Public Health Informatics Institute

08/13/2025

As a long-standing partner of the CDC and an affiliate of Emory University, we are deeply saddened by the tragic events that occurred on Friday in Atlanta. CDC works 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, and it is profoundly disturbing that the agency was so violently attacked. The loss of DeKalb County Police Officer David Rose is heartbreaking, and our thoughts are with his family and all those affected. We are grateful to the emergency responders for their courage and service. We stand in support of our colleagues and friends in public health, whose work continues to improve lives both locally and globally.

08/05/2025

We're proud to welcome Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS) to The Task Force for Global Health! PHII is honored to be the coordinating informatics office for the CHAMPS program.

The Task Force for Global Health welcomed the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network Program to our organization in July. Previously, CHAMPS was housed at Emory University's Global Health Institute. As a program of The Task Force, CHAMPS will continue its mission to utilize data-driven science to prevent maternal and child mortality in Africa and South Asia. Learn more about CHAMPS and its important work: https://bit.ly/45cLjQD

Photo credit: CHAMPS

06/25/2025

We're proud of the work Sarah Shaw and our data modernization team did on last year's Data Modernization Boot Camp and how it prompted an online course. Read JPHMP Direct for examples and downloadable content of data governance implementation in public health settings.

PHII's Sarah Shaw reflects on last year's Data Modernization Boot Camp and how it spawned an online Data Governance course. The course features real-world examples of data governance implementation in public health settings and downloadable content for public health professionals in their own data g...

06/12/2025

Senior Informatics Analyst Sarah Shaw (center) and fellow attendees at the CSTE Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Mich. Sarah presented on data governance for public health professionals and lessons learned from PHII’s informatics-savvy work with the state health departments of Minnesota and Washington.

05/30/2025

Register now for an upcoming webinar sponsored by our umbrella organization, The Task Force for Global Health, Africa CDC and World Health Organization African Region on "Climate-informed Early Warning Surveillance (CI EWS): Integrating climate and disease information for decision intelligence."

🗓️ Date: Wednesday, June 11
⏰ Time: 8 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: https://taskforce-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5KMvd_EwS3KDT6zcYAInKg #/registration

05/01/2025

Tony Winters, PHII Project Team Lead, led a breakout session about immunization information systems (IIS) training as wrapped up today. Earlier in the week, Candace Garcia, Senior Informatics Analyst, presented on updates to the IIS Functional Standards. Discover more about IIS role descriptions and Functional Standards on our IIS Hub: https://phii.org/iishub

03/21/2025

PHII's own Lura Daussat is one of the panel presenters for the upcoming webinar on "New and Emerging Opportunities to Advance Public Health Innovation." Dawn Heisey-Grove will host the panel.

🗓️ Date: Tuesday, March 25
⏰ Time: 11 a.m.-noon ET
🔗 Register: https://tinyurl.com/PHinnovation

03/14/2025

We loved having Agnes Scott College's Sophomore Class Atlanta Leadership Experience (SCALE) students at The Task Force for Global Health headquarters. We can't wait to see what these students do to impact global health! 📸 Madison Stidum

03/12/2025

PHII’s own Lura Daussat and Tonny Bogere presented at the recent EHDI Annual Conference. They spoke on leveraging AI/machine learning within audiology to improve timeliness and reduce lost documentation.

02/13/2025

We're honored to be part of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS) team as their coordinating informatics office.

01/13/2025

PHII's Executive Director Vivian Singletary will take part in a panel discussion on "The double-edged sword: managing the benefits and risks of AI in healthcare" on Jan. 15 in San Francisco. Get more info: https://buff.ly/4g9cBvD

01/09/2025

You're invited to an author's visit with Dr. Bill Foege, one of the co-founders of our umbrella organization, The Task Force for Global Health, on Jan. 26, at 1 p.m. EST in Atlanta.

One of our co-founders Dr. Bill Foege will be holding an author’s visit to Tall Tales Book Shop on January 26 at 1:00 p.m. EST. He will be speaking about his new book “Change is Possible”, which details the failures and successes of global health. The event is being held at Tall Tales Book Shop located in the Toco Hills Shopping Plaza at 2105 Lavista Road, #180, Atlanta, GA 30329. Find out more about Tall Tales at https://talltalesatlanta.com/.