Pre-Conference Workshop Details

Career Development Section Pre-Conference Workshop (room 7)

  • Tuesday, April 29th, 2025, 9am-4pm
  • $50
  • An Immersive Workshop on Practical Ways to Embed Equity into Public Health Data Practice
  • Pamela Roesch, MPH

This pre-conference workshop offers an interactive, immersive experience to support public health professionals to understand practical ways they can more routinely apply an equity lens in data activities such as evaluations, surveillance, assessments and beyond. The workshop draws on data equity thought leadership, offers real-world examples, includes a community health needs assessment case study and facilitated group activity and provides supplemental resources.

Health Education and Promotion Section Pre-Conference Workshop (room 8)

  • Tuesday, April 29th, 2025, 1pm-3pm
  • $30
  • Self-Care Solutions for Public Health Professionals
  • Jazmin Nagorski, CSE, CFLE

This interactive pre-conference workshop encompasses structured activities scheduled in between self-guided activities, all focused on self-care and burnout prevention. Structured activities include a presentation, guided yoga, and a painting activity. In between each structured activity, you’ll have time to complete various self-care activities at stations, where facilitation guides will also be available for you to take back and use in your work.

Epidemiology Section Pre-Conference Workshop (room 8)

  • Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 8am-11:30am
  • $25
  • Public Health Informatics and the Tools to Understand Infectious Disease Models
  • Allison Chamberlain, PhD, MS

Designed with state and local public health practitioners in mind, this pre-conference workshop will engage participants in hands-on application of infectious disease modeling and forecasting techniques through realistic scenario-based exercises. Ideal for state and local epidemiologists and informaticists who desire a better understanding of the real-world utility of modeling and forecasting for localized, data-informed decision-making.

jGPHA Pre-Conference Workshop (room 9)

  • Wednesday, April 30th, 8am-12pm
  • $20
  • Publications Reimagined: Strategies for Equitable Collaborations for Publication within the jGPHA
  • Raymona H. Lawrence, DrPH, MPH, CDE®

Publishing in multi-stakeholder teams can be challenging. This pre-conference workshop introduces jGPHA’s Georgia Talking About Public Health (GTAPH) initiative, providing strategies to foster equitable collaborations between faculty, students, practitioners, and community partners. Participants will learn to navigate differences in goals, environments, and experience levels, develop inclusive authorship practices, and build partnerships that result in impactful, high-quality publications advancing public health knowledge.

Rural Health Section Pre-Conference Workshop (room 10)

  • Wednesday, April 30th, 10am-12pm
  • $25
  • Building Age-Friendly Communities: Public Health & Dementia Risk Reduction
  • Elizabeth Head, MPH

Join us for this pre-conference workshop as we explore strategies that integrate dementia and Alzheimer’s risk reduction and early detection into rural public health. This is a collaborative discussion to promote age-friendly, dementia-friendly, livable communities within an interactive session that includes field examples and local initiatives. Identify actionable steps and practical action plans for improving dementia care and prevention.

Climate for Health Ambassador (Room To Be Determined)

  • GPHA President’s Pre-Conference Workshop
  • Wednesday, April 30th, 8:15am-12pm
  • FREE
  • Ben Fulgencio-Turner, MPP

The “Climate for Health Ambassador” pre-conference workshop will equip you with the knowledge, hands-on experience, and resources to speak and take action on climate as a health priority in your area.

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