Workforce Development
Training the public health workforce through relevant, hands-on workshops.
The Master of Public Health (MPH) program offers a variety of engaging capacity-building workshops that provide skill-building opportunities to the public health workforce in Chicago and beyond. Workshops address diverse topics and are open to learners with all levels of public health knowledge. Participants learn career-enhancing skills, while networking with peers from across the region and faculty from Northwestern University.
Current Offerings
No workshops are currently scheduled.
Past Offerings
Applying Health Literacy Best Practices
Thursday, October 5, 2023
12 - 1:30 PM
Virtual Workshop
Health literacy is the degree to which individuals can find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others. In this hands-on, virtual workshop we will review evidence-based health literacy ‘best practices’ and provide examples of how they have been used to improve patients’ health experiences and outcomes. We will also devote time to applying these best practices to patient education materials and services brought by attendees.
Workshop Instructor:
Stacy C. Bailey, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Registration Information:
Registration is now closed.
*Discounted registration is available for employees of organizations that have signed memorandums of agreement with Northwestern University or employees of public sector organizations.
Additional details:
- There are no prerequisites to attend this workshop
- If you would like real-time feedback on your own materials, please send them to a-mizrachi@northwestern.edu no later than Thursday, September 28.
Refund Policy:
All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing via email Adela Mizrachi (a-mizrachi@northwestern.edu). Cancellations received by September 29, 2023, will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after September 29, 2023. Refunds of credit card payments will be made to the same account used for the payment.
Introduction to Public Health Data Science in R
Friday, August 25, 2023
302 E Huron St, Chicago, IL 60611
Simpson Querrey Auditorium
This half-day, in-person workshop will cover where to find data, how to interpret them, and how to analyze them. There will be a specific focus on the use of R and RStudio, an open-source software package for data science.
The workshop will:
- Provide an overview of sources of public health data from Chicago and nationally
- Review the content of an introductory biostatistics course
- Cover data importing, data types, visualization, comparing means, and regression
Schedule:
Check-in & Lunch: 12 - 1 PM
Workshop: 1 - 5 PM
Reception: 5 - 6 PM
Workshop Facilitator:
Andrew Naidech, MD, MSPH
Director, Master of Public Health
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Registration Information:
Registration is now closed.
*Discounted registration is available for employees of organizations that have signed memorandums of agreement with Northwestern University or employees of public sector organizations.
Additional details:
- There are no prerequisites to attend this workshop
- Participants should plan to bring a laptop
- We will be using RStudio Cloud and will send all participants instructions beforehand on how to set up a free account
- Discounted parking will be available to all participants
- Free wi-fi will be available during the workshop
Refund Policy:
All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing via email Adela Mizrachi (a-mizrachi@northwestern.edu). Cancellations received by August 14, 2023, will be refunded, less a 20% administrative fee. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after August 14, 2023. Refunds of credit card payments will be made to the same account used for the payment.