Catch PHII's Director Vivian Singletary's panel presentation on Public Health Perspectives: Modernizing Informatics Across the Spectrum at #AMIA2025 Annual Symposium in Atlanta on Nov. 16 at 3:30 p.m. 🛟 🧪

Are you an early-career professional or working at a rural agency interested in learning more about designing information systems for public health? Pre-register now for our free course “Designing and Managing Public Health Informatics Systems: 8 Steps to Success!” Learn more: phii.org/8-steps/. 🛟 🧪

Santita Hooper, senior project manager, and Lura Daussat, director of practice support unit, are at #APHA2025 in Washington, D.C., representing @publichealthinformatics. They’re sharing about PHII’s free online resources and training courses designed to strengthen the public health workforce. 🛟 🧪

We appreciate our umbrella org @taskforce.bsky.social for hosting a team from Africa CDC! 🛟 🧪

At the #DecaturBookFestival, we hosted a panel at @taskforce.bsky.social! Thanks to moderator Rickey Bevington and our speakers from @cartercenter.bsky.social#DecaturBookFestival CARE USA, The Task Force and CDC Foundation for highlighting how Atlanta is a global health hub. #GlobalHealth #Atlanta

We're excited @taskforce.bsky.social is hosting a panel as part of the #DecaturBookFestival! So glad to have the opportunity to share on global health's future landscape.

Standing in support of our public health colleagues. 🛟 🧪

@phinformatics.bsky.social is proud to welcome Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network (CHAMPS) to @taskforce.bsky.social! PHII is honored to be the coordinating informatics office for the CHAMPS program. 🛟 🧪

We're proud of the work Sarah Shaw & our data mod team did on last year's Data Modernization Boot Camp and how it prompted an online course. Read @jphmpdirect.com for examples & downloadable content of data governance implementation in public health settings: jphmpdirect.com/the-importan... 🛟 🧪

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

Register for a webinar from our umbrella organization, @taskforce.bsky.social, Africa CDC and WHO African Region on "Climate-informed Early Warning Surveillance: Integrating climate and disease information for decision intelligence." 🛟 🧪 🗓️Date: June 11 ⏰ Time: 8 a.m. ET 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3SVOW7U

PHII's Lura Daussat will take part in a webinar on “Public Health Innovation through Public-Private Partnership.” Learn how PHII partnered with Amazon Web Services for public health clinical reporting. 🛟 🧪 🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 8 ⏰ Time: 2-3 p.m. ET 🔗 Register: amazon.webex.com/weblink/regi...

Tony Winters, PHII Project Team Lead, led a breakout session about immunization information systems (IIS) training as #AIRA2025 wrapped up today. Explore IIS Role Descriptions on our IIS Hub under the Staffing section: phii.org/iishub 🛟 🧪

Join PHII at #AIRA2025 for a breakout session from our own Tony Winters about immunization information systems (IIS) training on Thursday, May 1, at 9:45 a.m. PDT. View our IIS Hub resources: phii.org/iishub 🛟 🧪

Thanks to all the IIS leaders who attended the AIRA 2025 presentation by Candace Garcia on Downstream Impacts of Updates to the IIS Functional Standards. Tony Winters will lead a breakout on Thursday, May 1, at 9:45 a.m. PDT. View our IIS Hub: phii.org/iishub 🛟 🧪

If you’re in Spokane, Wash., for #AIRA2025, join us for a breakout session from PHII’s own Candace Garcia about Data Exchange Standards on Tuesday, April 29, at 9:30 a.m. PDT. Tony Winters will lead a breakout about Managing IIS on Thursday, May 1, at 9:45 a.m. PDT. 🛟 🧪

PHII's Lura Daussat will take part in the upcoming webinar on “Public Health Innovation through Public-Private Partnership.” Learn how PHII partnered with Amazon Web Services (AWS) for public health clinical reporting. 🛟 🧪 🗓️ Date: Thursday, May 8 ⏰ Time: 2-3 p.m. ET 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/eGKWzpfC

New reg link: PHII's own Lura Daussat is one of the panel presenters for the upcoming webinar on "New and Emerging Opportunities to Advance Public Health Innovation." Dawn Heisey-Grove will host the panel. 🛟 🧪 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, March 25 ⏰ Time: 11 a.m.-noon ET 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/PHinnovation

PHII's own Lura Daussat is one of the panel presenters for the upcoming webinar on "New and Emerging Opportunities to Advance Public Health Innovation." Dawn Heisey-Grove will host the panel. 🗓️ Date: Tuesday, March 25 ⏰ Time: 11 a.m.-noon ET 🔗 Register: lnkd.in/egkZzEuH

We 💜 having Agnes Scott College's Sophomore Class Atlanta Leadership Experience (SCALE) students at @taskforce.bsky.social headquarters. We can't wait to see what these students do to impact global health! 📸 Madison Stidum

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

Great to hear Amanda Bradica’s insights from our sister organization, the International Trachoma Initiative. “This Is My Story” is a series that features @taskforce.bsky.social staff sharing about their global health career inspirations and what they’ve learned. bit.ly/4gZFATp Repost from TFGH.

