An Opportunity to Build the Public Health Workforce

Moderated by Lynn Goldman, Dean of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, this session highlights the importance of public health’s role in building stronger communities and considerations for scaling-up contact tracing. Jeffrey Levi, PhD, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health provides a national historical overview of public health workforce spending decline and the potential investments needed to rebuild the public health infrastructure. Amanda D. Castel, MD, MPH, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health shares her observations as a volunteer of the DC Health Department, providing an in-depth look into the on-the-ground work by public health workers and the implications of COVID-19 response on other preventative health services. Alan E. Greenberg, MD, MPH, of the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and School of Medicine and Health Sciences describes past experiences from the HIV/AIDS epidemic that may help inform the pandemic response.

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​relevant resources

• CDC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Burn Rate Calculator
• Developing a Financing System to Support Public Health Infrastructure
• A National Plan to Enable Comprehensive COVID-19 Case Finding and Contact tracing in the U.S.
• A Coordinated, National Approach to Scaling Public Health Capacity for Contact Tracing and Disease Investigation
• Invisible Soldiers on the Frontlines: The Realities of Contact Tracing