The Future of Public Health Innovation & Health IT

850 Broadway St.,Lowell MA 01854

05 April, 2023

Description

Join UMass Lowell’s Department of Public Health for its First Annual National Public Health Week Visiting Lecture featuring the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (IT), Micky Tripathi, Ph.D. Tripathi leads the formulation of the federal health IT strategy and coordinates federal health IT policies, standards, programs, and investments, including the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program. UMass Lowell's Department of Public Health was one of ten minority-serving colleges and universities to receive grant funding from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology as part of a federal effort to address the gaps in public health capacity that hurt the U.S. response to COVID-19. National Public Health Week is celebrated during the first full week of April each year. When: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 from 10-11 a.m.Where: Coburn Hall, room 255, 850 Broadway St., Lowell, MA 01854Cost: FreeQuestions? Please email: [email protected]. Sponsored by the UMass Lowell Department of Public Health.