The Need for Responsive Workforce Development During the Pandemic and Beyond: A Case Study of the Regional Public

Phoebe K G Kulik1, Melissa Alperin, Karla S Todd Barrett

  • 1Region V Public Health Training Center and Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Mss Kulik and Zemmel and Dr Power); Region IV Public Health Training Center at the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Alperin); New England Public Health Training Center at the Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts (Ms Todd Barrett and Dr Kenefick); Northwest Center for Public Health Practice at the University of Washington (UW) School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington (Dr Bekemeier and Mss Rogers and Rose); UW School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington (Dr Bekemeier); Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Documet and Ms Francis); Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Documet); Region 2 Public Health Training Center and Department of Sociomedical Sciences at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, New York (Dr Gloria); Region IX Western Region Public Health Training Center at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona (Mr Healy and Dr Reynolds); Midwestern Public Health Training Center and the Institute for Public Health Practice, University of Iowa College of Public Health, Iowa City, Iowa (Mr Hileman and Ms Walkner); Department of Applied Health Science at Indiana University's School of Public Health, Bloomington, Indiana (Dr Lederer); formerly the Region 6 South Central Public Health Training Center at Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana (Dr Lederer); Region V Public Health Training Center and Center for Public Health Systems in the Division of Health Policy and Management at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Dr Leider); Region IV Public Health Training Center, Office of Public Health Practice, and Department of Health Policy and Organization at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama (Dr McCormick); National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training at the National Network of Public Health Institutes, New Orleans, Louisiana (Ms Prechter); and Rocky Mountain Public Health Training Center, the Colorado Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence, and the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, Colorado (Dr Scallan Walter).

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