The MidAtlantic Public Health Training Center (MAPHTC), which was established in 2001 and is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is a collaborative project of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. The mission of MAPHTC is to develop the existing public health workforce as a foundation for improving the infrastructure of the public health system and to help achieve the objectives of Healthy People 2010 in Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. The Center works with several practice partners towards achieving its goals.

To date, the MAPHTC has trained over 5,200 public health professionals in the Mid-Atlantic region. This year alone, the Center has held a total of 40 training sessions reaching 2,000 participants. The Center is currently in its fourth year of funding and has completed several notable projects, including:

• Development of new curricula
• Expansion of the PHASE (Public Health Applications for Student Experience) internship program with state and academic partners
• Initiation of a site-based, in-depth process for assessing training needs
• Delivery of numerous trainings in collaboration with state and local public health partners

One of the MAPHTC's primary goals is to strengthen ties between the academic and practice public health communities. Although our primary target audience is the current public health workforce, we feel strongly that the Center should seek ways to benefit both the practice and academic communities.