subject Matter Experts

  • Donato Tramuto

    Donato Tramuto

    @DONATOTRAMUTO

    Founder of the
    Tramuto Foundation
    and Health
    eVillages
  • Donato J. Tramuto is the author of THE DOUBLE BOTTOM LINE: How Compassionate Leaders Captivate Hearts and Deliver Results (Fast Company Press, Jan 2022). He is a global health activist, former CEO of Tivity Health, and founder of the Tramuto Foundation and Health eVillages. He has nearly four decades of business leadership experience and is most notable for his ability to balance transactional and transformational leadership within organizations. He has launched two successful start-ups, successfully lead the turnaround of a public healthcare company, and has executed innovative programs leading to sustainable business results through his Compassionate Leadership approach. Tramuto was the recipient of the prestigious Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award in 2014 and the 2017 Robert F. Kennedy Embracing His Legacy Award. The New York Times has recognized Tramuto as “a global health activist.” His first book, LIFE’S BULLDOZER MOMENTS: How Adversity Leads to Success in Life and Business, was published in 2016.

  • Maria Bustos

    Maria Bustos (SPH '18)

    MODERATOR, Regional Market Access Manager, Neuroscience LATAM, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson

  • Maria Camila Bustos MD MPH, a BUSPH’18 graduate with concentrations in Healthcare Management and Pharmaceuticals, was the first recipient of a Tramuto Foundation Scholarship for International Students in 2017. After graduation, Maria returned to Bogotá Colombia working initially as an independent consultant for health economics studies on efficient resource management for high-cost diseases in the country and capacity building on public health policy. Soon after, she joined the pharmaceutical industry in market access roles generating evidence-based communication and strategies to make novel treatments accessible. Always with a public health lens and a collaborative spirit in all her endeavors to create a positive impact on the social aspects of health, in her recent years as Value & Access Manager for Amgen Colombia, Maria led public-private value-based partnerships across the country to improve quality care and the patient experience in oncology, hematology and bone health with a focus on the elderly. Today Maria works for Janssen, as Regional Market Access Manager for Neuroscience in LATAM, based in Bogotá. Her current challenge is achieving access to new therapies for neurodegeneration and mental health disorders in Latin America. A region of constrained budgets and widespread social inequities, where compassionate leadership will be needed to shape a stronger commitment of health systems to these pressing issues.


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      Acknowledgement: This project is/was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31685 “Regional Public Health Training Center Program.” This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

Improving Public Health Through Industry Partnerships

How can public health researchers and practitioners best create win/win situations between academia and industry that also balance social and corporate goals?

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Course Information

  • Audience: Public Health Professionals
  • Format: Webinar
  • Date/Time: Thursday, September 30th 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM EST
  • Price: Free
  • Length: 1.25 hours
  • Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: SS1131137_IPHTIP
    If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
  • Competencies: Management and Finance Skills
  • Learning Level: Awareness and Performance
  • Companion Trainings: None
  • Supplemental materials:None
  • Pre-requisites: None

About this Recording

IDEA Hub is a new initiative at BUSPH to accelerate population health improvements through non-traditional methods, including industry partnerships. It aims to create mutually beneficial opportunities that enhance the science of public health, translate science into practice, and serve a business need for partners.


What you'll learn

At the end of the recording, participants will be able to:

  • Define the three-pronged goal of BUSPH Idea Hub’s academic partnerships with industry
  • Describe the impact of public health crises on business in terms of lost productivity and consumption, using the COVID-19 pandemic as an example
  • List 4 areas in which public health can contribute innovative solutions to address economic issues of public health problems
  • Describe how academic public health professionals can engage with private partners to address several public health concerns, including mental health, health misinformation in social media, breast cancer screening, climate change, pediatric diabetes, pharmaceutical access, and use of medical records to identify unmet social needs.


