The Academic Health Department (AHD) Workgroup was established in January 2011 to guide the development of the
AHD Learning Community. It was composed of public health professionals drawn from academia and practice interested in the AHD model for public health and dedicated to building a strong AHD Learning Community. Following the successful launch and growth of the AHD Learning Community, the AHD Workgroup dissolved in May 2012.
Charge:
The AHD Workgroup is charged with advising the
Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice on the development and activities of a
Learning Community for individuals and organizations involved or interested in the AHD concept. The Workgroup will contribute to defining the AHD concept, delineating the purpose of the Learning Community, and developing parameters and a plan of action for the Learning Community. Workgroup members may be requested to review relevant materials, consider input from public health professionals, provide guidance on community organization and activities appropriate for meeting the needs of the audiences identified above, and advise on topics to be addressed during Learning Community meetings.
Chair:
- C. William Keck, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Members:
- Wanda Aberle
- Christopher G. Atchison, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
- Gerald Barron, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh (PA)
- James J. Burns, College of Medicine, Florida State University; Sacred Heart Children's Hospital (FL)
- Larry Cohen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Ralph Cordell, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- John (Jack) M. DeBoy, Semi-Retired Public Health Laboratory Scientist; Retired Public Health Laboratory Director
- Diane Downing, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University (DC)
- Patricia Drehobl, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Terry Dwelle, North Dakota Department of Health
- Linda Frazee, Bureau of Local and Rural Health, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
- Julie Gleason-Comstock, Center for Urban Studies and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Wayne State University (MI)
- John Gwinn, The University of Akron (OH)
- Georgia Heise, Three Rivers District Health Department (KY)
- Colleen Hughes
- Larry D. Jones, City of Independence Health Department (MO)
- Louise A. Kent, Northern Kentucky Health Department
- Deb Koester, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health
- Cynthia D. Lamberth, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky
- Lisa A. Lang, National Library of Medicine
- Amy F. Lee, Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health, Northeast Ohio Medical University
- Susan Lepre
- William C. Livingood, Institute for Public Health Informatics and Research, Duval County Health Department (FL)
- Bryn Manzella, Jefferson County Department of Health (AL)
- Marcia Mills, Minnesota Department of Human Services
- Janet Place, North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Beth A. Resnick, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University (MD)
- William Riley, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota
- David P. Steffen, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Patricia Thompson-Reid, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Susan C. Webb
- Kathleen S. Wright, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University (MO)
The AHD Workgroup is no longer active. For additional information, contact Kathleen Amos at kamos@phf.org.