Enhancing and Accelerating Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings: A Virtual Three-Day Workshop for Health Departments 

A Foundation Forward Offering of the PHIL Collective

Register Now to Elevate Your Health Department’s Outbreak Response & Prevention Capabilities in Healthcare Settings! 

Is your health department ready to enhance its outbreak response and prevention strategies in healthcare settings? Join us for an engaging and dynamic Virtual Three-Day Workshop hosted by the Population Health Innovation Lab, designed specifically for local health departments like yours to build capacity in key areas outlined by the Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) framework! 

This workshop will build on the NACCHO outbreak response and prevention in healthcare settings webinars, hosted in collaboration with NACCHO. By the end of this workshop, participants will be equipped with the skills to develop tailored plans that integrate health equity, optimize data management, and foster strategic collaborations to bolster outbreak prevention and response efforts in healthcare environments.

This workshop is ideal for local 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! 

Why You Should Join Us

Participating in this workshop will empower you to Strengthening Foundational Capabilities in Public Health

This workshop offers Local Health Departments (LHDs) a unique opportunity to strengthen key foundational capabilities that align with broader public health infrastructure initiatives, such as those supported through Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) activities. By addressing healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), this workshop helps LHDs build core capabilities crucial for sustainable, responsive public health systems.

Key areas of focus include:

  • Workforce Development: Equip your team with specialized, practical knowledge to respond effectively to HAI and AMR, ensuring a skilled workforce capable of meeting emerging healthcare challenges.
  • Community Partnership Building: Learn strategies to foster partnerships across departments and organizations, reinforcing collaborative networks that are essential for resilient public health infrastructure.
  • Public Health Surveillance and Data Management: Enhance your department’s capacity for data-driven decision-making through advanced surveillance and response skills, supporting both immediate and long-term public health objectives.

What You’ll Learn

  • Day 1: Gain insights into health equity and learn to apply an equity framework tailored for outbreak response. 
  • Day 2: Discover data utilization and management strategies essential for tracking and preventing outbreaks effectively. 
  • Day 3: Explore the importance of strategic collaboration and discover ways to build and strengthen partnerships in your community. 

Who Should Enroll

  • Public health professionals working in local health departments
  • Outbreak response teams
  • Healthcare administrators seeking to improve collaboration with their local health departments for outbreak response and prevention
  • Community health workers dedicated to improving health outcomes in their communities

Workshop Details

  • Format: Virtual 
  • Delivery dates: 
    • Tuesday, November 19 – Thursday, November 21, 2024; Last day for early bird registration rate: October 22, 2024; Last day to register for workshop: November 12, 2024
    • Wednesday, December 11 – Friday, December 13, 2024; Last day for early bird registration rate: November 13, 2024; Last day to register: December 4, 2024
    • Wednesday, January 22 – Friday, January 24, 2025; Last day for early bird registration rate: December 18, 2024; Last day to register: January 15, 2025
    • Workshops will occur each day from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM PT | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET
  • Workshop Rates
    • Early bird rate: $775 (processing fees included in ticket price) when you register by the early bird deadline for your selected workshop
    • Regular rate: $850 (processing fees included in ticket price)
    • Group discount: There is a 20% discount off the regular workshop rate for any group registering at least 3 or more participants
  • Registration Deadlines
    • Tuesday, November 19 – Thursday, November 21, 2024; Last day for early bird registration rate: October 22, 2024; Last day to register for workshop: November 12, 2024
    • Wednesday, December 11 – Friday, December 13, 2024; Last day for early bird registration rate: November 13, 2024; Last day to register: December 4, 2024
    • Wednesday, January 22 – Friday, January 24, 2025; Last day for early bird registration rate: December 18, 2024; Last day to register: January 15, 2025
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Agenda

  • Day 1 (4 hours) 
    • Overview of Equity Framework for Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings 
    • Interactive Activities on Applying the Equity Framework in Practice  
  • Day 2 (4 hours) 
    • Overview of Data Utilization and Management Strategies for Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings 
    • Interactive Activities and Collaborative Discussions on Applying Data Utilization and Management Strategies 
  • Day 3 (4 hours) 
    • Overview of Strategic Collaboration for Outbreak Response and Prevention in Healthcare Settings 
    • Interactive Activities and Collaborative Discussions on Developing and Strengthening Partnerships  

Outcome: By the end of the workshop, participants will have actionable frameworks and strategies for integrating health equity into outbreak response, possess enhanced skills in data management to inform decision-making processes, and be equipped to establish and strengthen partnerships that support community health initiatives. 

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Meet the Lead Trainers

Cassandra Mohan

Cassandra earned her bachelors degree in biology from the University of Chicago and graduated with an MSPH in epidemiology from Emory University. Before joining the Population Health Innovation Lab, Cassandra worked in infectious disease epidemiology at New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York State Department of Health, and CDC. Cassandra has a passion for outbreak response and prevention, data visualization, and innovative public health solutions. Cassandra also brings her experience as a former science educator, and she enjoys creating and leading collaborative learning activities for public health partners.  

Sean Aluko

Seun’s earned his MPH in Biostatistics and epidemiology from University of Illinois-Chicago. He currently works as a Lead Research Scientist at the Population Health Innovation Lab (PHIL) where he leads and supports research and evaluation projects that aim to connect health partners with evidence to inform systems-level approaches that can eliminate health disparities. Before joining PHIL, Seun worked as an Epidemiologist supporting PHI’s California Contact Tracing Support Initiative, where we supported CA counties mitigate the burden of COVID-19 in congregate settings. He previously worked with California Dept. of Public Health as a Health Informaticist focused on surveillance activities for Viral & Bacterial STIs. His experience is in surveillance & outbreak response activities, research & evaluation, database management and visualization. 

Stephanie Bultema

Stephanie earned a PhD in Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver and an M.A. in Administrative Leadership from Whitworth University, with additional coursework completed through Washington State University’s Master of Health Policy and Administration program. She works as Director of Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning Innovations (MERLIN), where she serves as research Principal Investigator and directs the scientific vision and strategy for PHIL. Before joining the PHIL team, Stephanie worked as Senior Researcher in the Center on Network Science and principal consultant of Bultema Consulting LLC. She served as a public health professional from 2010-2017, most recently as Assessment Epidemiologist. She served as President of the School Health Care Association of Spokane County and as Board Member for Communities in Schools of Spokane County from 2015-2017. 

More About Our Foundation Forward Collection

Foundation Forward is collection of trainings from the PHIL Collective, designed specifically for health departments to strengthen their capacity as key community leaders. These sessions equip health departments to excel in roles such as backbone organization, convener, connector, data steward, and fiscal agent. Each training is thoughtfully crafted to enhance skills in alignment with the Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) framework, empowering departments to better serve their local communities. Check out all our current offerings on PHIL’s Events page.

More About the PHIL Collective

The workshop is proudly presented by the PHIL Collective.  The PHIL Collective supports individuals and communities dedicated to improving wellbeing through collaborative, cross-sector, cross-boundary work.   

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