• 16 years

• Academic institution

• I have been involved in developing an academic health department (AHD)

As part of my role at MSU, I have functioned as the Executive Director for the state association of local health department medical directors. My role at MSU has been to develop relationships with local health departments with the goal of developing opportunities for educational and scholarly collaboration. I am interested in the opportunities for interdisciplinary education and research between public health and primary care. I also serve on my local Board of Health and previously was President of the Michigan Public Health Association.

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Public Health is an academic health professions institution
• in AHD partnershipsin AHD partnerships with (date of partnership):
• Kent County Health Department (2015)
• Ingham County Health Department (2015)
• Midland County Health Department (2015)
• Grand Traverse County Health Department (2015)
• Genesee County Health Department (2015)
• Is currently working to form AHD partnershipscurrently working to form AHD partnerships
• Has relationships with public health practice institutions for:
• Public health research
• Public health service provision
• Has relationships with public health practice institutions characterized by:
• Formal written partnership agreements
• Notes on AHD-related activities:
• This is a new initiative for us and we are working with the affiliated AHDs to identify what they see as the most important benefits for our affiliation. As a College of Medicine, we are also trying to sort out how the AHDs fit within the larger college, working with medical faculty and students as well as our public health faculty and students.