Here's some good news! We're encouraged by this amazing milestone of eliminating river blindness, one of 21 neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). @mectizan.bsky.social #beatNTDs #StampOutOncho www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

PHII's Executive Director Vivian Singletary is a presenter for the upcoming webinar on "AI and Public Health: Opportunities and Challenges" by the Network for Public Health Law and the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Jan. 23, from 2-3pm ET. Register: buff.ly/4jofdrB 🛟 🧪

Emory University's King Week is in full swing, with opportunities to honor the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Various service opportunities, worship programs, lectures, and other events are scheduled through Jan. 25. ➡️ Learn how you can get involved here: https://buff.ly/40oDQf3

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

💬 Ever tried talking to someone who doesn't speak your language? It's not easy! Having a translator makes all the difference. With public health data, informaticians act as translators. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLUy... 🛟 🧪

Just like our holiday shipping systems, informaticians make sure data get where they need to go! They analyze the senders, recipients and transport options to ensure that data—like packages—arrive safely and efficiently. Watch: https://buff.ly/3DyNh3V 🛟 🧪

Check out the best hits of 2024 from our parent org, @taskforce.bsky.social. Task Force rounds up the top stories and achievements from the year. Read more: https://buff.ly/409opby

PHII volunteers enjoyed representing our umbrella organization @taskforce.bsky.social at the International Community School Holiday Toy Market this week! Task Force employees donated gifts and volunteers helped sort and wrap them for 75 school families. 🛟 🧪

Our umbrella org, @taskforce.bsky.social, has a new video explaining how its programs seek to do 3 things: eliminate diseases, ensure vaccine access and strengthen health systems. PHII uses data to advance health outcomes worldwide as part of The Task Force. Watch: bit.ly/3ZiffrD 🛟 🧪

PHII’s virtual Gingerbread Games were a recipe for fun that mixed laughter, friendly competition and a dash of holiday magic! 🛟 🧪

PHII and CDC are collaborating to host a 3-part webinar designed for public health agencies looking to procure a new IIS or other large-scale public health information system. These free procurement process webinars will take place Jan. 14, Jan. 21 and Jan. 28. Sign up: https://buff.ly/4gHjJ2k 🛟 🧪

PHII Director Vivian Singletary celebrates our 2024 public health wins and gets ready for the opportunities and challenges in the new year. Read her latest blog: https://buff.ly/3BJE5sG 🛟 🧪

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

What an amazing public health journey for our Senior Deputy Director Daniela O’Connell! From the coast of Colombia to Georgia's eastern shore and now in Atlanta, Daniela's career path took shape during a class field trip to the CDC. Find out more: https://buff.ly/3OKwz3D 🧪

How did a measles outbreak beginning in 1990 lead to the creation of immunization registries across the country? And why does each state manage its own registry instead of sharing in a single national registry? Delve into some public health history here: phii.org/wp-content/u...

Do you work with immunizations and immunization data? PHII curates all of our free tools and informational resources related to immunization information systems (IIS) on our IIS Hub: phii.org/iis-hub. Benefit from asynchronous e-learning, IIS histories and podcasts, toolkits and more!

Welcome to our 1,900 new Bluesky followers! 🛟 Do you have burning questions along the lines of "so what exactly IS public health informatics anyway?" Have no fear! Learn the basics of what defines this innovative field on our website: phii.org/how-we-do-it...

PHII recently spoke with the Fairfax County Health Department about how they’ve tackled various data modernization challenges while including all of their DC Metro area partners in the process. ➡️ Watch for insights that can be applied to your data modernization efforts: youtu.be/v8Bd3DZXpsI?...

We're thankful for Georgia State University School of Public Health's support of PHII's own Lura Daussat's aim to empower the public health workforce with skills gained through her GSU DrPH program. View the Q&A: https://buff.ly/3YBROcF

Reflecting on your next move in executive public health leadership? PHII is hiring an Informatics Director for Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS). This role will join PHII's senior leadership team to direct the informatics office of CHAMPS. https://buff.ly/3NVsIRa

Lura Daussat won our recent library scavenger hunt! We hosted games to celebrate PHII’s newly updated Claire Loe Memorial Library. Named for a former PHII employee, the space is perfect for taking a break, finding inspiration and remembering Claire. Learn more: https://buff.ly/3UoLPGW

In our latest blog post with JPHMP Direct, PHII’s Communications Manager Shawn Eastridge introduces a video with public health jurisdictions emphasizing how communication is key to a successful data modernization plan. 📹 Watch:

We now have print and .pdf copies of the annual report for our umbrella organization @taskforce.bsky.social. The .pdf version is downloadable from the Task Force website (click the blue button in upper right that says "Download AR 23 Report PDF"). https://buff.ly/404jTLU 🌍

PHII welcomes the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, & Migrants (NRC-RIM) to The Task Force for Global Health family! NRC-RIM, led by the University of MN's Center for Global Health & Social Responsibility, will be part of a new Migration Health Initiative. 📸 Emrah Özesen/IOM

We had an amazing time at Agnes Scott College’s 2024 Women’s Global Leadership Conference! Big thanks to Rose Scott and CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen for their inspiring talk on global health equity. We also loved catching up with Sophomore Class Atlanta Experience students. #WGLC24

Thanks to everyone who dropped by The Task Force for Global Health, Inc. booth, our open house and panel discussion at the Decatur Book Festival! We’re so glad you got to hear from Public Health Informatics Institute's Director Vivian Singletary during the Faces of Global Health panel.

What are you doing Oct. 5? Join us for an open house for our umbrella org The Task Force for Global Health from noon-4 p.m. as part of the Decatur Book Festival! PHII's Director Vivian Singletary will be part of the Faces of Global Health panel from 3-4 p.m. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4gyCd5U

A central platform for data sharing helps the Ohio Department of Health move forward with speed and agility. Read the full story: https://buff.ly/3zxGvtG (This story was part of a series PHII conducted as a partner on CDC's Data Modernization Initiative)