Technical Assistance Episodes
429
Nov. 4, 2025
1025: From The Ground Up: PHIG In Action In Kansas
In today's installment of the PHIG Impact Report, Jade Ramsdell, performance improvement director with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), shares how KDHE is using the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG)...
Guest: Jade M. Ramsdell MBA
419
Oct. 20, 2025
1014: PHF Technical Assistance, Island Area Relationships
Helen Linda, public health workforce development coordinator at the Vermont Department of Health, explains the value of academic health departments and shares how she worked with the Public Health Foundation to assess the current state of her agency’s experiential learning environment; Emman Parian, immunization program manager for the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation of the Northern Mariana Islands, discusses...
Guests: Emman Parian MPH , Helen Linda MLIS
416
Oct. 15, 2025
1011: ASPR TRACIE, Public Health Storytelling
Rachel Lehman, acting director of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR)’s Technical Resources Assistance Center and Information Exchange (TRACIE), celebrates 10 years of the Center’s existence and discusses how it provides states and territories with timely information and technical assistance; Peter Orton, director of media design at the Institute for Vaccine Safety at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explains...
Guests: Rachel Lehman , Peter Orton PhD EdM
384
Aug. 28, 2025
979: Technical Assistance Infrastructure, Community Health Worker Awareness Week
Christy Roby, local public health performance section supervisor with Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, explains how her agency developed a new technical assistance infrastructure referral system; Chelsea Cipriano, managing director of the Common Health Coalition...
Guests: Chelsea Cipriano MPH , Christy Roby MPA BSW
368
Aug. 6, 2025
963: Technical Assistance for Agencies, Administrative Preparedness
Erin Penniston, chief of staff of public health services at the Maryland Department of Health, describes how ASTHO’s Peer Assessment Program helped her state’s health department strengthen its administrative infrastructure; Kelsey Tillema, senior analyst at ASTHO, shares...
Guests: Kelsey Tillema MPH , Erin Penniston LMSW
368
Aug. 4, 2025
961: Bicillin Shortage, ASTHO OD2A Support
Dr. Susan Kansagra, ASTHO chief medical officer, outlines the recent recall of Bicillin; Marie Stratton, Overdose Data to Action program manager at the Maryland Department of Health, explains...
Guests: Susan Kansagra, MD, MBA , Marie Stratton