Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation
The Pima County Health Department (AZ) and University of Arizona’s Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health’s (MEZCOPH’s) academic health department (AHD) partnership is featured in the latest Field Notes story from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support.
Want to Learn More? The Pima County Health Department and MEZCOPH have shared their internship programs and other details about their AHD partnership during two recent events in the
AHD Webinar Series. View the webinar archives to learn more about how their AHD partnership developed and is structured, collaborative activities and benefits being realized, and projects student interns have supported:
AHD partnerships – formal partnerships between health departments and academic institutions – can enhance the capacity of the organizations involved and offer a variety of benefits. Additional resources and opportunities to connect with colleagues engaged in AHD partnerships are available through the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice’s
AHD Learning Community.