Subject Matter Experts

  • Monica Wang

    Monica Wang
    @DRMONICAWANG

    Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health

  • Dr. Wang is an Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health, an Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and an Associate Director of Narrative at the BU Center for Antiracist Research. Dr. Wang is nationally recognized as a leading health equity researcher in obesity and chronic disease prevention. She directs community-engaged research to target racial inequities in health and pursues cross-sector collaborations to promote health and health equity through public health interventions and policies. Dr. Wang has generated over $4 million in federal and foundation funding for her program of research and published over 50 peer-reviewed manuscripts and over a dozen policy and public engagement documents. One of her current studies is a randomized controlled trial of a youth empowerment intervention to reduce consumption of sugary drinks and obesity risk through youth narratives. As an expert in curriculum development, case-based teaching, and digital learning design, Dr. Wang has developed and taught graduate courses (traditional, in-person, and hybrid) on the social determinants of health at Harvard and Boston University since 2010. Dr. Wang has received numerous national, regional, and institutional awards for her research, teaching, and service, including the Society of Behavioral Medicine Early Investigator Award, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Award, and the Boston University School of Public Health Excellence in Teaching Award. At the national level, she advances science communication initiatives through her role as former Chair and current member of the Civic and Public Engagement Committee of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

  • Vanessa Edouard

    Vanessa Edouard
    @BUIDEAHUB

    Director of Strategic Initiatives and Managing Director of idea hub,
    Boston University
    School of Public Health

  • Michael McClean

    Michael McClean
    @BUSPH

    Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Advancement, Boston University School of Public Health

  • Dr. Michael McClean is the Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Advancement and a Professor of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health. His research interests focus on the use of biological markers to assess environmental and occupational exposures with respect to exposure-related disease. Trained as an industrial hygienist, he is interested in improving upon traditional exposure assessment methods by developing innovative approaches for assessing exposure via multiple pathways and for analyzing biological data. Previously, Dr. McClean has investigated exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in indoor environments, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure among asphalt workers, jet fuel exposure among US military personnel, and gene-environment interactions in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Currently, he is investigating an epidemic of chronic kidney disease among Central American workers, as well as the long-term neurological consequences of exposure to head impacts. He also directs an NIEHS pre-doctoral training program focused on Environmental Epidemiology in Community Settings.


  • Jaimie Gradus
    Jaimie Gradus
    @JAIMIEGRADUS

    Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health

  • Jaimie L. Gradus is an Associate Professor Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. She received her BA in psychology from Stony Brook University, her MPH with a concentration in epidemiology and biostatistics and DSc in epidemiology at Boston University and her DMSc at Aarhus University. Dr. Gradus’s research interests are in the epidemiology of trauma and trauma-related disorders, with a particular focus on suicide outcomes. She was the winner of the 2009 Lilienfeld Student Prize from the Society for Epidemiologic Research for her paper on the association between PTSD and death from suicide in the population of Denmark. Dr. Gradus has been the recipient of multiple National Institute of Mental Health and foundation grant awards to conduct psychiatric epidemiologic research in both veterans and the general population.

  • Prasad Patil

    Prasad Patil
    @BUBIOSTATS

    Assistant Professor of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health

  • Dr. Patil is a former postdoctoral research fellow at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health Department of Biostatistics/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology with Giovanni Parimigiani. He completed his PhD in Biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health with Jeff Leek. His professional interests include personalized medicine, genomics, prediction, data visualization, and study reproducibility/replicability. Dr. Patil is currently working on: – Multi-study prediction – Statistical definitions for reproducibility and replicability. – Stable and interpretable prediction methods for gene expression data. The contexts are cancer risk classifcation and survival prediction. – Assessing the additional value a genomic signature can provide beyond standard clinical measurements in a randomized trial setting. – Interactive health visualizations executable in one line from R. – Automated analysis templates with the ability to compare results after parameters have been changed.

  • Megan Healey

    Megan Healey
    @MEGANHEALS

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health

  • Megan Healey, PhD, MPH is a molecular epidemiologist with expertise in epigenetics and breast cancer. Dr. Healey uses population-based studies to investigate molecular and behavioral determinants of cancer subtypes and prognosis. Trained as a bench scientist, Dr. Healey completed research fellowships in cancer epigenetics at Johns Hopkins and cancer epidemiology at Harvard. She transitioned from biomedical science to public health in hopes of leveraging her interdisciplinary background to improve the health of populations. Part of that mission is to help train our future leaders in public health. Dr. Healey is invested in bringing innovative, integrated and practical approaches to learning in the classroom, particularly in large courses. Currently, Dr. Healey teaches Quantitative Methods for Public Health, Concepts and Methods in Epidemiology, and Nutritional Epidemiology. In 2017, she received the BUSPH Educational Innovation Award and is the recipient of several BUSPH Excellence in Teaching Awards. Dr. Healey is the Director of MPH Programs.

