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What Chronic Disease Leaders Are Telling Us About the Workforce, Funding, and the Future

This entry is part 11 of 14 in the series May 2025

A recent survey of state and territorial Chronic Disease Directors reveals modest workforce gains but ongoing struggles with recruitment, training, and funding—highlighting the need for sustained investment to build and support chronic disease prevention infrastructure.

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Staying Agile and Solving Problems as a Local Public Health Leader: An Interview with Dr. Claude A. Jacob

Staying Agile and Solving Problems as a Local Public Health Leader: An Interview with Dr. Claude A. Jacob
This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Leadership and Management

As a companion to a new column on the practice of public health leadership, we present an interview from late 2024 with Dr. Claude A. Jacob, a seasoned public health leader who has championed innovation at the local, regional, and national levels over more than two decades.

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Three Bright Spots Highlighted by Governmental Public Health Employees’ Experiences Serving in the COVID-19 Pandemic

This entry is part 16 of 16 in the series May 2024

Positive aspects or “bright spots” of the pandemic response, identified by governmental public health employees, offer important lessons and opportunities for growth for state and local public health agencies in both day-to-day and emergency preparedness planning capacities.

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Public Health Informatics Leadership to Improve Health Outcomes: An Interview with Dr. David A. Ross

This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series Management Moments

In this leadership video, Dr. Ed Baker talks with David A. Ross, ScD, Chief Executive Officer and President of The Task Force for Global Health. As a companion to this series of columns on leadership in public health informatics, we present an interview from 2022 with Dr. Dave Ross, a preeminent pioneer in the field of public health informatics. His personal

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