Since 1984, APTR has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve and increase collaborations between academic preventive medicine and public health. APTR is a recipient of the CDC Cooperative Agreement titled "CDC's Collaboration with Academia to Strengthen Public Health Workforce Capacity," and is one of four associations comprising the Academic Partnerships to Improve Health (APIH).

Past Grant Projects

• Case in Point: A Problem-Solving Experience in Population Health [Link]
  CDC Funding Center: Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (CSELS)
  Funding: $120,00
  Awardee: Emory Centers for Training and Technical Assistance, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University 
  Case in Point is intended to respond to the critical need for multidisciplinary training materials for population health. The case-based experience is designed to strengthen skills in the areas of communication, leadership, and problem-solving within the context of a real-world population health scenario
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• Prevention Education Evaluation Subgrants [Link]
  This project examined and assessed institutions with education innovations developed through the “Institute for Interprofessional Prevention Education (IPE) Project” for current status and progress with their partnerships and community-based service-learning activities.  These institutions were considered early adopters and leaders in interprofessional prevention education in 2007 and 2008, when they participated in the APTR Institute.  The following reports describe the approaches that led to continued development and growth of innovative IPE initiatives on and off campus, as well as obstacles that impinged upon successful integration.
  

• Interprofessional Prevention Education Evaluation Subgrants [Link]
  APTR seeks to advance the rigorous evaluation of the effectiveness of prevention education programs and the assessment of learner outcomes in order to understand, promote, and replicate successful practices.  Through the Prevention Education Evaluation Subgrants, two small evaluation projects were supported that focus on expanding the evidence base related to the impact of innovative teaching and academic-practice partnerships in prevention education. Grantees gathered qualitative and quantitative data on translation of classroom instruction and the contribution of service-learning.  The evaluations included data on administrative structure, support, and student outcomes.
  

• Health Literacy and Plain Language Webinar [Link]
  The webinar is presented by a nationally recognized health professions educator and recipient of the 2016 Health Literacy Teaching Award from APTR.

• Responsible Conduct of Research Webinar [Link]
  This webinar provides an introduction to the laws, policies, and procedures for the ethical conduct and reporting of research. It is presented by an active researcher and leading national expert on the public health workforce.

• Immunization Case Studies
  To address identified gaps within existing case studies developed by CDC around immunization training the CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) provided funding to academic institutions to develop educational case studies in five topic areas around immunization.
  Grantee: The University of Missouri and California State University, Bakersfield 
  
  
• Community Learning and Social Medicine Experience
  APTR connects CDC fellows with Emory medical students for a multi-disciplinary, community-based rotation experience in public health and population health in the Atlanta, GA area.