Dawn Shanafelt, Director of the Division of Maternal and Infant Health and Title V Maternal Child Health Director for the State of Michigan, shares the policies and program that helped the state record its lowest infant mortality rate on record; Dulce Mendoza, Senior Analyst of Island Support at ASTHO, explains how a new learning series can help prepare public health professionals to engage with U.S. territories and freely associated states; applications are now open for ASTHO’s Developing Executive Leaders in Public Health program, a ten-month intensive leadership development full of workshops, coaching, and networking opportunities; and a new ASTHO resource breaks down document management systems to help public health departments determine the best fit. 

State of Michigan: Michigan records lowest rate of infant mortality in its history; continues focus on resources to keep moms, babies healthy

ASTHO Learning Series: LMS Module: Exploring Key Insights of U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States

ASTHO Webpage: Leadership Development 

ASTHO Web Page: Document Management System

Dr. Michelle Morse, Acting Commissioner and Chief Medical Officer for the New York City Health Department, explains how the city’s new video series aims to help educate communities about the impact of Long COVID; Dr. Nirav Shah, ASTHO Alum and former Principal Deputy Director at the CDC, discusses the focus of this year’s Executive Leadership Forum, and what he hopes to teach future public health professionals in his new role as a professor at Colby College; Emman Parian, Immunization Program Manager at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation of the Northern Mariana Islands, shares what he learned from the Building Capacity to Advance Health certificate program; ASTHO will host the third webinar session of the Accelerate series on Thursday, August 14th, about accountability, performance, and feedback; and a new ASTHO resource helps public health teams communicate effectively about infectious disease preparedness. 

New York City Health Department: Facts vs Fiction: What is Long COVID? A discussion with Dr. Michelle Morse and Matt McGorry

New York City Health Department: Living with Long COVID: Matt McGorry's story

New York City Health Department: The risks and realities of Long COVID: A discussion with Dr. Michelle Morse and Matt McGorry 

ASTHO Web Page: Building Capacity to Advance Health Certificate Program

Emman Parian LinkedIn

ASTHO Webinar: Ignite, Accelerate, and Activate: Series 2, Session 3: Accountability, Performance, Feedback

ASTHO Web Page: Communicating About Infectious Disease Preparedness

Dr. James Lewis, Health Officer for the Snohomish County Health Department in Washington State, explains how data can help quicken healthcare-assosciated infection response; Lyla Hunt, Deputy Director of Public Health and Education at the New York State Office of Cannabis Management, tells us about the recent Cannabis Regulator Association stakeholder meeting; a new ASTHO resource can help your department reprioritize Black maternal health; and ASTHO’s INSPIRE hub also has resources for Wastewater Surveillance.

CORHA Web Page

Shonomish County Health Department Web Page

Cannabis Regulators Association Web Page

ASTHO Blog Article: Reprioritizing Black Maternal Health

ASTHO Web Page: INSPIRE

ASTHO Web Page: Advancing Wastewater Surveillance for Public Health Impact

Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Public Relations, shares more of her story in this installment of Get To Know ASTHO; Juliane Walker, Public Health Program Specialist at the Wichita State University Community Engagement Institute, discusses the Public Health Employee Well-Being Assessment Guide; an article published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice takes a deeper look at using AI to expedite content analysis of real-world public health documents; and Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, helped author a blog article that provides insights from several executive leadership coaching events.

ASTHO Web Page: Federal Government Affairs

Kansas Health Institute Web Page: Public Health Employee Well-Being Assessment Guide

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Web Page: Content Analysis of Social Determinants of Health Accelerator Plans Using Artificial Intelligence – A Use Case for Public Health Practitioners

ASTHO Blog Article: Insights from Executive Leadership Coaching for Public Health and Community Leaders

Sam Jarvis, Community Health Division Manager at Johnson County Public Health in Iowa, explains how his DELPH experience helps him prepare others to be leaders in emergencies; applications for ASTHO’s DELPH program are now open; Heather Tomlinson, ASTHO Senior Analyst of the Environmental Health Team, updates us on federal and state activity focused on PFAS chemicals; and August 14 at 2 p.m. ET is ASTHO’s next Ignite, Accelerate, and Activate webinar series.

