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NYSPHC Educational Series
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The New York State Public Health Corps (NYSPHC) Educational Series consists of regular, live educational sessions with various topics and speakers focusing on relevant public health topics. The sessions will be recorded and made available through the LMS to ensure all NYSPHC Program Participants have access. The goal of the Educational Series is to provide NYSPHC Program Participants with opportunities to expand their strategic skills and knowledge on emerging public health activities, programming, and state priorities. 

Participation in the NYSPHC Educational Series sessions is no longer required. We encourage Fellows to participate in each session live, however, a recording will be available to view after the session has concluded.  

Year 1 - October 2024 through July 2025

Effective Communication

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI)

Policy Engagement

Specialized Skills #1

Resume Writing

Interviewing Skills

Resiliency During Difficult Times

Building Your Toolbox : Public Health Planning Tools to Drive Success

Year 2 - August 2025 through July 2026

Understanding the Litigation Landscape Over Federal Funding

Design Your Next Presentation Using Canva

Brave Leadership

Speaking with Relatability: Skills for Effective Public Speaking 

Human Trafficking: A Crime in our Neighborhoods 

Navigating Department of Labor Resources: Empowering Public Health Professionals in New York State

Collaboration is Key: The Role of Engaging a Multidisciplinary Team in Increasing HIV Care and Prevention

Introduction to the 2025-2030 New York State Prevention Agenda

Public Health Career Road-Mapping Workshop: Building Your Future-Ready Public Health Career 

NYSPHC Annual Summit 2026
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The NYSPHC Fellowship Annual Summit provides opportunities for Fellows to expand the breadth and depth of their public health knowledge. Additionally, the Summit provides opportunities for Fellows to engage with peer Fellows, Regional Teams, and Mentors from across the state to learn about the unique efforts being carried out in each region. Through delivery of information from keynote and plenary speakers, professional development opportunities, peer-to-peer experience sharing and networking, panel presentations, poster presentations, and focused public health workshops, the Fellows can take new skills and knowledge back into the field and support efforts to improve health outcomes for New Yorkers.

The goal of the Annual Summit is to support collaboration and knowledge sharing as well as provide networking opportunities for Fellows as they prepare for the next step in their public health careers.

Registration Now Open 

It gives us great pleasure to announce that 2026 New York State Public Health Corps Summit registration is OPEN for all program participants! 

In partnership with the 2026 NYS Public Health Partnership Conference, the NYSPHC Summit will be held in person at the Lake Placid Conference Center in Lake Placid, NY on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.  

The NYSPHC Summit theme is “What's Next: Moving from Fellowship into Action.” This is an opportunity for NYSPHC Fellows to come together from across New York State to network, share ideas, and gain tools to prepare them for the next phase of their public health career.    

To register for the event, please click on the link and select the “NYS Public Health Corps Summit (Wednesday)” ticket: 2026 Public Health Partnership Conference (NYSPHA/NYSACHO/NYSARH/NYSPHC) Registration  

We plan to have opening remarks begin at 9:00 am and to end the event at 5:00 pm. A boxed lunch will be provided. The agenda and other details will be forthcoming on the Whova platform. Please be advised that travel costs will be covered for Fellows, but travel coverage is not available for Supervisors, Mentors, and other Host Organization staff.  

Call for Abstracts

Deadline: Friday, January 23, 2026, by 11:59 pm 

On April 22, 2026, the New York State Public Health Corps (NYSPHC) Fellowship Program will host our annual Fellowship Summit in Lake Placid in conjunction with the New York State Public Health Partnership Conference. We welcome poster abstract proposals highlighting the important projects you are working on in your host organizations. We recommend submitting an abstract to showcase your work, gain valuable networking experience, and enhance your resume.

We are pleased to announce this year’s NYSPHC Fellowship poster session will be part of the larger Public Health Partnership Conference! You will present your posters during the NYSPHC Fellowship Poster session.  

Abstract Proposal Requirements: 

  • Title: Please provide a succinct title for your poster presentation.
  • Biography: A biography (bio) is a concise, biographical paragraph that professionals use to introduce themselves.
  • Learning Objectives: What do you intend participants to gain from attending this presentation? Please identify two learning objectives.
  • Area of Focus: Please choose a focus area that best describes your submission.
  • Communications
  • Emergency Preparedness and Response
  • Epidemiology and Data
  • Laboratory Reporting
  • Partnership Development
  • Policy Development
  • Program and Organizational Management
  • Abstract: An abstract is a brief summary of the presentation idea that explains what topics and information the presentation will cover.
  • Author(s): Please list author(s) of this abstract submission and indicate which author(s) will be presenting. The poster must be staffed/presented by a minimum of one author during the session. 

We have created a guidance document to assist with your abstract preparations. Please refer to the guide on how to write a biography and learning objectives, detailed descriptions of each focus area, and format recommendations. Please open the attachment or click here to access the document. 

 

How to Submit: 

All abstract proposals must be submitted online via the Oxford Abstracts platform. Submitters will need to sign up to create their Oxford Abstracts account to complete the abstract submission form. Please click on this link to create and access your account for submission. Please use your work-related email address to create your account.  

 Submitters will receive a confirmation email with their account details from no-reply@oxfordabstracts.com. Submissions sent via email will not be considered. Submissions must be made by 11:59 pm on Friday, January 23rd. 

 

Additional Information: 

Fellows may submit more than one abstract for consideration. All abstracts are subject to review by NYSPHC staff. Fellows will be notified on or before Monday, February 2nd if their abstract was selected for poster presentation.  

 A poster development training will be offered after abstracts are selected, and this will include detailed information such as what information should be presented on your poster, the sizing and dimensions, and printing information. 

 Please contact us at NYSPublicHealthCorps@health.ny.gov if you have any questions or concerns. 

 We truly hope you will be part of the Summit!  

Poster Development Training  

Poster Development Training from Wednesday, February 4th, 2026:

Instructions for Poster Presenters  
2026 New York State Public Health Corps Summit

The following guidelines will be of assistance to you while preparing your poster presentation.  

What to know before preparing your poster: 

  • Fellows are required to receive supervisory approval before preparing their poster.  
  • Fellows must follow their host organization internal policies for presentation approvals.
  • It is required that your supervisor approve your final template before you submit in the Oxford Abstracts platform.
  • The NYSPHC Fellowship Program will print posters for Fellows who submit their final poster template into the Oxford Abstracts platform no later than Friday, March 13, 2026.
    • If a Fellow does not meet this deadline, they will be responsible for paying, printing, and transporting their poster to Summit.  
  • Fellows must create and submit their poster in a PDF format in accordance with the size guidelines outlined below.  

Preparing your poster:  

Text on poster:

  • Use a clear typeface such as Arial, Times New Roman etc.
  • We suggest a minimum font size of 24.

Poster Board Size:  

  • Size of usable area: NYSPHC will be printing posters 30 inches high and 40 inches wide. Your poster should fit within these guidelines.  
  • The poster should be readable from 3 – 4 feet away.  

Graphs and diagrams:

  • Graphs and figures should be readable.
  • They should be drawn with a minimum line width of 1 mm.
  • Pictures are encouraged, if applicable.
  • You can make handouts; however, presenters must coordinate printing and transport these materials. Fellows should consider utilizing a QR code, if applicable.  

Supervisory Approval:  

Before submitting your final poster, your supervisor is required to review, edit, and approve the final version of your template including: 

  • Font
  • Spelling
  • Graphs
  • Content  
  • Formatting
  • Citations/acknowledgements 

Submitting your poster:

  • Your final poster template must be submitted to the Oxford Abstracts platform no later than Friday, March 13, 2026.  
  • For your poster template, please create and submit it in a PDF format. 

