Senior Program Manager, Evidence to Action
Future-Oriented Climate Action: NNPHI’s Environment and Human Health Workgroup Leads the Conversation
- By: Madelyn Gustafson
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NNPHI’s Environment and Human Health Workgroup hosted a panel discussion at the 2025 NNPHI Annual Conference. The session ‘Future-Oriented Climate Action: Empowering Local Communities’ featured members of the workgroup. With a focus of three main topics- funding, local policy, and local collaboration – the panelists shared their current work, partnerships and priorities for environment […]
NNPHI Joins Public Health Leaders’ Joint Statement in Response to the Attack on CDC
- By: Robert Schroeder
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In response to the horrific shooting that occurred on Friday, August 8, targeting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the public health community stands in solidarity with our CDC colleagues. We denounce acts of harassment, terror, and violence against the public health workforce. Our hearts break for the family of police officer David […]
NACCHO360: Lessons Learned from My First Conference
- By: Isabella Zhou
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This past week, I had the chance to attend my first professional conference when I flew to Anaheim for the annual NACCHO360 conference, a gathering of county and city health department staff and public health professionals. Between all the excitement and nervousness that comes with going to your first conference: navigating flights and large convention […]
Public Health Workforce Challenges: A Perspective from a Current Student
- By: Isabella Zhou
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As the number of students pursuing public health degrees on both an undergraduate and graduate level continue to rapidly rise, understanding how to effectively transition these graduates into their careers will be vital when it comes to building a resilient and capable public health workforce. In an effort to glean the perspectives of recent public […]
Infection Prevention and Control Trainings & COVID
- By: Fahrenheit Creative Group
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Title of Report: A Survey of Existing Infection and Prevention Trainings Evaluating Current IPC and COVID-19 Trainings As COVID-19 spread across the nation, the U.S. utilized infection prevention and control (IPC) trainings and guidance as a tactic to mitigate transmission of the deadly virus. Our team used an environmental scan to identify 317 of these […]
Infection Prevention and Control Resources and Training
- By: Fahrenheit Creative Group
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Title of Report: Environmental Scan of IPC Trainings for Environmental Health Professionals Enhancing IPC Trainings An Environmental Scan of IPC Resources & Trainings Our multi-organization team utilized a rapid environmental scan to research and identify top-tier trainings on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) that were 1) geared towards a more general audience and 2) provided […]
From Risk to Regulation: CNMI’s Code for Safer Swimming and Stronger Public Health
- By: Chloe Lake
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With support from the National Environmental Health Association, the Council for the Model Aquatic Health Code, and the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG), the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is standardizing water safety with its first-ever Aquatic Health Code. In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), pools, spas, and other aquatic […]
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT: Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) TTA Outcomes and Strategic Partnerships Sub-Evaluations Request for Proposals (RFP)
- By: Chloe Lake
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Purpose National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI), on behalf of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) National Evaluation Team (NET)*, seeks to fund up to two innovative and collaborative contractors to conduct sub-evaluations in key areas of interest within PHIG. These and future sub-evaluations seek to answer questions generated by individuals and organizations […]
Celebrations Are in Order: Introducing Our 2025 NNPHI Annual Conference Award Recipients!
- By: National Network of Public Health Institutes
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The NNPHI Awards Program recognizes outstanding individuals and organizations that have made exemplary contributions to improving the public’s health and embody NNPHI’s mission and values. NNPHI’s mission is to support national public health system initiatives and strengthen public health institutes to promote multi-sector initiatives resulting in measurable improvements of public health structures, systems, and outcomes. NNPHI’s Annual […]
Montana Leverages Virtual Platform to Optimize Training and Improve Service Delivery Across the State
- By: Chloe Lake
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Montana’s public health system is broad and decentralized, with 60 local and tribal health departments spread across urban centers, rural communities, and remote frontier areas. The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services, Public Health and Safety Division works to ensure that the state’s public health workforce is as effective as possible by supporting […]