1. PHDSC Education Committee Report Co-Chairs: Ann Bossard & David Lawton

2. PHDSC Education Committee Report Public Health Informatics Webinar Dept of Labor proposal for Workforce Training Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Class

3. Public Health Informatics Webinar Presented April 30, 2009 Joint effort of NACCHO & PHDSC Targeted to Local Health Departments Introduction to Public Health Informatics concepts Presented by Anna Orlova & Art Davidson Link : http://www.naccho.org/events/intro-to-informatics- webinar.cfm

4. Public Health Informatics Webinar Presented April 30, 2009 Joint effort of NACCHO & PHDSC Targeted to Local Health Departments Introduction to Public Health Informatics concepts Presented by Anna Orlova & Art Davidson Link : http://www.naccho.org/events/intro-to-informatics- webinar.cfm

5. Dept of Labor Workforce Training Proposal Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (applicant): Partners: Community College of Baltimore County Public Health Data Standards Consortium National Association of County and City Health Officials

6. Dept of Labor Workforce Training Proposal Training in Health Information Technology for Public Health Workforce Health Information Technology (HIT) Health Information Management (HIM) Health Informatics

7. Dept of Labor Workforce Training Proposal Goal Provide training and job placement services for the following: Public Health Agencies Staff Safety-net Settings including federally qualified health centers (FQHC) staff General Public: low-income, low-skilled workers & less educated workers who have suffered maximum job loss during economic downturn

8. Dept of Labor Workforce Training Proposal HIT-PH Training targeted to Baltimore Metropolitan Area and State of Maryland Propose to establish the National Public health Workforce Development Center Submitted October 5 th, request for $5M for a 36 month project.

9. Health Information Technology Standards and Systems Interoperability - Class Fall class offered at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Course designed to provide health professionals an understanding of existing HIT standards, standards development and implementation processes, and standards harmonization processes

10. Health Information Technology Standards and Systems Interoperability - Class Instructor: Anna Orlova Guest Speakers representing members of PHDSC Becomes on-line course in 2010 and open to PHDSC member and Public Health community