NYSPHC Poster Liaison Role: 

  • Primary point of contact for their assigned presenter(s).
  • Guide presenters through the logistical details necessary to have a successful and meaningful poster session.
  • Answer any questions that arise.
  • Serve as a resource for all assigned presenters to ensure clarity and help reduce opportunities for error.
  • Review your poster presentation to provide feedback.  
  • Welcome all presenters when they check in for assigned presentation time. 

Poster Presentation Time:  

  • Poster presentations will take place at the NYS Public Health Partnership Conference during the NYSPHC Summit Fellowship poster session on Thursday, April 23rd from 2:00 to 2:45 pm.
  • The poster must be staffed/presented by a minimum of one author during the session. 

Poster Set Up and Breakdown: 

  • If NYSPHC prints your poster, your poster will be set up by your Poster Liaison or Program Staff in advance of your section starting.  
  • If printing your own poster, you will need to coordinate with your liaison.  
  • You will need to remove your poster at the end of the day. Be sure to take your poster when you leave (it’s yours to keep!).

Next Steps 

  • Map out a clear timeline to ensure you meet the March 13th submission deadline to upload final poster in Oxford Abstracts platform.
  • Set a meeting with your supervisor in advance of this deadline for their approval.
  • Contact your Poster Liaison with questions.  
NYSPHC Core Competencies
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The NYSPHC Fellowship Program measures competency gain during the Fellowship period through program evaluation efforts. A focus on core competencies for public health professionals through training and education enables participants to be successful practitioners of public health.

The Core Competencies for the NYSPHC Fellowship Program are:

  • Effective Communication: Communicate in a way that persuades different audiences to act.
  • Data-Based Decision Making: Identify appropriate sources and evidence-based approaches to address public health issues.
  • Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI): Support development of a diverse public health workforce demonstrated through incorporating health equity and social justice principles to deliver socially, culturally, and linguistically appropriate programs and services to individuals and the populations in a community.
  • Budget and Financial Management: Identify financial analysis methods used to leverage funding mechanisms to develop sustainable funding models to support programs and services.
  • Change Management: Assess the drivers in one’s community to modify programmatic practices that may influence public health programs and services.
  • Systems & Strategic Thinking: Create and apply quality improvement processes to address the impacts of social determinants of health in individuals, families, and the overall community.
  • Community Engagement: Engage community members in the design and implementation of programs to improve health in a community.
  • Cross Sectoral Partnerships: Build and engage collaborations within the public health system among traditional and nontraditional partners to improve the health of a community.
  • Policy Engagement: Collect information and identify options for the feasibility of implementing policies external to the organization that affect the health of the community.
  • Specialized Skills: Technical skills and content knowledge specific to a programmatic area.

What are Core Competencies and how were they developed?

Used by public health agencies and academic institutions across the country, the Core Competencies provide a framework for workforce development planning and action, and can serve as a starting point for public health professionals and organizations working to better understand and meet workforce development needs, improve performance, prepare for accreditation, and enhance the health of the communities they serve. Organizations are encouraged to interpret and adapt the Core Competencies in ways that meet their specific organizational needs. (Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals)

The Core Competencies are a set of agreed upon knowledge, skills and abilities identified as key to the success of public health professionals, and are used nationally as a framework for public health workforce development. The concept and original Core Competencies were initially conceived by the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) and have had multiple updates through the years since 2001.  

In 2014, the de Beaumont Foundation introduced the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS), which measures training needs, and is the only nationally representative survey of state and local government public health employees in the United States. PH WINS uses a modified subset of the Core Competencies to measure training needs that are actionable and measurable and provides the data through a national dashboard and through password protected dashboards to participating health departments. PH WINS also aligns with the de Beaumont Foundation’s strategic skills and ultimately supports the public health workforce by measuring strengths and gaps to inform future investments in funding, training, recruitment, and retention. You can find the PH WINS 2021 National Dashboards here.

The NYSPHC Core Competencies form the foundation of Fellow training programming, and related topics are presented throughout the Educational Series, Regional Consortia Meetings, and the annual NYSPHC Summit. The Public Health Essentials certificate course and the Building Expertise in Administration and Management (BEAM) Certificate Program also covers several of the NYSPHC Core Competencies. Assessment of competency gain will be executed through surveys throughout the Fellowship period.   

NYSPHC Fellow Travel Center
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This list includes our NYSPHC Fellow Travel Policy & Procedures document along with other Travel documents that Fellows are required to complete for travel request purposes. 

As a reminder, non-routine travel approvals received before April 3rd are no longer valid. Fellows must resubmit travel paperwork for approval. Approvals must be received from NYSPHC prior to traveling.

NYSPHC Summit 2026: 

Fellow, Mentor, NYSPHC Staff and NEW Alumni Directories

Please find directories below for your ease of networking with NYSPHC participants.

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NEW: Alumni Directory

The NYSPHC program created an Alumni Directory. Its purpose is to create connection between former and current Fellows and foster community, networking, and communication. If you are a NYSPHC alumni and interested in being a part of this Directory, please complete the questionnaire in the link below.

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If any additional alumni wish to participate in this directory, please click this link to submit your profile information. Please reach out to NYSPublicHealthCorps@health.ny.gov with questions.

Please note:

  • NYSPHC may edit your submission based on space constraints of the template or grammar.
  • If you provide your e-mail address, phone number, or Professional LinkedIn URL, you give permission to be contacted by your NYSPHC peers, including current or former Fellows, Mentors, and Supervisors.
  • Participation in the Alumni Directory is OPTIONAL.
  • The Alumni Directory will be located on the Training & Resources website. If you submit a profile, you are giving your permission to share your responses to the final Fellow survey to the T&R website. 
Fellow Directory

The purpose is to create connection between Fellows and foster community, networking, and communication. If you are interested in being a part of this Directory, please complete the questionnaire in the link below.

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Given the uncertainty around the future of the New York State Public Health Corps Fellowship Program, the Training & Resources Website Workgroup is providing an opportunity for Fellows to share additional contact information with each other through the Fellow Directory so those who want to stay in touch post-Fellowship can do so. Please complete this brief questionnaire to provide additional contact information through the Fellow Directory.

Please note:  

  • Participation in the Fellow Directory is OPTIONAL.
  • NYSPHC may edit your submission based on space constraints of the template or grammar.
  • If you provide your work e-mail address, work phone number, or Professional LinkedIn URL, you give permission to be contacted by your NYSPHC peers.
  • The Fellow Directory will be located only on the Training & Resources website. When a Fellow submits the form, permission to post to the T&R website is implied as stated on the form.

To participate in the Fellow Directory, please complete this questionnaire at your earliest convenience. Please reach out to your FPC if you have any questions. 

Mentor Directory

The NYSPHC Mentor Directory is an index of NYSPHC Fellowship Program Mentors listed by both region and name. The directory is updated on an as-needed basis when Mentors submit their profiles to the program.

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NYSPHC Staff Directory

Please click the button below to view the NYSPHC Staff Directory:

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NYS Public Health Corps Staff Directory
Public Health Trainings
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These are optional trainings to help Fellows grow their knowledge and skills across public health. If training is no longer available or you'd like to recommend a training, please fill out our Feedback Form.

General Public Health Trainings

MI - Region V Public Health Training Center

  • Free, paid, open enrollment, and certificate Public Health trainings, courses, and webinars

Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center

  • The Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center (MAR-PHTC) is a partnership among schools of public health and public health agencies and organizations. One of ten Public Health Training Centers funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, we support the development of the current and future public health workforce across Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington D.C., and West Virginia. Along with our partners, we aim to fulfill our mission to contribute to health equity by supporting a quality workforce expansion to best serve the regional and local health needs and critical emerging health problems.

National Library of Medicine

  • A resource that offers a collection of recorded training sessions related to the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. These recordings cover a wide range of topics such as health information resources, data management, and library services aimed at improving public access to health information.