ASTHO Blog Article: How Public Health Can Better Manage Uncertainty

ASTHO Web Page: Developing Executive Leaders in Public Health

ASTHO Blog Article: States Continue to Address PFAS in U.S. Food and Water Supply

ASTHO Webinar: Ignite, Accelerate, and Activate: Series 2, Session 3: Accountability, Performance, Feedback

Dr. Susan Kansagra, Chief Medical Officer for ASTHO, discusses the recent Make America Healthy Again report, and the work done by state and territorial health departments that intersects with the report’s themes; Ryan Daly, Deputy Director of Finance and Operations for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health, explains how the department’s new standardized process for subrecipient monitoring has helped improve operations; ASTHO’s framework for addressing ethical considerations in public health wastewater surveillance was recently published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Direct; a new ASTHO blog article describes the public health insights that can come from interjurisdictional immunization information systems; and ASTHO welcomes new member Dennis Worsham, Secretary of Health for the Washington State Department of Health. 

ASTHO Blog: Levers for Preventing Chronic Disease That Intersect with Key MAHA Report Themes

ASTHO Blog: Nebraska Paves the Way for Improved Grant Subrecipient Monitoring

JPHMP Direct: Demystifying Applied Public Health Ethics: New Framework Highlights Ethical Considerations in Wastewater Surveillance and Tools for Deliberating Them

ASTHO Blog: Immunization Information Systems: One Foundational Data Source, Endless Health Insights

Dennis Worsham Bio

Erin Penniston, Chief of Staff of Public Health Services at the Maryland Department of Health, describes how ASTHO’s Peer Assessment Program helped her state’s health department strengthen its administrative infrastructure; Kelsey Tillema, Senior Analyst at ASTHO, shares key takeaways from ASTHO’s Strengthening Administrative Preparedness in Public Health Agencies webinar; the highlights from ASTHO’s recent INSPIRE: Readiness webinar on regional data ecosystems are available online now; and a study published in the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice revealed new opportunities for aligning State Health Improvement, Aging, and Dementia Plans. 

ASTHO STAR Center: Peer Assessment Program

ASTHO Blog: Four Strategies to Advance Administrative Preparedness in Public Health

ASTHO Web Page: Highlights from INSPIRE: Readiness - Building a Data-Ready Ecosystem for Public Health Response

Journal of Public Health Management & Practice: Bridging Silos: Aligning State Health Improvement, Aging, and Dementia Plans

Dr. Brooke Cunningham, ASTHO Member and the Commissioner of Health for the Minnesota Department of Health, discusses how her department is using the Public Health Infrastructure Grant.

PHIG Partners Web Page

PHIG Newsletter

Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, outlines the recent recall of Bicillin; Marie Stratton, Overdose Data to Action Program Manager at the Maryland Department of Health, explains how ASTHO’s technical assistance helped with the department’s OD2A funds; applications are now open for ASTHO’s Developing Executive Leaders in Public Health program; and an ASTHO Brief explains how you can sustain community engagement infrastructure through state public health programming.

ASTHO Web Page: Syphilis

ASTHO Web Page: Health Equity in Overdose Data to Action

ASTHO Web Page: Developing Executive Leaders in Public Health

ASTHO Brief: Sustaining Community Engagement Infrastructure Through State Public Health Programming

Kathy Jorgensen, member of the Board of Directors for the National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs, explains why it’s essential to account for animals in all emergency planning; Jeffrey Ekoma, Senior Director of Government Affairs at ASTHO, discusses HHS nominations, recissions, and more news from Capitol Hill in this week’s View From Washington D.C. report; a new ASTHO report assesses capacity gaps in the radiation readiness workforce; and Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian, Chief Medical Executive at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, was a guest speaker this month for the Michigan State Medical Society, where she updated physician leaders on health priorities.  

National Alliance of State Animal and Agricultural Emergency Programs

ASTHO Report: Assessing Capacity Gaps in the Radiation Readiness Workforce

MSMS and MDHHS Join Forces to Keep Physicians Informed: Natasha Bagdasarian, MD, on Key Health Priorities