Dr. Daniel Edney, State Health Officer for the Mississippi State Department of Health and an ASTHO member, tells us how his meeting on Capitol Hill went this week; the Essentials of Leadership and Management Workshop Series kicks off on Wednesday, April 2; and Dr. Sameer Vohra, Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health and an ASTHO member, explains why this week has been so important.

ASTHO Web Page: Stay Informed

ASTHO Web Page: Series Topics and Sessions

ASTHO Web Page: Ignite, Accelerate, and Activate: Series 1, Session 1- Leadership Behavior and Decision-Making

Dr. Joseph Kanter, ASTHO CEO, brings us an update directly from ASTHO's 2025 Spring Leadership Forum; and an upcoming webinar focuses on the positive Public Health AmeriCorps can provide.

ASTHO News Release: State and Territorial Health Leaders Convene on Capitol Hill to Advocate for Sustained Funding

ASTHO Webinar: Public Health in Action – How AmeriCorps is Shaping Public Health in Indiana and NACDD

Dr. John Swartzberg, Clinical Professor Emeritus at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, provides an update on Avian Influenza; Dr. Susan Hernandez, an Epidemiologist at Public Health Seattle and King County, explains how her team used novel data to improve identification of Medicaid members who use tobacco; and a new ASTHO resource is available for your department's accreditation and reaccreditation.

ASTHO Web Page: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Scientific Symposium

CDC Web Page: Notes From the Field: Enhanced Identification of Tobacco Use Among Adult Medicaid Members — King County, Washington, 2016–2023

ASTHO Web Page: A Guide for Sustainable Public Health Accreditation

ASTHO Web Page: Stay Informed

Dr. Mark Levine, Commissioner of Health for the State of Vermont and an ASTHO Member, looks back on his time as commissioner as he gets ready to depart his post; Melissa Touma, ASTHO Director of the Public Health Infrastructure Program, tells us how a toolkit aims to help with the funding of local subrecipients; a new ASTHO report explores how New York, Connecticut, and Illinois are working to improve nutrition for infants and young children; and CDC has issued a Health Alert Network Health Advisory about the measles outbreak in Texas and New Mexico.

ASTHO Web Page: Funding Local Subrecipients Toolkit

ASTHO Report: Early Childhood Nutrition Security

CDC Web Page: Expanding Measles Outbreak in the United States and Guidance for the Upcoming Travel Season

J.T. Lane, ASTHO Senior Vice President for Population Health and Innovation at ASTHO, tells us how the HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition is pushing health data modernization forward; Alex Wheatley, ASTHO Senior Director of Island Support, explains why this week is so important for the Island Areas; and ASTHO's Board of Directors will meet on Monday, March 10.

HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition Web Page

ASTHO News Release: State and Territorial Health Leaders Convene on Capitol Hill to Advocate for Sustained Funding

Avia Mason, ASTHO Vice President of Leadership and Learning, tells us what to expect from ASTHO's 2025 Executive Leadership Forum; Jeffrey Ekoma, ASTHO Senior Director for Government Affairs, takes us through some of the priorities for meetings on Capitol Hill; and ASTHO has an entire web page dedicated to rulemaking.

ASTHO Web Page: Rulemaking

ASTHO Web Page: Stay Informed

Dr. Spencer Fox, Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia, explains how a new course on mathematical models could help public health professionals; Dr. Lana McKinney, ASTHO Senior Policy Analyst on the State Health Policy Team, tells us how states are addressing rural healthcare access issues; an ASTHO self-assessment can help prepare your agency for structured planning; and ASTHO's newest member is Sarah Wilson, the Director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

How To Think Like A Modeler Web Page

ASTHO Blog Article: State Legislatures Moving to Increase Rural Healthcare Access

ASTHO Web Page: Foundational Planning Readiness Organizational Self-Assessment

ASTHO Web Page: Sarah Willson

Dr. Susan Kansagra, former ASTHO Member and most recently the Assistant Secretary and State Health Officer for the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, has been named ASTHO's new Chief Medical Officer; Jennifer Schmidt, North Dakota Health and Human Services Public Health Division PHIG Fund Manager, tells us how her office is transitioning from a "career ladder" to a "career honeycomb"; and the deadline to apply for ASTHO's Leadership Institute has been extended.

ASTHO News Release: Susan Kansagra, MD, MBA, Named Chief Medical Officer of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

ASTHO Blog Article: How Staffing and Workload Can Impact Public Health Agencies

ASTHO Web Page: ASTHO Leadership Institute

ASTHO Web Page: Stay Informed

Dr. Sarah Lyon-Callo, Senior Deputy Director for Public Health Administration and the State Epidemiologist for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, tells us how the unique ability to use PHIG across sectors helps break down silos.

PHIG Partners Web Page

PHIG Newsletter

Elle Talsma, Project Supervisor for the INSPIRE Program at the Minnesota Department of Health, tells us how the program encourages students to take an interest in public health; Chris Baumgartner, Deputy Chief Informatics Officer at the Washington State Department of Health, discusses his time in the ASTHO Leadership Institute; and the Implementing Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception Learning Community is currently accepting applications.

Minnesota Department of Health Web Page: INSPIRE Program

ASTHO Web Page: ASTHO Leadership Institute

ASTHO Web Page: Implementing Pharmacist-Prescribed Contraception Learning Community

ASTHO Web Page: Stay Informed