Orientation to Public Health

  • Orientation to Public Health provides learners with a basic understanding of the 10 Essential Public Health Services, a framework "to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities." The training consists of two parts: Part One introduces public health's mission and core functions, and Part Two describes the ten essential services.
    The training uses real public health scenarios and the metaphor of a new worker orientation to present information. By responding to emails, completing assigned tasks, and participating in simulated meetings with new coworkers, the learner discovers that public health is a part of everyday life, and how agencies work to accomplish its mission.

Public Health Training & Resource Hub

  • Contains online trainings and webinars across a wide variety of public health areas: emergency preparedness, environmental health, data analysis, health equity, etc. 

TRAIN Learning Network

  • TRAIN is a national learning network that provides quality training opportunities for professionals who protect and improve the public's health.
Career Development

Charting Your Public Health Career Path

  • There are so many different career paths in public health, it can be hard to know where to start. This training will help you assess what is important to you, what skills you like to use, and what kinds of organizations do the work you care about in public health.

How to Get Hired at a State or Local Health Department – 4-Part Series 

  1. New Jersey Local Health Departments
  2. New York Local Health Departments
  3. New Jersey State Health Department of Health
  4. New York State Department of Health
  • Moderated by Heather Krasna, PhD this four-part webinar series will serve as a valuable starting point for those seeking employment in state and local public health departments. This webinar is of particular interest to MPH, DrPH, and other public health students and recent grads, NYS Public Health Corps Fellows, and AmeriCorps members. This series is not intended for those already employed by state and local health departments unless transitioning from temporary to permanent positions. 

Microsoft Trainings & Certificates

  • Microsoft Office offers hundreds of free online trainings on all of their platforms including Excel, PowerPoint, Power Automate, Power BI and more. They also offer training plans for certain career paths (including administrators and data analysts) that can earn you a Microsoft credential.
Chronic Disease

How Food Insecurity Feeds Diabetes

  • Social determinants of health impact people with diabetes in many ways. For example, about 20% of individuals with diabetes face food insecurity, which leads to increased risk or poor management of diabetes. Diabetes is a complex condition, and people with diabetes face many challenges in managing it, including having access to and eating healthy foods. Black adults and people with low income are more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes and more likely than whites to be food insecure (Walker et al. 2020).  This webcast will focus on how public health and healthcare providers can help address this important social determinant contributing to the incidence of diabetes and to disparities in diabetes.

New Strategies to Reduce Harm from Unhealthy Diets and Obesity

  • For more than 30 years, public health professionals, researchers, activists, and the public have debated whether obesity is an overriding threat to public health, a myth, or some mix of the two. Moving beyond this passionate but sometimes sterile dispute will require new thinking and the application of new frameworks and lenses. In this webinar, Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health at the CUNY School of Public Health, will seek to highlight some of the agreement and disagreements about the concept of obesity and suggest new strategies to reduce the human and planetary harms of unhealthy diets and the structures and environments that encourage them.
Communicable Disease

Confronting Barriers to Vaccine Acceptance: Create Effective Communication Using Behavioral Science

  • This course outlines how to confront barriers to vaccine acceptance by creating effective communication using behavioral science, health literacy, and techniques to combat misinformation. It provides an introduction to the key tools from each of those fields, then instructs on the five-step process of developing vaccine communications. It includes case studies to show how these principles have been applied in a real-world setting. This course is appropriate for anyone communicating about vaccination, from healthcare workers in one-on-one communications to public health promotion specialists developing full communication campaigns.

Infectious Diseases and Identities: Recognizing and Reducing Stigma in Public Health

  • This course offers a deep dive into the complex relationships between stigma, identities, and infectious diseases, exploring how language, and societal attitudes have shifted through time. You'll learn to recognize the impact of stigma not only on public health but also on individual practices, as people may avoid disclosure when they don’t feel accepted. Through an applied lens, this course will help you identify biases, challenge harmful messaging, and improve public health campaigns by fostering inclusivity. 

Investigating Outbreaks in Health Care: Contaminated Products

  • This training discusses investigating health care-associated outbreaks caused by contaminated products. It illustrates the steps of an outbreak investigation through a detailed case study. The steps and measures to halt and prevent transmission discussed in this case study can serve as a reference to health care workers if they encounter a different health care-associated outbreak caused by a contaminated product.

Investigating Outbreaks in Health Care: People and Pets

  • This training focuses on investigating outbreaks caused by people and pets and it offers recommendations for halting and preventing these outbreaks. It outlines the main causes of outbreaks related to people and pets and includes a brief case study that illustrates how pets might cause outbreaks in health care facilities. Finally, it discusses policy recommendations that can facilitate outbreak investigation.

Understanding Mpox: A World Health Issue

  • Mpox is a growing concern in the United States and around the globe due to its sustained transmission, genetic variability, and potential for severe health complications. This course is designed to create a heightened awareness among the public health community of the disease and the actions that can be taken to prevent outbreaks, reduce stigma, and educate others.
Communications

Comms Crash Course: Developing and Producing Videos to Expand Public Health Messaging

  • Webinar panel on the development of public health education videos to various audiences. 

Communicating About Public Health Toolkit

  • This toolkit was developed by the de Beaumont Foundation to identify common gaps in understanding and research-tested messaging to address them; to share strategies for how to find and use relevant, impactful examples to make public health tangible and connect with your audience; and to provide guidance for real-world public health communication scenarios and practical steps to build your talking points.

Creating a Plan: Crisis Communications for Public Health

  • Crisis communication planning is essential to prepare for emergencies like infectious disease outbreaks, humanitarian crises, natural disasters, and more. Public health crises demand a proactive and well-structured communication approach. In this course, you will learn the principles of crisis planning so you and your organization can respond rapidly, deliver accurate information, and minimize harm to the public.

Everyday Communication Tools for Public Health Leaders

  • This is a 4 part webinar from the The UAlbany College of Integrated Health Sciences Center for Public Health Continuing Education.

Harnessing the Power of Music, Movement, Culture, and Science to Build Youth Health Literacy and Inspire Health Behavior Change

  • Join us for an inspiring session featuring Lori Rose Benson, CEO of Hip Hop Public Health, a non-profit dedicated to creating and disseminating research-based educational resources by harnessing the power of music and culture to improve health in communities that are underserved. Lori will take us on a journey through Hip Hop Public Health’s visionary approach to enhance health education and public health communication via the intersection of music, movement, culture, and science, revealing how these elements can be harnessed to cultivate positive health behavior change among today's youth.

Health Literacy - 2 Part Training

  1. Health Literacy and Public Health

    This training introduces the concept of health literacy, provides strategies for considering literacy when creating public health messages for the general public, and provides strategies for considering literacy in direct public health services to the public.

  2. Strategies for Addressing Low Health Literacy

    This training provides practical techniques for addressing literacy issues in spoken and written communications.

How to Rebrand Your Health Department

  • Join ASTHO for a webinar that explores the intersection of public health and branding. You will discover the traits and trends that are shaping consumer behavior in relation to public health. In addition, you will understand the reasons behind rebranding your health department and learn how to initiate such a strategic overhaul. Industry professionals will guide you through a tiered approach to rebranding tailored to your department's unique capacity, funding, and needs.

New Set of Media Tips and Resources for Local Health Departments

  • Through effective media relations, local health department officials can position their services as relevant and uniquely able to meet community needs, build credibility, and position themselves as trusted local leaders. Insights From the Field: Media Tips and Resources for Local Health Departments provides media relations information that is applicable to the needs of local health departments. It was developed by communications professionals from local health departments who are members of NACCHO’s Public Health Communications Workgroup (2024-2025).

