<b>The Program</b><br>The National Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute is coordinated and developed by the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> and the <a href="http://www.heartlandcenters.slu.edu/nln" target="_blank">National Public Health Leadership Development Network.</a> The program was developed based upon CDC priorities that identified a need for improving leadership capacity in environmental public health practice.  Emphasis is placed on the core functions of public health as a foundation for achieving public health goals and the need for proactive environmental public health leaders to mobilize resources in response to the changing public health environment. <b>EPHLI Mission</b><br> To strengthen the country’s environmental public health system by enhancing the leadership capabilities of state and local environmental public health specialists from multiple agencies/organizations in diverse settings. <b>EPHLI Goals</b><br><ul> <li>Increase the leadership capacity and skills of environmental public health personnel working in diverse settings<br> </li> <li>Enhance the performance outcomes of public health core functions and essential services<br> </li> <li>Promote and improve the environmental public health of communities</li> </ul> <b>The Program</b><br>The National Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute is coordinated and developed by the <a href="http://www.cdc.gov" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> and the <a href="http://www.heartlandcenters.slu.edu/nln" target="_blank">National Public Health Leadership Development Network.</a> The program was developed based upon CDC priorities that identified a need for improving leadership capacity in environmental public health practice.  Emphasis is placed on the core functions of public health as a foundation for achieving public health goals and the need for proactive environmental public health leaders to mobilize resources in response to the changing public health environment. <b>EPHLI Mission</b><br> To strengthen the country’s environmental public health system by enhancing the leadership capabilities of state and local environmental public health specialists from multiple agencies/organizations in diverse settings. <b>EPHLI Goals</b><br><ul> <li>Increase the leadership capacity and skills of environmental public health personnel working in diverse settings<br> </li> <li>Enhance the performance outcomes of public health core functions and essential services<br> </li> <li>Promote and improve the environmental public health of communities</li> </ul>
Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute

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Contact

Sarah Weiner, MPH
Program Coordinator
Saint Louis University, School of Public Health
3545 Lafayette Ave., Suite 380
St. Louis, MO 63104 Phone: 314.977.8136
Fax: 314.977.8150 Email: sweiner1@slu.edu

Events

February 28 – March 4, 2011
Atlanta, Georgia
Cohort VII Session I & Cohort VI Final Presentations & Graduation
Individual Development (Skillscope & MBTI), Organizational Learning and Systems Thinking, Environmental Public Health Performance Standards and Project Plan.

October 17 – 21, 2011
St. Louis, Missouri
Cohort VII Session II
Public Health Leadership, Collaborative Leadership, Individual Development (Change Style Indicators & Paper Scrapers), Organizational Learning and Systems Thinking, Environmental Scan of Current Issues Exercise and Crisis Leadership.

February 27, 2012
Saint Louis, Missouri – Hilton Ballpark Inn
Cohort VII Final Presentations and Graduation Ceremony

InterSessions
InterSessions using WebEx will be spaced throughout the EPHLI program year. Possible topics are Ethical Decision Making, Conflict Resolution and Policy Development.

Environmental Health News

75 percent of nuke sites have leaked tritium
The Associated Press
Friday, June 17, 2011
BRACEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows.