Enhancing and Accelerating Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings – A Virtual, Team-Based Workshop

Join us for this impactful, three-week workshop to master targeted strategies for effective outbreak response and prevention in healthcare settings! 

Workshop Overview

Back by popular demand! Join us for this impactful, three-week workshop to master targeted strategies for effective outbreak response and prevention in healthcare settings. Each registration ticket allows for two people from your organization to attend this virtual workshop together as a team, providing you with opportunities to collaborate and develop implementation plans from the get-go! 

This workshop builds on the NACCHO Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings webinars, hosted by the Population Health Innovation Lab in collaboration with NACCHO. By the end of this workshop, you will be equipped with the skills to develop tailored plans that integrate health equity, optimize data utilization, and foster strategic collaborations to bolster outbreak prevention and response efforts in healthcare settings. 

This workshop is ideal for local or state health departments committed to improving their outbreak response and prevention initiatives. If you’re looking to strengthen your team’s capabilities and cultivate impactful partnerships, this is the event for you! 

Registration Details

Virtual Workshop Dates* and Times:  

  • Week 1: May 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET 
  • Week 2: May 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET 
  • Week 3: May 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET 

* Workshop sessions will occur once a week for 3 weeks. Please note that at checkout, you will only be able to select the May 1 start date for this workshop. Purchasing the ticket for the start date of the workshop will give you access to the full three-week workshop (May 1, May 8, and May 15).   

Workshop Rates:

Optional: All tickets are two-for-one! In other words, when you buy one ticket it allows for two people from your organization to attend the workshop together.  

  • Early bird rate: $500 (processing fees included in ticket price) 
  • Last day for early bird registration rate: April 4, 2025 
  • Regular rate: $650 (processing fees included in ticket price) 
  • Last day for regular registration: April 21, 2025. 
  • Scholarships: Coming Soon  

What You’ll Learn

  • Data Management & Decision-Making Strategies – Enhance your ability to use data effectively to make informed decisions for improved outbreak response and prevention. 
  • Collaborative Strategies for Health Improvement – Discover how to intentionally engage with key stakeholders to foster cross-sector partnerships that improve outcomes in healthcare settings. 
  • Health Equity Integration & Actionable Plans – Learn how to develop and implement actionable strategies to integrate health equity into your outbreak response and prevention efforts, driving long-term impact. 

Click here for the Workshop Agenda  

Why You Should Join Us

Participating in this workshop will empower your team to: 

  • Enhance Your Skills: Explore and learn data management and utilization strategies to make informed decisions. 
  • Foster Collaboration: Learn how to collaborate intentionally with key stakeholders to improve community health outcomes. 
  • Translate Knowledge Into Action: Develop actionable plans to integrate health equity into your outbreak response strategies. 
  • Strengthen Your Expertise: Enhance your skills in at least six of the eight domains of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals: Data Analytics and Assessment Skills, Communication Skills, Health Equity Skills, Community Partnership Skills, Public Health Science Skills, and Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills. 
  • Contribute to Long-Lasting Change: Better fulfill your health department’s role in promoting a thriving community by improving availability of foundational capabilities outlined in the FPHS framework. 
  • Gain Access to Proven Resources: Bring home a free copy of PHIL’s recently refreshed “Powering Change: Building Healthy, Equitable Communities Together” to immediately help strengthen your partnerships. 

Check out what previous participants are saying about this workshop: 

  • This was by far one of the best workshops I have attended. The work you are all doing is truly giving life to public health and showing a new way to look into public health and expand the workforce. – Workshop Participant 
  • “One of the most valuable tools that I gained was the availability of data sources and the demonstration of how to use the sources.“
  • “The best workshop I have ever attended! I will be able to immediately use the resources AND share them with my facilities. I will start pulling data and sharing it with healthcare facilities in my district, read through the workbook and guides to increase our knowledge at the health department then share the knowledge with facilities in my district, but also share this information at the upcoming HAI Advisory group.“
  • “This was a GREAT workshop! It was nice to hear and see other tools that we can use and hear from other states/health departments.“

Who Should Enroll?

This workshop is part of the PHIL Collective‘s Foundation Forward collection of trainings aimed at strengthening health departments’ multifaceted roles in their local communities. The workshop is designed explicitly with health departments in mind to build capacity in areas outlined by the Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) framework. 

  • Local health department professionals involved in outbreak response and prevention 
  • Public health leaders looking to integrate health equity into their strategies 
  • Epidemiologists, data analysts, and communicable disease specialists 
  • Program managers and coordinators focused on healthcare collaboration 
  • Teams seeking to strengthen cross-sector partnerships and public health impact 
Register today!

Your Lead Trainers and The PHIL Collective

Your Lead Trainers are Seun Aluko, MPH and Cassandra Mohan, MSPH.

This workshop is an offering of the PHIL Collective. The PHIL Collective supports individuals and communities dedicated to improving health, well-being, and equity by collaborating with diverse partners. Why? Because tackling any community challenge requires some serious teamwork to keep everyone rowing in the same direction, elbow-grease to change systems, and sprinkles of humor along the journey to keep everyone sane. 

We hope you’ll allow us to join you on your journey to make the world a brighter place! 

Cancellations and Refunds

Refunds are available, minus Eventbrite non-refundable fees and a 10% fee for PHIL administration costs, if registrants contact us ahead of the cancellation deadlines listed in our FAQ on the registration page.