Professional Communication Skills for Public Health Settings

  • Effective communication is the cornerstone of successful public health practice. This course equips public health professionals with the skills to communicate clearly, confidently, and strategically across all levels of an organization and with external stakeholders. Through real-world examples, best practices, and interactive scenarios, participants will learn concrete techniques for how to navigate challenging conversations, foster collaboration, and ensure alignment across teams and departments. Whether communicating with peers, supervisors, direct reports, or the public, this course emphasizes the impact of thoughtful communication on public health outcomes and workplace dynamics.

Public Health Communications Collaborative Academy: Strengthening Public Health Communications through Community Engagement

  • Community engagement is vital for public health communicators for building trust and credibility, understanding community needs, promoting a sense of ownership and participation in healthy initiatives, and fostering collaboration.

The CALM Approach to Communicating in Times of Uncertainty

  • To be a trusted public health communicator in times of uncertainty, you need to make good choices about what, when, and how to communicate. Whether you’re speaking at an event or drafting a social media post, using the CALM approach can help you establish and maintain your role as a trusted, reliable source of public health information in your community—especially in times of uncertainty.

The Public Health Communicators Guide to Misinformation

  • Building continued trust in public health requires communicators to learn how to identify false narratives and respond with clarity, accurate information, and accessible language. This guide, developed by the Public Health Communications Collaborative in partnership with the Infodemiology Training Program, provides foundational insights into the current misinformation landscape and an overview of tools for assessing risk and determining responses

Media Relations Capacity Building for Public Health Communications 

This Media Relations training gives public health communicators the skills and confidence to proactively work with the media. Topics include crafting clear, compelling messages, navigating the 24/7 news cycle, and preparing subject matter experts for media interviews. 

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Feel equipped to think like journalists.
  • Communicate using concise and accessible language.
  • Effectively collaborate with spokespeople to elevate public health voices in a fast-paced media environment.
Community Engagement & Partnership Development

Community Dimensions of Public Health Practice - 2 Part Training

  1. Building Relationships to Improve the Health of the Community

    This self-paced, online course is Part 1 of 2 on Community Dimensions of Public Health Practice. Community partnerships are beneficial to achieving broad public health goals, including the development, implementation, evaluation and promotion of population-based health programs. It is important to develop relationships with partners and stakeholders for a given public health problem and understand a public health professional’s role in making these partnerships successful.

  2. Community Engagement as a Process for Improving the Health of the Community

    This self-paced, online course is Part 2 of 2 on Community Dimensions of Public Health Practice. Community partnerships are beneficial to achieving broad public health goals, including the development, implementation, evaluation and promotion of population-based health programs. These partnerships and their level of engagement are critical to the process of improving the health of a community.

Nominal Group Technique

  • Join us for an informative recorded webinar designed to empower public health professionals with the skills and knowledge needed to foster effective collaboration within their teams and organizations. This recorded webinar focuses on the Nominal Group Technique (NGT), a structured technique that promotes group decision-making, idea generation, and problem-solving. NGT is a highly structured and participatory method for rapidly generating and prioritizing ideas or solutions within a group. It ensures that every participant's input is heard and considered, making it an ideal tool for public health professionals seeking to harness the collective expertise of their teams.

Risk Management in Rural Communities: Expanding Capacities for the If and When

  • This course offers a clear, well-paced, and highly practical introduction to risk management, collective capacity, and risk communication, tailored specifically for rural public health professionals. With structured videos from subject matter experts, helpful worksheets, and realistic examples, complex concepts become accessible to both newcomers and seasoned practitioners alike. By the end of the training, you will have developed a risk management plan to help your organization prepare for and respond to the next emergency
Data Analysis & Epidemiology

Developing Effective Virtual Meetings

  • Unlock the secrets to running effective and engaging virtual meetings with our exclusive masterclass series. Learn the ABCs of virtual meeting mastery and pinpoint specific techniques for engaging participants. Over four dynamic sessions, we will equip you with skills and strategies to transform your virtual meetings into productive and impactful experiences. Each session of this series is designed to provide you with practical, actionable insights and techniques. Invest in your professional development and master the art of virtual meetings. This series has been crafted with epidemiologists in mind: scenarios and examples will be relevant for epidemiologists who lead virtual meetings.
  • You will need to create a free CSTE account to access this training.

Health Map

  • Learn about real-time data on global health events, including disease outbreaks and emerging health threats. The map aggregates information from various sources such as news reports, official health organizations, and public health data to track and map incidents related to infectious disease, epidemics, and other health risks. 

Infodemiology Training Program

  • The Infodemiology Training Program is designed for epidemiologists, program evaluators, coordinators, communications staff, and other public health professionals. The flexible training modules will give you the basics on infodemiology and the applied skills to help improve public health by tracking, analyzing, and responding to trending narratives.

Program Evaluation in Public Health

  • This 90-minute course introduces you to the CDC's Program Evaluation Framework, a step-by-step guide for checking how well public health programs work. You'll learn how to plan evaluations, collect and study information, and use what you find to make programs better. The course focuses on working together with others, being fair, and using what you learn to improve health programs.

Qualitative Methods in Public Health Practice

  • Whether gaining insight during community health assessments or learning more in-depth about findings from research or evaluation surveys, qualitative methods are an important tool in public health practice. This course provides an overview of qualitative research methods, including common study designs, processes for data management, and considerations for interpreting findings.

Using Data Visualization in Public Health Communications

  • This webinar reviews different strategies for producing clear, engaging data visuals for public health education.
Disability & Health

Collaborative Health Care for Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities

  • The challenges people with disabilities experience when receiving health care services or participating in programs that promote health are monumental and can be overwhelming. Often multiple barriers make it extremely difficult or even impossible for people with disabilities to access and effectively receive healthcare. This Public Health Live will provide a background on overall health for people with disabilities, describe barriers faced by people with disabilities, and address how small changes within a provider’s office, engagement with patients, and collaboration with partners can improve healthcare for people with disabilities. Specific focus is placed on people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.

Data and Strategies for Disability Equity and Inclusion

  • The Americans with Disabilities Act aims to ensure rights and opportunities for people with disabilities, including equitable access to transportation, jobs, and health care. Even so, there are still policies and harmful stereotypes that prevent people with disabilities from thriving. In this webinar, we will discuss ways to center those with disabilities. Dr. Bonnielin Swenor, the director of the Johns Hopkins Disability Health Research Center, will share data dashboards created to support evidence-based policies. And Kimberly Tissot, president and chief executive officer of Able SC, will share strategies to engage the disability community in all aspects of civic life. Able SC is a federally recognized disability-led organization committed to systems changes that result in access, equity and inclusion.

Disability Etiquette

  • Did you know that people with disabilities are the largest minority group in the United States? If your programs, environments, policies, procedures, communication strategies, and facilities are not accessible and inclusive to all, you are missing out on over 25% of the population. This Disability Etiquette training provides information, tools, and strategies for everyone. If you interact with the public professionally, or personally, this training is for you. It will help you build confidence to interact with people with disabilities effectively and respectfully.
Environmental Health

APHA Climate for Health Ambassador Training

  • Advance your expertise and leadership in climate and health advocacy with this free, comprehensive, self-paced training. This course is your gateway to gaining essential knowledge, practical experience, and the tools you need to effectively communicate on climate change and take meaningful climate action—starting right where you are.

Climate Change and Flooding Risk: How Local Health Departments and Communities Can Prepare

  • This course focuses on how local health departments and their community partners can prepare for and address extreme precipitation events and the floods they cause. It will describe the specific steps that a fictitious local health department (based on a real county in upstate New York) took to learn about, quantify and assess the potential for flooding and then the steps they took to prepare and respond. It will describe the technical and adaptive challenges they faced.

Climate Change & Food Security: Actions for Health Departments

  • This course explores the intersection of climate change, public health, and food security, emphasizing the pivotal role of local health authorities.

