Academic Health Department Partnerships

  • Council on Linkages Update (November 2025)

    Council on Linkages Mini-Update November 2025   Greetings! Below is a Council on Linkages Mini-Update for November 2025. Please feel free to share these opportunities in your organization’s newsletter or other communications. Join Upcoming Academic Health Department Partnership Ask Me Anything Webinar In collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the Public…

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  • Council on Linkages Update (October 2025)

    Council on Linkages Update October 2025   Greetings! Below is a Council on Linkages Update for October 2025. Please feel free to share these opportunities in your organization’s newsletter or other communications. Join Upcoming Academic Health Department Partnership Webinars In collaboration with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, the Public Health Foundation (PHF)…

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  • Council on Linkages Update (September 2025)

    Council on Linkages Update September 2025   Greetings! Below is a Council on Linkages Update for September 2025. Please feel free to share these opportunities in your organization’s newsletter or other communications. Join the Council on Linkages’ September 12th Meeting Join the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) for its next…

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  • Charting New Paths: Alameda County’s Academic Health Department Journey

    By Evette Brandon, Quality Improvement and Accreditation Director, Alameda County Public Health Department and Bonnie Mencher, Workforce Development Director, Alameda County Public Health Department Alameda County, located in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, is one of the most diverse counties in the United States. The county has a population of approximately 1.7 million…

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  • Implementing a Certified in Public Health Exam Review for Local Health Department Staff Through an Academic Health Department Partnership

    By Sophie G. Wenzel, MPH, DrPH, CPH, CHES© and Laura Hungerford, DVM, NREMT, MPH, PhD, CPH, Department of Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech According to the de Beaumont Foundation’s 2021 Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs (PHWINS) survey,1 only about 14% of the public health workforce in the United States has a degree in public…

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