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@r4phtc.bsky.social

We build the capacity of the current and future public health workforce to protect and promote the health of communities in the Southeastern United States.

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Our hearts are with CDC staff, Emory colleagues, and loved ones affected by yesterday’s tragedy. Thoughts & prayers aren’t enough—they deserve action to make every community safe & healthy. Our work matters, but our bonds matter more—reach out to someone you love today. ❤️

09.08.2025 21:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Skills, stories, and strategies for impact. From webinars on overdose prevention (Aug 26) and workforce retention (Aug 15) to Jazmin Adjei’s spotlight on maternal health equity—the @r4phtc August News4U issue has it all.

Read more here: buff.ly/5JGJ6UA

#PHTraining

08.08.2025 14:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Don't miss this informative live webinar today at 12 pm EST!

05.08.2025 14:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Overdose prevention is a team effort. 💉

🗓️ Aug 26 | 12–1:30 PM ET
🎤 Shelby Meaders, MPH (IDEA Exchange)
📍 Live on Zoom

Learn real-world harm reduction strategies & how to implement them.

Co-sponsored by @r4phtc.bsky.social & @iprcemory.bsky.social

🔗 buff.ly/Tbhw416

#OverdosePrevention

23.07.2025 15:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Wellness is work too. On Aug 5, join @r4phtc.bsky.social and therapist Lamarr Lewis for a live-only webinar on grounding mental health in the workplace.

Tools for stress, empathy, and resilience
Aug 5 | 12–1:30pm ET
Not recorded to preserve safe space

Register buff.ly/DmLm2Df

23.07.2025 15:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Level up your public health game this summer! 💥
Join our free online workshops—July & August

🗓️ 7/24: Grant Writing Success
🗓️ 8/7: Emotional Intelligence

Register now 👉 buff.ly/ESW3yGx

#PublicHealth #Leadership #GrantWriting

23.07.2025 15:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rollins Launches Master of Health Administration Program Students can apply for the Master of Health Administration program at Rollins starting in August 2025.

Beginning in fall 2026, Rollins will launch a two-year, part-time Master of Health Administration degree program. The program is hybrid and designed for mid-career professionals to expand their expertise in health care management.

How to apply: sph.emory.edu/admissions/h...

22.07.2025 18:34 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Intern Spotlight: Jalah Bates supported the TN Dept of Health by developing policy tracking tools for reproductive & maternal health. Her work focused on health equity & legislative monitoring that centers underserved communities.

Read more: buff.ly/LaYCs4K

#HealthPolicy #PublicHealth

23.07.2025 15:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Update! The Public Health & Primary Care Leadership Institute is now fully virtual, reopening apps for 1 week!

New deadline: July 21

Perfect for emerging leaders in AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN

Don't miss out! Apply now: buff.ly/FKbqnPg

#PublicHealth #Leadership

14.07.2025 18:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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👥 Gen Z to Baby Boomers — public health needs everyone.

Join the @r4phtc.bsky.social June 11 webinar: Leading Across Generations and learn how to bridge gaps, lead inclusively, and build stronger teams.

🕛 12–1:30 PM ET

🔗 buff.ly/GHSUvUz

#PublicHealth #Leadership #WorkforceDevelopment

06.06.2025 17:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 New issue!

The @r4phtc.bsky.social June 2025 edition of Public Health News 4U is live 🎉

👩🏾‍⚕️ Field placement student stories
📚 Training tools
👥 Leadership insights

📰 Read now: buff.ly/pZgmg7k

#PublicHealth #WorkforceDevelopment

06.06.2025 17:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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👥 Gen Z to Baby Boomers — public health needs everyone.

Join the @r4phtc.bsky.social June 11 webinar: Leading Across Generations and learn how to bridge gaps, lead inclusively, and build stronger teams.

🕛 12–1:30 PM ET

🔗 buff.ly/GHSUvUz

#PublicHealth #Leadership #WorkforceDevelopment

06.06.2025 17:06 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚀 Ready to grow as a leader in public health?

Apply now for the @r4phtc.bsky.social PHPC Leadership Institute—an 8-month program for emerging leaders in Region IV.

✅ Retreat + virtual training
✅ Peer learning
✅ Real-world leadership skills

🔗 buff.ly/HMeKZhr

#PublicHealth #Leadership

15.05.2025 16:16 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Brought to you by:

✔️ @r4phtc.bsky.social
✔️ @iprcemory.bsky.social
✔️ Safe States Alliance

🎧 Catch up on all episodes: r4phtc.org/podcast

#PublicHealth #Evaluation #Leadership #FQHC

15.05.2025 21:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🧠 Ep 4: Dr. Tara Dixon walks us through designing an effective evaluation.