Climate Change & Mosquito-borne Diseases: Actions for Local Health Departments

  • As climate change fuels the spread of mosquito-borne diseases, public health professionals must be ready to respond. This course equips professionals with actionable strategies to protect their communities from the growing threat of mosquito-borne diseases. It will put learners in the role of a public health investigator, tracking an outbreak from detection to mosquito control and community engagement. Learners will explore surveillance, prevention, and response strategies tailored for health departments with varying resources.

Climate Jobs: Building an Equitable, Resilient Clean Energy Economy

  • The Climate Jobs Institute (CJI) has been provided grant funding to offer 250 New York State residents free tuition to enroll in this certificate from Cornell University.
  • As the climate crisis intensifies, its impacts are disproportionately felt by marginalized communities and working-class communities. Throughout this certificate, you will delve into the critical intersection of climate change, labor, and equity, exploring the far-reaching implications of a warming planet on workers, communities, and the broader economy. Through a labor and equity lens, you will examine the causes and consequences of climate change, understanding how this global crisis exacerbates existing inequalities and poses significant challenges for diverse populations.

National Disaster Preparedness Training Center at the University of Hawai'i

  • The National Disaster Preparedness Training Center offers a variety of courses around environmental disasters and emergency preparedness including community resilience, climate adaption planning, flooding hazards, and winter weather hazards, among other topics.

Tulane University Environmental Public Health Online Courses

  • Environmental Public Health Online Courses (EPHOC) is a comprehensive package of courses for environmental public health practitioners. The 15 courses are taught by experts in their field and include information on various roles and responsibilities of environmental public health staff. Target audiences include: new-hire environmental public health professionals; individuals preparing for a state or national credential exam; environmental health and other students; and environmental public health professionals wanting to improve their technical knowledge. 

Vector Control for Environmental Health Professionals (VCEHP)

  • Created by the CDC, VCEHP contains 11 online courses and emphasizes the use of integrated pest management (IPM) to address public health pests and vectors that spread diseases, including Zika virus and others.
Grants & Financial Management

Financial Planning and Management Course Collection

  • This a collection of courses on financial management complied by the Public Health Training Center Network. Courses are offered by regional public health training centers and universities. In this course collection, you’ll find practical advice for developing and managing budgets and for expanding revenue streams.

Grant Writing Series - 4 Part Training

  1. Effective Grant Seeking Strategies to Build Impactful Programs

    Health and behavioral healthcare services organizations are benefitting from unprecedented access to public and private grant funding. While this presents a significant opportunity to expand your programming to meet community needs, there are significant risks to “chasing funds,” such as mission drift, increased staff burnout within an already overburdened workforce, and the inability to sustain programs and staff beyond the grant period. This webinar will provide concrete strategies for: 
    - Understanding the funder landscape, including an overview of current and upcoming funding opportunities that organizations can use to build capacity and better serve their communities
    - Making informed, strategic decisions with your team about whether or not a grant opportunity is worth pursuing, including an assessment of the grant’s impact in helping your organization meet its overall goals and the ability to align the funded activities with system drivers that will support long term sustainability 
    - Developing awareness of and implementing tools and tactics that can enhance an organization’s ability to attract grants of all types

  2. Successful Grant Seeking Strategies for SAMHSA Grants

    During this virtual presentation, HMA will go through a deep dive discussion into the realities of seeking SAMHSA grants. We will provide an overview of some of SAMHSA’s most common recurring program areas that are relevant to NYSACHO members, including when (if projected for FY23 and not yet released) those Requests for Proposals (RFPs) are expected to be released. We will also provide a description of SAMHSA’s proposal review process, sharing tangible tips and tricks that members can use to:

    - Prepare themselves in advance of a SAMHSA’s RFP release to ease the burden of application development
    - Develop and submit a highly competitive grant application to SAMHSA, with an eye toward the review criteria at which the independent reviewers will be looking
    - Understand the requirements and expectations, should their application be successful, for which all applicants should be preparing
    - Overcome common pitfalls during the SAMHSA application process

  3. How to Win Funding from HRSA

    In this session, participants will learn about how to find, vet, and successfully pursue grant opportunities from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Participants will be presented with information regarding HRSA’s current and future funding priorities, what entities are eligible applicants, and how to locate specific grant opportunities. Participants will also be provided with an overview of HRSA’s grant application process and structure, how grants are evaluated, and key tips for submitting a successful application.

  4. Successful Strategies for Attaining Foundation Grants

    In this webinar, HMA will share strategies for NYSACHO members who are seeking private grants from Foundations. In addition to providing an overview of different types of Foundation funders, we will provide a Go-No Go Decision Making tool that agencies can use to identify the right Foundation funder (and funding opportunity) that meets their longer term strategies. We will also talk about the importance of relationship building with Foundation funders, including the commonly held misconception that not being awarded funding after your first application to a Foundation is a failure. Finally, we will discuss the traditional process for seeking Foundation funding, from the Letter of Intent all the way through the Invitation to Apply process, including the important ways this process differs from government grant making. 

Introduction to the Health Commerce System

  • Monthly live trainings on the Health Commerce System are offered on the New York State Learning Management System (LMS). This course will orientate you to the basic layout, functionality and how best to navigate the Health Commerce System.

Planning for Success: Managing Business and Finance in Public Health

  • This 7-part program covers basic financial management and business planning skills designed to help public health workers ensure the success of their organization's long term vision through informed planning and financial well-being. The program consists of seven separate components including a podcast, four self-paced trainings, and two on-demand trainings, each covering different aspects of either financial management or business planning in public health.
Health Equity

Addressing Health Equity

  • This course illustrates the conditions that shape health and health disparities. In addition to describing the complex interplay of social conditions associated with health disparities, it also provides a framework for exploring public and community health strategies to promote health equity.

Expansive Connections: Integrating Cultural Humility in Public Health Practice

  • This course will deepen our understanding of cultural humility, relevant related concepts, start exploring our own biases, create strong and expansive connections, and cultivate sustainable practices that promote health equity for all.

Moving Forward: The Evolving DEI Landscape

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives have been instrumental in promoting health advancements and improving health equity outcomes. Leaders in advocacy and healthcare are focused on adapting to the evolving DEI landscape. Convened by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Intersection brings together people who work inside and outside of healthcare to build anti-racist health systems. It’s a place where consumer and justice advocates, healthcare providers, and public health experts can share their experiences, provide feedback on how to tackle challenges, and talk about what’s working.
Maternal, Infant, and Child Health

Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinars

  • Michigan Breastfeeding Network presents FREE Great Lakes Breastfeeding Webinars that launch on the third Tuesday of the month at 8am EST. Webinars are available to watch whenever and wherever for up to 1 year after the initial air date. If you have any questions, please email hello@mibreastfeeding.org.

Maternal Mental Health as a Driver of Maternal Mortality

  • Local health departments play an important role in reducing maternal deaths. This course seeks to expand this focus, and examine the impact of maternal mental health as a driver of maternal mortality. It will outline the problem of maternal mental health in urban and rural contexts, and then discuss how local health departments and their community partners can respond to the problem.

Operation Parent

  • Supports and educates parents on teens, provides resources and tools to help parents navigate the challenges of raising teenagers, particularly arounds issues such as substance abuse, mental health, and risky behaviors. Educational programs, workshops, and online resources help empower parents with knowledge and strategies to effectively communicate with their teens and promote a healthy, positive environment. 

Psychological Principles for Effective Youth Tobacco Prevention Communications

  • This course will describe the importance of preventing youth tobacco use and present behavioral health models to promote anti-tobacco messaging effectively.
Mental Health

An Overview of Anxiety and Depression

  • Anxiety and depressive disorders are prevalent, debilitating conditions affecting millions of Americans. Although these conditions are treatable medically and psychologically, multiple barriers exist for large portions of the population. In addition to presenting timely information about anxiety and depression, this recorded webinar examines ways a public health perspective may contribute to breaking down these barriers.

