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APTR Activities
Tuesday, March 29, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
APTR Announces Outstanding Educational Program Award »
The Tele-Preventive Medicine (TPM) service at Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University has been awarded...
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
AJPM Focus Selects Diverse Inaugural Editorial Board »
AJPM Focus , the recently launched open access journal of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) an...
Thursday, January 27, 2022
APTR Launches New Open Access Journal »
AJPM Focus, the APTR open access journal centering on high-quality prevention evidence across the global spectrum of healt...
Wednesday, December 29, 2021
APTR Announces APTR-CDC Acceleration Grantees »
APTR is pleased to announce the grantees of the  Acceleration of Prevention and Population Health Education Project &...
Thursday, December 16, 2021
Webinar: Exploring Anti-Racism in Health Professions Education »
JANUARY 18, 2022 | 3:00 PM ET Join the  Academic Partnerships to Improve Health (APIH)  (American Association...

Member News
Thursday, February 17, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
APTR Announces F. Marian Bishop Educator Award Recipient »
Leah C Neubauer, EdD, MA has been awarded the 2022 APTR F. Marian Bishop Educator Award . This award recognizes an APTR m...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Call for Resident Representative to AAMC »
APTR Departmental Members are invited to nominate a resident physician to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AA...

Events
Friday, March 12, 2021
Congratulations 2021 Student Poster Winners! »
Congratulations to the following 2021 Student Posters Awardees. Poster presenters provided a video overview of their poste...
Monday, January 25, 2021
Teaching Prevention 2021 Program Posted »
APTR is excited to release the program details for Teaching Prevention 2021: Promoting Adaptability, Resiliency, & Sus...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015   (0 Comments - view/add)
Teaching Prevention 2015 Comes to a Close »
The APTR Annual meeting - Teaching Prevention 2015: Connect. Motivate. Innovate. Educate, held March 15-17, brought togeth...
Thursday, December 4, 2014   (0 Comments - view/add)
Healthy People 2020 Webinar on Environmental Health and Tobacco Use »
Join the upcoming Healthy People 2020 webinar exploring progress in the Environmental Health and Tobacco Use topic areas o...

News From Our Partners
Thursday, August 16, 2018   (0 Comments - view/add)
CDC Public Health Informatics Fellowship Program »
Become a CDC Data Detective Get applied public health informatics training and use your computer science and informati...
Thursday, May 10, 2018
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity »
CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), and the...
Monday, February 12, 2018
AHD Webinar on How Academic Health Department Partnerships Can Support PHAB and CEPH Accreditation »
Join the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice and the Public Health Foundation  (PHF) t...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
CEPH Invites Comments on Proposed Revised Accreditation Procedures »
The Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) invites review and comment on its  proposed revised Accreditation P...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017   (0 Comments - view/add)
Register for the Second Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee for 2030 »
Be a Part of the Healthy People 2030 Development Process! Register Now | February 13, 2017 | 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p....

Resources
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Teaching Prevention 2021 Sessions Available On-demand »
Didn't have a chance to attend the meeting live? Get the full conference recordings on-demand!   Access Teachi...
Monday, May 4, 2020
APTR Develops Resource Hub on COVID-19 and Distance Learning »
APTR has developed a Coronavirus Resources Page for use by students and faculty from across the health professions. Th...
Monday, April 17, 2017
APTR Announces New Anti-Racism Toolkit »
The APTR anti-racism toolkit is designed to assist health professional faculty address and seek to reduce the effects of r...
Thursday, March 31, 2016   (1 Comment - view/add)
Tools on Cultural Competency and Health Literacy »
Understanding the relationship between culture and communication is essential to meeting the needs of diverse popula...
Monday, August 31, 2015   (0 Comments - view/add)
CDC’s Public Health 101 Series Now Available in New Formats »
CDC’s Public Health 101 Series is now available in various formats including E-Learning Courses and Quick Learn Lesson...

Advocacy
Wednesday, April 6, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
APTR Recommends $9.8B for HRSA »
APTR joined 98 organizations to recommend providing at least $9.8 billion for discretionary Health Resources and Services...
Wednesday, April 6, 2022
APTR Urges Congress To Support Title V MCH Services Block Grant »
APTR, and its Friends of HRSA organizations dedicated to improving the health of all women, children, and families, strong...
Tuesday, March 22, 2022   (0 Comments - view/add)
APTR Supports Increased Funding for AHRQ »
The benefits of investing in health services research through AHRQ transcend the pandemic and provide benefits in saved li...
Wednesday, December 1, 2021   (0 Comments - view/add)
APTR Urges Congress to Include $10.5 Billion for CDC »
APTR joined 140 state and national organizations to urge Congress to include at least the House-passed level of $10.5 bill...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
APTR Joins Over 200 Groups Calling for Congress To Prioritize Maternal Health »
APTR joined 212 organizations in a letter to Congress urging meaningful action to immediately address the deep inequi...