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PHIG Supports Office of Behavioral Health in Florida’s Hillsborough County

PHIG Partners

With funding from PHIG, the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County established an Office of Behavioral Health consisting of a Director, a Health Educator, and an Epidemiologist. The office researched the behavioral health needs of the county and used public health tools (e.g.,

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The Pivot with Lisa Barrios

UNC Epidemiology Blog

Gillings alum Lisa Barrios is the first director of the Division of Readiness and Response Science at the CDC. What’s your role in public health? I recently became the first director of the Division of Readiness and Response Science in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office of Readiness and Response.

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October 3, 2024

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

AMCHP aims to enhance the accessibility and use of youth/adolescent and young adult (YYA) data pertaining to health and social/structural determinants of health for its improved application in public health practice. Emergencies, such as a natural disaster or a pandemic, can have devastating impacts on whole communities.

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Kennedy’s hearings for HHS Secretary start today: What Americans need to know 

Association of Health Care Journalists

Kennedy skipped pandemic preparedness training As Washington Post reporter and AHCJ member Dan Diamond reported last week, Kennedy skipped the pandemic preparedness training thats been legally required to be held during every presidential transition since George Bush signed the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act in 2006.