The Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community held a virtual meeting on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 from 2-3pm EDT featuring the newly developed AHD partnership between the University of Illinois at Chicago's School of Public Health and the Chicago Department of Public Health. During this meeting, AHD Learning Community member Griselle Torres, DrPH, MPH, MSW, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, joined the AHD Learning Community and discussed topics such as the process of establishing the partnership, challenges and lessons learned, and the partnership’s future vision. 

 

To learn more, download the presentation slides for this meeting or visit the recent PHF Pulse blog post highlighting this partnership, New Partnership in Chicago Offers Latest Example of Academic Health Department Development.
 
For more information, please contact Janelle Nichols at jnichols@phf.org.
 
The AHD Learning Community brings together public health and healthcare professionals to engage in collaborative learning, knowledge sharing, and resource creation to support the development, maintenance, and expansion of AHD partnerships. The AHD Learning Community is an initiative of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Visit the AHD Learning Community webpage for more information.

Activities of the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) are made possible through funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under Cooperative Agreement Number NU38OT000211. The content of Council on Linkages activities are solely the responsibility of the Council on Linkages and do not necessarily represent the official views of the sponsor.