Beyond the Burnout Conversation - A Practical Workshop to Reclaim Aliveness

  • This course is designed for public health professionals (PHPs) who recognize the significance of engaging with the topic burnout and may have already attended some learning opportunities in the past. The content will focus less on the general what and why questions around burnout, but more so on how this relates to you and the now what.

Flourishing through Adversity: How Can Stress and Emotional Experiences Make Us Resilient and Avoid Burnout

  • How do you handle stress and stressors at work, school, and life? In this session, current research in positive psychology, emotionality, and health will be presented. Dr. Gloria will discuss how experiences of certain emotions affect our abilities to cope with stress, and their influences on our mental and physical health. During this talk, audience members will participate in an exercise to score their own stressors and emotional experiences and learn the implications of their results. Our session will then conclude with recommendations on how to reduce stress, increase positivity, improve coping, be happier, be healthier, and be able to flourish at work, school, and in life.

Mental Health First Aid

  • Psychological First Aid is an early intervention that can be used to support anyone who is stressed or distressed, including patients, clients, and colleagues. This training will present a toolkit of supportive elements that can be used to help others, regardless of the setting or source of the stress, in order to remove barriers to natural resilience.

Supporting Public Health Practitioners in Times of Loss and Grief

  • Public health professionals regularly encounter loss and grief—whether through client deaths, systemic failures, or professional disruptions—yet often lack space and tools to process these experiences. This course provides a compassionate, practical framework for recognizing and navigating grief in the public health field. Learners will explore different types and symptoms of grief, examine its personal, professional, and organizational impacts, and learn evidence-based approaches to mourning and healing. Through reflective exercises, communication strategies, and grief literacy, the training empowers practitioners to honor their own humanity, foster resilience, and support their colleagues in times of profound change and uncertainty.
Public Health Infrastructure Development

Bridging the Gap: Generational Differences in the Public Health Workforce

  • The public health workforce is aging, and according to the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) results, public health is struggling to recruit and retain young people. This study found that while 63% of public health workers are over age 40 and edging toward retirement, as much as 74% of workers that are under the age of 35 reported they left their positions between 2017 and 2021. Generational diversity in the workforce is vital to the success of any organization, and the youngest generations boast unique strengths that, if harnessed, could greatly benefit public health practice. Using the data from this study as a jumping off point, this webcast will discuss the importance of age inclusivity in the workplace, recruitment disparities among different age groups and how public health workers of all generations can effectively communicate across generations and improve their organizational culture and job satisfaction. 

Local Health Department Accreditation Process: Training Series from Cattaraugus County

  • This series of eight videos starts with the basics of what the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is trying to accomplish through its accreditation process. It is followed by a series of videos that explaining the key documents and concepts behind them. It looks at the example of the Cattaraugus County Health Department as it navigates its way through accreditation. It is a must watch for small, local health departments in NYS that are considering accreditation or are going through the accreditation process.

Qualitative Performance Management and Quality Improvement

  • This recorded training by Rock County Public Health introduces public health professionals to qualitative approaches to performance management and quality improvement (PMQI). Participants will learn how qualitative measures complement quantitative data, when qualitative PMQI is most appropriate, and how tools like rubrics can support meaningful assessment and improvement in public health practice.

Rebuilding the Public Health Workforce: Insights into Using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals to Support Workforce Development

  • As public health professionals our core functions of assessment, policy development and assurance are critical in addressing the opioid epidemic as the leading public health crisis today. In this training, designed specifically for Public Health professionals, participants will have the opportunity to explore Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and the current opioid epidemic through a Public Health lens.

Recruitment and Retention in Public Health

  • In this course, Dr. Heather Krasna, Associate Dean, Career Services and Professional Development provides a a crash course on recruitment and retention of new hires, from start to finish.

Using Technology for Good: Leveraging Consumer Technology for Population Health Impact in Public Health Settings

  • This webinar explores the role of consumer technology in public health initiatives. Participants will learn how to assess potential technological advancements and their impact on public health. The session highlights key opportunities for leveraging technology and participants will gain practical insights into building capacity in public health through strategic technology development.
Violence & Injury Prevention

A Systems Approach to Reduce Gun Violence

  • Gun violence is a major public health issue causing significant death, injuries and years of life lost. Gun violence and gun safety are complex public health problems and challenges that can benefit from a systems-thinking approach. This course will focus on how local health departments can take action to address gun violence in their communities. The course describes two examples of how different counties in the state are applying the public health approach to gun violence in their communities and using systems thinking to help define the problem and identify risk factors and areas to intervene.

Poison Prevention Training

  • Our poison center aims to spread the message of poison prevention to the 7.4 million people throughout our service area. However, we can't do this alone and we need your help. Whether the audience you choose to share our safety information with is your child/children, students, a scout group, staff, etc. – this training makes explaining poison prevention an easy process.  

Science of Firearm Injury Prevention Among Children & Teens

  • Firearm injuries are a leading cause of death among children and teens. However, there are many ways that these injuries and deaths can be prevented using evidence-based practices and policies. Presented by the University of Michigan Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention and the Firearm Safety among Children and Teens (FACTS) Consortium, the Science of Firearm Safety Among Children & Teens Massive Open Online Course covers a range of firearm injury topics including: firearm-related suicide; unintentional firearm injury; community and youth violence; intimate partner violence; school and mass shootings; and officer-involved shootings. The course also covers important gaps in existing research and future directions for expanding the knowledge base of the field. This course is designed for multiple fields and levels of training, including students and researchers from public health, medicine, public policy, social work, nursing, criminology, sociology and psychology fields. 
     
Consortia Meetings
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The New York State Public Health Corps (NYSPHC) Consortia Meetings will consist of three live sessions per Fellowship year for a total of six sessions during the Fellowship period. The purpose of the consortia meetings is to bring Fellows, Supervisors, host organization staff, and Mentors together to collectively enhance the public health infrastructure at host organizations through collaboration and networking with an informational presentation followed by breakout sessions to further discuss the meeting topic and promote networking. Consortia Meetings also feature four Fellow Spotlights per meeting to showcase Fellow projects and promote networking amongst Fellows doing similar work. 

Fellow participation with the NYSPHC Consortia Meetings is not mandatory but is highly encouraged. Depending on the content of the session, Consortia meetings may not be recorded so, again, we strongly encourage live participation.

Year 1 - September 2024 - June 2025

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Year 2 - August 2025 - July 2026

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Helpful Resources and Websites
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LinkedIn   
This is the link to the NYSPHC program LinkedIn private group, where you can connect with other fellows, access resources, and stay updated on program announcements. Make sure to join and stay engaged with the community!  

How to add Fellowship to LinkedIn   
This LinkedIn template serves as a guide for NYSPHC fellows to present their fellowship experience on their LinkedIn profile. It provides step-by-step instructions to help fellows effectively showcase their job experience, skills, and impact on their profile.  

How to add Fellowship to Resume
This resume template is designed specifically for NYSPHC fellows, providing a structured format to effectively highlight their fellowship experience. The template now includes information on how to add conference presentations and posters, plus professional certificates earned during your Fellowship, to your resume!

NYS Public Health Corps Website 
Visit the NYS Public Health Corps Public Website to apply for the NYSPHC fellowship program, get an in-depth overview of the program, and learn more about Public Health AmeriCorps. This site provides the information you need about the fellowship, including program details, benefits, and the application process

Developing Better Poster Presentations  
Resource from DOH Bureau about developing better posters. The in service was based on resources and videos developed by Michael Morrison at Michigan State University: https://youtu.be/SYk29tnxASs.The presentation included examples of how staff have incorporated “better poster” using the standard DOH poster template.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Reports
New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) generated BRFSS Reports from 1995 through the present. Each report provides key findings about a specific topic, graphs and tables, references and contact information.