✅ Ask the right questions
✅ Choose the best data
✅ Align with real-world needs

Facilitated by Kady Pecorella.

15.05.2025 21:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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📊 Ep 3: Dr. Jan Fields & Dr. Jen Gathings break down baseline assessments:

Why they matter, how to do them right, and what they reveal about your community.

15.05.2025 21:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎙️ Ep 2: Johnny Williams (Denver Youth Program) & Dr. Ginny McCarthy (GRASP) share strategies for:

✅ Building trust
✅ Aligning goals
✅ Communicating through change

Facilitated by Kady Pecorella.

15.05.2025 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎧 New podcast drop!

Episodes 2–4 of the @r4phtc.bsky.social Data-Driven Leadership podcast series are now live!

Get inspired to lead with data, build better partnerships & design smart evaluations.

Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts: r4phtc.org/podcast
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15.05.2025 21:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚀 Ready to grow as a leader in public health?

Apply now for the @r4phtc.bsky.social PHPC Leadership Institute—an 8-month program for emerging leaders in Region IV.

✅ Retreat + virtual training
✅ Peer learning
✅ Real-world leadership skills

🔗 buff.ly/HMeKZhr

#PublicHealth #Leadership

15.05.2025 16:16 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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@r4phtc.bsky.social News 4U – May 2025 Edition is here: buff.ly/LOJKAwj

*Apply for the 2025–26 Public Health & Primary Care Leadership Institute

*Access Mental Health Resources for Mental Health Awareness Month

*Listen to New Episodes in our Data-Driven Leadership Podcast Series

08.05.2025 22:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@r4phtc.bsky.social's very own Melissa "Moose" Alperin serves as the Chair of the Executive Board for @apha.org.

08.05.2025 21:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Public health workers are burned out—over half report anxiety, depression, or PTSD.

Mental health isn’t optional—it’s essential.

🧠 @r4phtc.bsky.social has tools to help: trainings, toolkits & more.

🔗 buff.ly/bB4L7gN

#MentalHealthMatters

08.05.2025 21:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 How do public health teams respond when disaster strikes?

Join us May 6 for a live webinar: The Prescription for Response: Hurricane Helene in Tennessee 🌀🏥

Learn real-world lessons in emergency coordination.
🔗 buff.ly/JpaqHrG

#EmergencyPreparedness #PublicHealth #HurricaneHelene

30.04.2025 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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‘This Is Not How We Do Science, Ever’ The Trump administration is manipulating government-sponsored research to get the answers it wants.

With RFK Jr. claiming that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will reveal the causes of autism by September, @danifallin.bsky.social helped set the record straight.

Fallin told The Atlantic that researchers have been looking into this for decades with no simple result.

28.04.2025 16:54 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.” —Jane Goodall

What difference will you make on Earth Day?

22.04.2025 19:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🎉 Celebrating 50 years of National Volunteer Week!
Half a century of heart, hope & helping hands. 💛
Thank you to every volunteer making a difference—past, present & future. Here’s to 50 more! 🙌

#NVW50 #NationalVolunteerWeek #ThankYouVolunteers

21.04.2025 17:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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🚨 New podcast drop! 🚨

Episode 1 of our Data-Driven Leadership Series is live: Foundations of Impactful Evaluation

Join Kay Schaffer as she explores how to embed fairness in public health evaluations.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts! buff.ly/OaBuXiV

11.04.2025 15:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The April 2025 issue of the @r4phtc.bsky.social News 4 U edition is available!

Check it out here: buff.ly/U6IUN2q

Top stories in this edition:
* Celebrating 30 Years of #NPHW
* Our new podcast series on Data-Driven Leadership: buff.ly/2oIMchu

08.04.2025 15:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rollins ranks #2! "As a top school of public health, we feel deeply the responsibility to keep pursuing our mission: educate our students and the public, conduct research that shapes our field, and work together to promote accurate information.” – Dean Fallin
sph.emory.edu/news/news-re...

08.04.2025 12:04 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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🎉 Celebrating 30 years of #NPHW!

It Starts Here—in our homes, communities, and everyday choices.

Let’s honor public health champions & commit to a healthier, more equitable future for all. 💙

#PublicHealth #NPHW30 #ItStartsHere #HealthEquity

07.04.2025 14:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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