Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health

07/25/2025

The USF College of Public Health is developing core competencies reflecting attributes that public health organizations value in their disease intervention professionals. These core competencies will provide a foundational framework for practice and academic organizations, and advances ASPPH’s commitment to support employer efforts to recruit, train, and retain a robust disease intervention certified workforce.

Led by ASPPH’s Center for Public Health Workforce Development, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in collaboration with the National Board of Public Health Examiners (Certification in Public Health - CPH, by NBPHE), the CDI Project is building a national certification program and educational pathways for the disease intervention workforce.

Learn more about the CDI Project on thisisdiseaseintervention.org

07/24/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 2025 . We’re grateful for the rich and stimulating dialogue, meaningful connections, and time spent together in Park City!

07/23/2025

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth College of Public Health is developing comprehensive frameworks that incentivize CDI certification and maintenance of certification, assess barriers to certification, and propose research-supported solutions. This initiative aims to increase participation in the CDI certification program, thereby enhancing the disease intervention workforce’s capacity to manage and prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

This work advances ASPPH’s commitment to support employer efforts to recruit, train, and retain a robust disease intervention certified workforce.

Led by ASPPH’s Center for Public Health Workforce Development, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in collaboration with the National Board of Public Health Examiners (Certification in Public Health - CPH, by NBPHE), the CDI Project is building a national certification program and educational pathways for the disease intervention workforce.

Want to learn more about the ways ASPPH and partners are supporting DI professionals? Head to thisisdiseaseintervention.org

07/21/2025

ASPPH convened leaders across academic public health to discuss our new report, Healthy Longevity: Public Health’s Next Frontier, A Framework for Research, Education, Practice, and Policy. The ASPPH Presents webinar featured expert members of our Healthy Longevity Task Force and explored how public health can lead the national effort to extend healthspan, not just lifespan. In response to the National Academy of Medicine’s call to action, the framework outlines a bold vision, known as Public Health 4.0, that reimagines the role of academic public health in fostering long, healthy, engaged lives for all.

The report provides a roadmap for integrating healthy longevity into core areas of education, research, practice, and policy, with recommendations for how our members can implement a life course approach to prevention and aging equity.

As Task Force Chair Dr. Linda Fried emphasized in the webinar, “Today we add a fourth goal (Public Health 4.0) to make the creation of long lives with health, or healthy longevity, a blueprint for the next generation of academic public health and our public health system.”

We invite you to explore the framework and join us in advancing this critical mission to ensure that longer lives are not only possible, but lived with health, purpose, and equity.

Watch the webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBX5--z0qoY&feature=youtu.be

Read the Healthy Longevity report: https://aspph.org/our-work/initiatives/healthy-longevity/

07/18/2025

George Mason University College of Public Health is developing CDI cost containment and subsidization models to provide a strategic framework for practice and academic organizations, facilitating efforts to develop an affordable and widely adopted CDI certification program.

Led by ASPPH’s Center for Public Health Workforce Development, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in collaboration with the National Board of Public Health Examiners (Certification in Public Health - CPH, by NBPHE), the CDI Project is building a national certification program and educational pathways for the disease intervention workforce.

Learn more about the CDI Project on thisisdiseaseintervention.org

07/16/2025

At the 2025 ASPPH Annual Meeting, we asked attendees to share their stories and experience from the field, to highlight the important role of public health. We asked them:

💡 Why is public health important to you?

Watch to find out what they had to say. Don't forget to drop a comment below to share your answer too!

07/15/2025

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If you’re considering a graduate degree in public health, or you have students who are interested, don’t miss the opportunity to connect with admissions representatives from top public health schools and programs at our upcoming virtual fair. Join us on July 17, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET for a This Is Public Health (TIPH) Virtual Graduate School Fair.

Join us and connect with public health institution representatives from 25+ schools and programs, from across the nation, all from the comfort of your own home.

Participants do not need to attend the full eight-hour block. Please check the schedule to see when schools and programs that you’re interested in will have their room(s) available.

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07/14/2025

Please join the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health for a timely congressional briefing focused on strengthening public health at the state and local levels through data-informed strategies and decision-making tools.

How Research Networks Are Supporting State & Local Health Leaders
⏲️ Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 10AM-11AM
📍 U.S. Capitol Visitor Center, Washington, DC 20510, Room SVC 209-08

This one-hour event will feature a panel discussion exploring the transformative role of modeling, forecasting, and analytics in supporting local leaders. Panelists will represent a cross-sector group of public, private, and academic partners collaborating through the CDC's Insight Net program (https://insightnet.us/). They will share how innovative tools and partnerships are helping communities better predict, prepare for, and respond to emerging public health challenges.

We look forward to a dynamic conversation on the future of public health grounded in research, actionable insight, and regional leadership. For questions, please email Kelly Dockham, UNC Chapel-Hill Director of Federal Affairs at kellydockham@unc.edu

07/14/2025

ASPPH is back on the road! We're traveling to Anaheim for NACCHO 360 Conference July 14-18. Come visit us in the exhibit hall to learn more about the upcoming Certified in Disease Intervention (CDI) credential!
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07/11/2025

If you’re considering a graduate degree in public health, or you have students who are interested, don’t miss the opportunity to connect with admissions representatives from top public health schools and programs at our upcoming virtual fair. Join us on July 17, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET for a This Is Public Health (TIPH) Virtual Graduate School Fair.

Join us and connect with public health institution representatives from 25+ schools and programs, from across the nation, all from the comfort of your own home.

Participants do not need to attend the full eight-hour block. Please check the schedule to see when schools and programs that you’re interested in will have their room(s) available.

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07/10/2025

Our June ASPPH Presents webinar, Advocacy in Action: Advancing Public Health in a Shifting Political Landscape, was a policy update and a call to action. Held in conjunction with ASPPH’s member-only 2025 ASPPH Sections Retreat, it served as an advocacy briefing with a deeper, more strategic discussion for ASPPH members as well as the broader public health community.

As public health faces escalating political and budgetary pressures, strategic advocacy is more important than ever. This session highlighted ASPPH’s current federal policy priorities and provided practical insights on how academic public health professionals can engage with decision-makers, build coalitions, and communicate the impact of their work in today’s charged environment.

Watch the full recording on the ASPPH YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHowqXmMpvo

07/09/2025

The ASPPH CDI Project Team is thankful for the dedicated disease intervention professionals engaged in this work. From participation at CDI Regional Meetings to exhibiting at national conferences, they are true champions for the CDI certification exam program and the entire disease intervention workforce collectively. Thank you for your continued contribution!

Want to learn more about the ways ASPPH and partners are supporting the DI workforce? Head to thisisdiseaseintervention.org.