Leadership and Workforce Development

• Public Health Leadership Society (PHLS):  NNPHI has engaged in leadership development since its inception in 2001, housing the PHLS for the past decade.  PHLS is an alumni association comprised of graduates of national, state, and regional public health leadership institutes and development programs. PHLS has become a national resource for public health leadership development, leadership consultation, and development of the next generation of public health leaders. Visit PHLS' homepage.

• Providing Workforce Strategy Input to CDC: NNPHI is currently working with CDC's Scientific Education and Professional Development Program Office (SEPDPO) to foster understanding of the roles of public health institutes in the public health system, with an emphasis on their roles in workforce development.  NNPHI is convening 10 of its members to provide input into CDC's future workforce strategy.

• Supporting Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation's Together on Diabetes: NNPHI is also leveraging its member network and PHLS in its support of a Learning Collaborative for the  Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation's Together on Diabetes grantees. In addition to working with the Foundation to host a grantee summit, NNPHI is working to support online Learning Collaborative meetings that the Foundation hosts. These activities will help foster a learning community by facilitating the exchange of ideas and best practices among grantees, providing leadership and professional development opportunities for grantees and enhancing relationships between grantees and the broader public health practice community. Together on Diabetes and NNPHI will work together to drive learnings across NNPHI's 38 member health institutes and the Public Health Leadership Society.  For more information, including presentations and video from the 2012 Together on Diabetes Grantee Summit, please visit the Together on Diabetes website.