  • Paul Shafer

    Paul Shafer
    @SHAFERPR

    Assistant Professor, Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health

  • Dr. Shafer is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management at the Boston University School of Public Health and co-director of the Boston University Medicaid Policy Lab. He is also a fellow with the Boston University Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy and affiliate faculty of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. His research focuses on the effects of state and federal health insurance policy on coverage, health care use, and health equity. He is also an investigator at the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the VA Boston Healthcare System, where his research focuses on veterans’ access to care. His big picture interest is in understanding the effect of health and social policies on health and well-being. Do they actually work and are the benefits distributed equitably? If they don’t work or have unintended consequences, can we understand why and propose changes? He previously served as a research economist in the Center for Health Policy Science and Tobacco Research at RTI International and junior fellow in the Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. He is a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Research Scholar, which amplified his commitment to policy-engaged scholarship and research translation. He holds a PhD in health policy and management with a concentration in health economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, an MA in applied economics from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a BA in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

  • Greg Wellenius

    Greg Wellenius
    @GWELLENIUS

    Professor of Environmental
    Health,
    Boston University

  • Gregory Wellenius, ScD leverages his training in epidemiology, environmental health, and human physiology to lead research focused on assessing the human health impacts of the built environment in the context of a rapidly changing climate. His team has made a number of notable contributions to our understanding of the health risks associated with air pollution, noise pollution, other features of our physical environment, and those posed by a changing climate. A key goal of his team’s research is to provide the actionable scientific evidence needed to ensure that our communities are as resilient, sustainable, and healthy as possible, emphasizing the benefits to human health of climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts. Before coming to Boston University, Dr. Wellenius served as faculty and Director of Brown University’s Center for Environmental Health and Technology and Elected Councilor of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). He has previously taught courses on epidemiology methods, climate change and human health, and methods in environmental epidemiology. He has a strong track record of mentoring undergraduate students, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Dr. Wellenius is the 2019 recipient of the ISEE Tony McMichael Mid-Term Career Award and the 2018 recipient of the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Brown University School of Public Health.

  • Peter Rockers

    Peter Rockers
    @BUSPH


    Assistant Professor of Global Health,
    Boston University School of Public Health

  • Dr. Rockers is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Health at the Boston University School of Public Health, where he is also the Director of the Monitoring and Evaluation Certificate program. His research is primarily concerned with evaluating the impacts of health system strengthening interventions and policies in low- and middle-income countries using experimental methods. He is particularly interested in interventions that aim to improve early childhood development outcomes in high poverty settings. Dr. Rockers is currently Co-Principal Investigator for a large cluster-randomized trial in South Africa evaluating the feasibility and impact of an innovative package of early childhood interventions delivered by community health workers. Dr. Rockers is involved in several projects focused on access to medicines. He is Co-Principle Investigator for a project developing a framework for evaluating pharmaceutical industry-led access to medicines programs. He is also Co-Investigator for a cluster-randomized trial in Kenya evaluating the impact of a medicine access program on the availability and price of NCD medicines.

  • Craig Ross

    Craig Ross
    @CSROSS017

    Executive Director,
    idea hub,
    Boston University
    School of Public Health

  • Craig S. Ross serves as Executive Director of the idea hub at Boston University School of Public Health and holds a faculty position in the Epidemiology Department. Dr. Ross conducts research at the intersection of commerce and public health, with a particular focus on the influence of commercially-promoted products on the health of vulnerable populations including children, adolescents, women, and immigrants. Dr. Ross has published more than 40 research studies examining the influence of alcohol advertising on underage drinking. He conducts innovative research on the use of multiple tobacco products including vaping products and heat-not-burn tobacco products. He is also interested in novel research designs using ecological momentary assessment methods to examine real-life contexts for substance use. Dr. Ross has developed unique mixed research methods to collaborate with firearm owners to design firearm suicide prevention programs. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Ross worked for more than 20 years as a business strategy consultant and more than 10 years in semiconductor manufacturing designing statistical software products for manufacturing process control. He received a Ph.D. in epidemiology in 2014 from the Boston University School of Public Health where he was awarded a pre-doctoral training grant through the Boston University Reproductive Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology (BURPPE) program. Dr. Ross was awarded the New Investigator Award by the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine in 2014. He received in Masters in Business Administration from Northeastern University in 1991 and his B.S. in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1982.

  • Maria Tjilos

    Maria Tjilos
    @BUSPH

    Master of Public
    Health Student,
    Boston University School of Public Health


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