Collaborative Relationships

Federal/National

Association of Schools of Public Health
The Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) is the single national organization representing the deans, faculty and students of the accredited member schools of public health and other programs seeking accreditation as schools of public health.

California Distance Learning Health Network
California Distance Learning Health Network (CDLHN) promotes and provides access to continuing educational opportunities for healthcare workers at a time and a location convenient to where they live and work. This project is funded in part with federal funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality
The National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality (NICHQ) is an action-oriented organization dedicated solely to improving the quality of health care provided to children. Founded in 1999, NICHQ's mission is to eliminate the gap between what is and what can be in health care for all children. A national organization with its home office in Cambridge, NICHQ also works with staff and faculty across the country.

Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The mission of the Office of Minority Health (OMH) is to improve and protect the health of racial and ethnic minority populations through the development of health policies and programs that will eliminate health disparities. OMH was established in 1986 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Pacific Emergency Management, Preparedness and Response Network and Training System
Pacific Emergency Management, Preparedness and Response Network and Training System (EMPRINTS) is a continuing education training partnership of eleven organizations, including the Hawaii State Civil Defense which has statewide emergency management responsibilities for Hawaii and Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), the world's leading developer of geographical information systems (GIS) software. This partnership provides training for health professionals in Hawaii, California and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI).

Planmatics, Inc.
Planmatics, Inc. is a leader in management and systems consulting and provides services ranging from strategic planning to implementation support.

Urban Institute
In the mid-1960s, President Johnson saw the need for independent nonpartisan analysis of the problems facing America's cities and their residents. The President created a blue-ribbon commission of civic leaders who recommended chartering a center to do that work. In 1968, the Urban Institute became that center. Today, the Institute analyzes policies, evaluates programs, and informs community development to improve social, civic, and economic well-being.

U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration is the federal access agency that assures the availability of quality health care to low income, uninsured, isolated, vulnerable and special needs populations and meets their unique health care needs. The agency’s goals are: to eliminate barriers to care; to eliminate health disparities; to assure quality of care; and to improve public health and health care systems.

Updated: 11/09/06