Briefs are available for the following topics: Adverse Childhood Experiences, Alcohol Use, Arthritis, Asthma, Cancer, Cannabis Use, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Disease Self-Management, Cognitive Decline, Diabetes, Disability, Epilepsy, Injury, Nutrition, Overweight and Obesity, Physical Activity, Prediabetes, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Tobacco, Veterans’ Health, Vision, and Worker Health.

Division of Chronic Disease Prevention: Information for Action (IFA) Reports
The Information for Action (IFA) is a brief communication that provides relevant data to mobilize public health action. Each IFA includes a take home message, quick facts containing relevant data to support the take home message, language describing a public health opportunity and contact information for obtaining more information. Data used in an IFA typically come from data systems designed to capture information about New York residents, but occasionally include data from national data systems. IFAs are available under the following categories: Information for Action, County-Level Information for Action & Chronic Disease Public Opinion Poll. 

Data Dashboard: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Health Indicators by County and Region
Data from the 2013-2014 New York Expanded Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (eBRFSS) Survey and the 2016, 2018, 2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System were used to generate percentages of adult (18+) NYS residents for various health indicators for a range of geographies.

Resources Identified by Fellows

These links are being shared as resources that were shared by Fellows and are not a requirement of the NYSPHC Program.

  • Speechnotes - AI Speech to Text, Voice Typing & Transcriptions: Take notes with your voice for free, or automatically transcribe audio & video recordings.
  • New York State Office of Mental Health - OMG Funded Trainings for Providers (Free): The Office of Mental Health (OMH) funds several training platforms for New York’s public mental health professionals. These platforms provide quality training (self-study, webinars, in-person) that address a variety of topics including but not limited to: clinical service, trauma-informed care, suicide prevention.
  • Lucidchart - Workflow Diagram Software: Lucidchart is an intelligent diagramming application that makes creating a workflow diagram easy with drag-and-drop shapes, ready-to-use templates, and more.   
  • Link to Hope - Link to HOPE is a brief customizable, skills and knowledge-based workshop to help an organizational workforce understand how they can help someone they encounter on the job having current thoughts of suicide.
  • SOPHIA - SOPHIA is an international association of individuals and organizations that provides leadership and promotes excellence in the field of health impact assessment (HIA) and Health in All Policies (HiAP)
  • Chautauqua County Health Department Performance Evaluation System - This Performance Evaluation System was created by Fellow Christopher Crawford, PhD, as part of the accreditation process for Chautauqua County.
  • Chautauqua County Health Department LHD Accreditation Series - This series of videos was created by Fellow Christopher Crawford, PhD, as a tool to explain the complex pieces that go into receiving PHAB Accreditation.
  • PHCC Academy: Strengthening Public Health Communications through Community Engagement - This course explains why Community engagement is vital for public health communicators for building trust and credibility, understanding community needs, promoting a sense of ownership and participation in healthy initiatives, and fostering collaboration.
  • Wordtune - Wordtune is an AI writing generator that allows you to create and edit content as well as continue writing for you based on your unique context.
  • Social Explorer- Social Explorer is a Data visualization/ mapping tool- Free for those with .edu email
  • Hands-Only-CPR or Heart Saver CPR - Erie County is working toward being designated as a Heart Safe Community with the AHA. If any group in or working with your Erie County or Erie County based NYSDOH department would like to learn Hands-Only-CPR or Heart Saver CPR, please contact us at PHEP@erie.gov to arrange a class in your department or at your serviced organization!
  • Roots of Health Inequity - This is a free educational website and collaborative learning course series presented by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) that equips current and future health professionals with the concepts, tools, and strategies to address the root causes of health inequities in their communities. The Facilitator’s Guide provides in-depth general and course-specific guidance for facilitating social justice conversations, as well as detailed discussion and activity suggestions.
  • The Drug Free Communities (DFC) Program - This program provides grants "to community coalitions to strengthen the infrastructure among local partners to prevent youth substance abuse."
  • UCLA's Urban Data Science Course - This free online course will develop skills in scraping, processing, and managing urban data, and use tools such as natural language processing, geospatial analysis, and machine learning. Students will build competence in open-source tools and languages such as Python and SQL.
  • Risk Management in Rural Communities: Expanding Capacities for the If and When - This training is designed to help any person who is committed to public health in rural communities augment their approach to Risk Management. The course comprises 5 modules, each about 20 minutes in length. Each module helps public health professionals mitigate risk in the event of an emergency.
  • America Dissected - Wellness isn’t just about mindfulness, exercise, or the perfect skin. Politics, media, culture, science — everything around us — interact to shape our health. On America Dissected, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed explores what’s really making us sick and what we’ll need to take on — be it racism, corporate capitalism, or snake oil salesmen — to keep all of us healthy. From insulin price gouging to ineffective sunscreens, America Dissected cuts deeper into the state of health in America.
  • Science to People - The Science To People Podcast – where research meets reality. Join nonprofit founder Brinleigh Murphy-Reuter and leading scientists, experts, and communicators as they share breakthroughs that are discoverable, understandable, and actionable for everyone. Our mission is to make science accessible at scale, bridging labs and lives to spark everyday impact. Get ready for captivating conversations that turn cutting-edge discoveries into real-world insights you can use!
  • Why Should I Trust You? - The purpose of our podcast is to explore why so many people don’t trust public health and institutions, and whether we can build back from that. With this in mind, our podcast hosts invite diverse perspectives and approach every conversation with compassion and understanding.
  • Career Development Center - New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute - 2026 Career Conversations series offers early childhood educators a supportive, relationship-based space to explore key workforce topics that strengthen professional growth, sustainability, and career advancement. 

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Newsletters
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NYSPHC Newsletter

eDistance Learning Newsletter (monthly) - The New York State Department of Health’s (NYSDOH) e-Distance Learning Newsletter is your monthly guide to upcoming training on a wide variety of public health topics. Opportunities include in-person and live virtual events, as well as on-demand and self-directed eLearning available through the NYSDOH’s NYLearnsPH.com Learning Management System (LMS). ​Check back each month to find new events and previously live content available on demand at www.NYLearnsPH.com.​

Aware Prepare Newsletter (monthly) - Produced with support from the the Office of Health Emergency Preparedness AP is a monthly guide to upcoming trainings and select resources related to preparedness, readiness, and response. Training is available in a variety of formats, including live webcasts, webinars and in-person training as well as on-demand and self-directed eLearning available through the NYSDOH’s NYLearnsPH.com Learning Management System (LMS). Check back each month to find new events and previously live content available on demand at www.NYLearnsPH.com.

Building Expertise in Administration and Management (BEAM) Certificate Program
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The Building Expertise in Administration and Management (BEAM) certificate program is offered by the University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and the School of Business Administration in partnership with the de Beaumont Foundation to develop public health leaders. Through the BEAM certificate program, public health professionals will gain a solid foundation in essential business administration skills that are necessary for career growth and professional development. Students will examine basic budgeting in public health, finance, accounting, contracts, resource management, and strategic thinking.

The BEAM Certificate program is an online, self-paced, interactive, 15-to-20-hour certificate program built around six learning priorities (modules):

  • Strategic Problem Definition — Understanding the challenges underlying resource allocation.
  • Budgeting — Developing budgets by allocating staff and financial resources to best achieve program goals and outcomes.
  • Procurement — Learning about the procurement process, including federal, state, and organizational rules for allocating funds to external entities.
  • Contracts — Understanding contract development and execution, including scopes of work and outcomes-based expectations.
  • Contract Monitoring — Learning how to analyze, report on, and document a contractor’s performance.
  • Financial Health — Understand the importance of a program’s financial health in relationship to the organization’s financial health. 
eCornell: Certificate Programs
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Public Health Essentials

The Public Health Essentials Training will equip you with tools and skills needed to excel in the public health field. After your successful completion of the training program, you will receive a professional certificate from Cornell University.

  • The course is fully online, facilitated, and asynchronous in nature, meaning there is no set time to meet with a class. You can work at your own pace to meet the deadlines for assignments.
  • Through the class, you will build a learning community with other New York State Public Health Corps Fellows. Please plan to spend about 5 hours per week on your learning.
  • The course work that you’ll complete will help you accelerate your impact in your communities, help you support COVID-19 education and awareness, increase demand for and acceptance of vaccines, support COVID-19 prevention practices, help connect clients with services, and contribute to health promotion and preparedness activities addressing the social determinants of health.

Instructions for enrollment will be sent after you begin your Fellowship. After enrolling, you will receive an automated confirmation email from eCornell (ec_helpdesk@cornell.edu). Please check your spam or junk folder in case the enrollment confirmation is not in your inbox. The confirmation email will have information about the course start date, how to access the online course, and a form to complete if you need learning accommodations. If you have any questions regarding the Cornell University Public Health Essentials Program, please email: ec_helpdesk@cornell.edu. 

Public Health Leadership Essentials

Fellows who have previously completed the Public Health Essentials Training will be required to complete the Public Health Leadership Essentials certificate program. Public Health Leadership Essentials is a professional certificate program designed to build strategic skills among the public health leaders of today and tomorrow. It is comprised of five rich courses that will help you reflect on and grow your public health leadership strengths and approaches. Throughout this certificate program, you will have the opportunity to learn from leadership development, executive education, and public health experts from around Cornell University. 

You will begin with an exploration of what public health leadership is and how you identify as a leader. Throughout this certificate, we will encourage you to review and reflect on your leadership vision as well as the impact you hope to achieve. We will also discuss the importance of teams and what makes a team successful. Public health is a cooperative and collaborative field, and working in teams is essential to the work we do every day. We will then spend time reviewing essential strategic skills for public health leaders and change agents before moving on to thinking about community-focused change and ways to effect policy change.

FAQs on Proper Citation and Plagiarism

Q: What is plagiarism?

A: Plagiarism is when you write or say other people’s words, or use their graphic or image, without giving them the credit.

Q: Why does plagiarism matter?

A: Plagiarizing is kind of like stealing. If others have done the research, crafted great writing, developed a cool infographic, they deserve the credit!

Q: Can I use other people’s words or graphics?

A: Yes, in many cases you can, but you need to give them credit. This is called “citation.”

Q: What is citation?

A: Citation is when you give someone credit for the facts or words or ideas or graphics you are sharing. The added benefit of citation is that is shows the reader that you have done background work and that your ideas are based on facts or evidence.

Q: How do I avoid plagiarism?

A: If you’ve used someone else's ideas: list the source (website, book, author, etc.). If you’ve used someone else's words: put the words in “quotation marks” to show that you are quoting someone, and list the source (website, book, author, etc.). If you read someone else’s words and then re-state them as your own, this is called paraphrasing. In this case, you do not need to use “quotation marks” but you do need to list the source (website, book, author, etc.).

Q: Why is proper citation important?

A: Documents are more trustworthy to a reader if there are citations. It shows that the writer is using evidence to elaborate ideas, not just making stuff up!

Orientation Handbook, Events and Recordings for Fellows
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Ongoing events, webinars and an archive of these webinar recordings are available for Fellows to access and review. Tip: Visit the Resources by Region Section for additional regional resources.

NYSPHC Fellow Orientation Handbook  This orientation manual serves as a general guide for understanding the NYSPHC project, staff, and stakeholder responsibilities. We ask that you review our orientation manual upon starting your Fellowship and refer to it whenever needed.

NYSPHC Townhall - May 22, 2025

  • Discussed the follow-up letter and answer any questions program participants and stakeholders may have related to the Court's decision to grant the Preliminary Injunction.
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  • Video from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Public Health Podcasts
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New York Public Health Now Podcast

NY PH Now Podcast

New York Public Health Now is a conversational bi-weekly podcast with a rotating roster of passionate, front line public health specialists at the New York State Department of Health and beyond.

With each new episode, Public Health Now will talk about timely and important topics such as health equity, the opioid epidemic, respiratory viruses, maternal mortality, Medicaid recertification, climate change, air and water quality, and more. We’ll also discuss all the great work happening at the Department in places like the Wadsworth Center, New York’s world-class public health laboratory, and New York State of Health, our health insurance marketplace.

Season 4 of the podcast is out now!


 Questions or comments: PublicHealthNowPodcast@health.ny.gov

The Public Health Spotlight Podcast

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Astho's Public Health Review Podcast

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  • Check out this episode of the Public Health Review Morning Review featuring Kara Kane, Public Information Office from Erie County Department of Health.

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Population Healthy Podcast

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Population Healthy is a podcast that digs into the important public health topics that impact our everyday lives. Produced by the University of Michigan School of Public Health, the show brings together experts to discuss population health issues from a variety of perspectives—from the microscopic to the macroeconomic, the social to the environmental—and to explore the factors that affect the health of all of us at a population level.

The Nation's Health Podcast

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The Nation's Health Podcast brings you expert insights from public health leaders. Join them each month as they explore issues that are impacting the field and the nation's health and well-being. Brought to you by APHA, this is a can't-miss public health podcast!

 

Public Health On Call Podcast 

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The Public Health On Call podcast makes important public health topics accessible to all through quick, informative conversations. Hosts tackle complex topics through engaging interviews and real-world perspective. 

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Their ever-growing list of guests have included researchers, public health commissioners, elected leaders, patients, clergy, ethicists, front line clinicians, and even former health officials who were fired for doing their jobs. 

Since launching in March 2020 with the purpose of sharing credible expertise and debunking misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic, Public Health On Call has covered a range of topics, including other viral outbreaks, reproductive health, gun violence prevention, international humanitarian crises, antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, health equity, racial and environmental justice, the opioid crisis, and so much more. 
 
 Note: These podcasts are a conversation between the participants, and do not represent the position of Johns Hopkins University. 

What the Health? Podcast

Join Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, along with top health policy reporters from The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico and other media outlets to discuss the latest news and explain what the health is going on here in Washington.

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New York Learns Public Health (NYLearnsPH) Learning Management System (LMS)
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About the New York Learns Public Health (NYLearnsPH) Learning Management System:  

The LMS is a web-based tool designed to facilitate the registration and tracking of learners in competency-based courses for staff in state, local public health and allied health agencies throughout New York. The LMS allows Users (Learners) to search an online Course Catalog, enroll in courses, complete online quizzes, and track their continuing education.

LMS Support: Call 518-473-4223 and select the LMS Help option, or email edlearn@health.ny.gov. (Please provide a phone number and date/time you can be reached for assistance).

NYLearnsPH URL: https://nylearnsph.com

Fellow LMS Account Help: 

New fellows must register for the LMS before enrolling in courses. Follow the New User Registration - NYLearnsPH LMS for Fellows guide to create your account.

Once registered, you can begin the Educational Series Certificate Program by following Certificate Program Enrollment and Completion - NYLearnsPH LMS for Fellows guide.

If you already have an account, review Existing Accounts - NYLearnsPH LMS for Fellows to confirm your login still works. 

If you've forgotten your username or password, see Retrieving Account Information - NYLearnsPH LMS for Fellows.

For step-by-step instructions on taking courses, visit Complete a Course - NYLearnsPH LMS for Fellows.

  • For assistance with resetting your password or to update your email address, contact LMS Support.

 

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