JOB OPENING: Student Practicum NavigatorThis position is responsible for managing the various aspects of the required public health practicum experience for degree-seeking students. Standardize competencies, objectives, and procedures for student practicum experiences in collaboration with the MPH Program, DrPH Program, SPH Practice Integration Committee, Committee on Academic Standards, SOURCE, and any other appropriate School or partner entities.
Master's or Ph.D. in education, public health or specific field related to program. Five years experience in all aspects of academic program administration. Must have an understanding of graduate public health education and public health organizations.
JOB OPENING: Assistant for Special ProjectsThe Administration of Baltimore City Health Department is searching for an Assistant for Special Projects who will provide high-level operational support to the Commissioner of Health. The incumbent will have far-ranging responsibilities within Health Department priority areas including, but not limited to, promoting health equity, reducing health disparities and health reform implementation. The Assistant for Special Projects will lead or collaborate with Health Department leaders in developing, planning, organizing, implementing, and coordinating a variety of activities relating to Health Promotion Programs, Behavioral Health, Disease Management Initiatives, Health Reform Implementation, and other assigned public health-related projects. Activities will include literature research and analysis of available data, report writing and presentations, as well as discussions with relevant stakeholders within above priority areas to assist in developing best practices and performance strategies and designing program components. Additionally, the incumbent will be involved in activities creating and facilitating collaborative work between state, local, and federal agencies.
• Development and implementation of special projects for the Commissioner of Health
• Communicate with local, state and federal agencies on policy recommendations related to special projects
• Perform analysis of public health related data
• Conduct research in all assigned special project areas
• Act as liaison between the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners to help ensure the implementation of the Commissioner’s priority policies
• Research the latest information regarding medical care, public health practices and delivery of care relevant to priority areas
• Analyze and use data to inform policy recommendations
• Coordinate and direct special projects as assigned
• Implement assigned projects; coordinate project activities with appropriate staff and project partners.
• Develop and implement detailed work plans to ensure compliance and attainment of project goals and objectives in a timely manner.
• Work with appropriate staff and partners to implement, evaluate and report on project activities
• Collect, analyze, and report data to monitor project outcomes; generate and present reports using standard formats and graphical summaries.
• Submit oral and written reports on a timely basis.
• Prepare written reports, minutes, agendas and other project-related correspondence for internal and external distribution.
• Performs other related duties as they are assigned.
• MPH, MD, JD or MBA.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and maximum accountability.
• Ability to independently manage and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Excellent writing, proofing and editing skills.
• Strong computer skills, particularly in Microsoft Office 2007: Word, Excel, Outlook
Salary is commensurate with education and experience. Baltimore City Government is an Equal Opportunity Employer
"Public Health in Practice" - *NEWSLETTER*The Office of Public Health Practice and Training in collaboration with the Anna Baetjer Society for Public Health Practice has released the first edition of the "Public Health in Practice" newsletter. Learn about the Office of Public Health Practice and Training, read interviews with noted JHBSPH faculty and see what students have been up to in school and in the field!
Practical Grant Writing
St. Paul Plaza Conference Center
200 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
(Check-in begins at 8:15 AM)
$25
Register Today!
For more information, contact the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center at (443) 287-7833 or maphtc@jhsph.edu
Participants are introduced to the essentials of grant writing. This training focuses on practical skill-building, including a brief introduction to the logic model development process. After an overview of the entire process, specific attention is paid to the following key areas:
* analyzing the RFA
* understanding and describing the “what, why and how” of your program
* writing S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-framed) objectives
* integrating evaluation into the proposed work plan
* preparing the executive summary
Dr. Carolyn Cumpsty Fowler is an Assistant Professor and the Evaluation Coordinator at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She holds a joint appointment at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and is core faculty of the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center.
*This covers the cost of breakfast and lunch which are provided.
The Maryland Heath Data Innovation ContestThe following amounts will be awarded to applicants based on the results of the presentation round:
To generate innovative ideas for using health information to improve health status of a population.
The State of Maryland, in partnership with the Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients (CRISP) and the Abell Foundation, is sponsoring a competition to identify innovative and practical ideas for using clinical information on a patient population – alone or in combination with other data -- to drive advances in public health. The competition is intended to stimulate innovations around the use of potential data sources, both withinand outside the healthcare domain, to achieve new insights, solutions, or interventions to address public health challenges.
Thousands of doctors and health care institutions are becoming meaningful users of electronic health records due to the CMS EHR Incentive Program. Additionally, Maryland has a growing health information exchange (HIE) infrastructure that is connecting providers across Maryland. Electronic data includes diagnoses, laboratory values, medication history, and other key elements of medical treatment.
This progress in health information technology creates a tremendous opportunity to identify public health problems, develop and apply interventions, and evaluate the business justification for those interventions. It also opens the potential for combining clinical data with other data, including data from educational, climate, criminal justice, and transportation sources. It is essential that such data integration respect individual privacy.
The contest will recognize the applicant whose submission demonstrates an understanding of a significant public health problem and applies a creative and forward-thinking solution leveraging health information technology, potentially in combination with other available data sets. Applicants should also evaluate the potential business justification for the findings and suggest any gaps that exist in the data available. The idea can involve using data for change at an individual, community, or state level. Certain data sets will require Institutional Review Board (IRB) or other approval processes to allow access to and use of the data.
Applicants may choose to present ideas in one of two categories:
This category allows applicants to use their creativity to address
any public health issue of their choice through the use of health information data, including use of health information in combination with other data sources. Applicants choosing this option should ensure their idea is creative and clearly defined as targeting a specific public health issue.
For this category, applicants should submit ideas that contribute to the Million Hearts initiative (http://millionhearts.hhs.gov/). This national initiative aims to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. Applicants choosing this option should ensure their idea clearly demonstrates ways in which health information technology, potentially in combination with other data sources, may be leveraged to prevent heart attacks and strokes.
Maryland Launches State Health Improvement Process (SHIP)Officials from the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) have
partnered with local health officers, hospital executives, elected officials and health
advocates to launch the Maryland State Health Improvement Process (SHIP). The
initiative aims to advance the health of Marylanders by providing a framework for
accountability, local action, and public engagement. SHIP identifies 39 critical health measures in the community, provides health
advancement tools for local area utilization, offers tips for individual health
promotion, and draws attention to key health disparities in Maryland.
Podcast Series Shines Spotlight on Public Health PracticeThe Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has a new podcast series.
Each month, Public Health: On the Inside? takes listeners to the frontlines
and explores how public health impacts our daily lives. Read more...
http://www.jhsph.edu/public_health_on_the_inside/index.
The Office of Public Health Practice and Training engages students in professional practice and establishes networking and training relationships with the local, state and federal public health practice communities. The Office strives to improve and advance the capabilities of the public health workforce and develop the skills of the next generation of public health professionals by providing training sessions, programs, internships and other activities that promote interaction between JHSPH and the practice community. Back to Top | 
