CPHF advances the knowledge and practice of research-proven public health interventions that improve the lives, health and health security of all Americans
Several strategies are utilized to accomplish our mission. These include:
1. Leading educational tours of exemplary public health institutions or agencies, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
2. Holding educational forums on various public health efforts, initiatives or programs.
3. Tracking and publishing non partisan analyses of government spending on public health init
02/16/2015
Our 2014 Rock in the Pond Winner, Dr. Michael Wahl, and Senator Dick Durbin spoke about the dangers of laundry pods. Visit http://illinoispoisoncenter.org to learn more.
The Illinois Poison Center's Medical Director, Dr. Wahl and Senator Dick Durbin spoke about the dangers of laundry pods at Lurie Children's Hospital. Find out more about the dangers of laundy pods:http://illinoispoisoncenter.org/sites/default/files/peds.2014-0057.full_.pdf
01/28/2015
Unfortunately one of our 2014 Award winners, Mr. Robert L. Burhans, was unable to attend last night's awards reception because of the snowstorm. Be sure to check out his acceptance remarks here. Congratulations Mr. Burhans!
http://youtu.be/xNuND-Fas5A
01/28/2015
Our 2014 Rock in the Pond Winner, Dr. Michael Wahl of the Illinois Poison Center, meets with Senator Dick Durbin on Capitol Hill.
01/28/2015
Our 5th Annual Unsung Heroes event was another great success! More details to follow, but congratulations again to this year's winners!
01/27/2015
Join us for our 5th-Annual Unsung Heroes of Awards TODAY! RSVP for this free event here: bit.ly/1yD2Qvm
Campaign for Public Health Foundation - 2014 Unsung Heroes of Public Health Awards Congressional... Tue, January 27, 2015 (Eastern) Come applaud our 5th Annual Unsung Heroes of Public Health Award winners! The recipients for this event are recognized for their exemplary efforts to save lives and improve health. Michael Wahl, MD, FACEP, FACMT, the Medical Directo
01/13/2015
Please join us in congratulating our fifth-annual Unsung Heroes of Award winners!
Michael Wahl, MD, FACEP, FACMT, the Medical Director of the Illinois Poison Center in Chicago, Illinois has won the CPH Foundation's Rock in the Pond Award.
Robert L. Burhans, former Director of Health Emergency Preparedness at the NYSDOH - New York State Health Department, and Catherine C. Slemp, MD, MPH, former State Health Officer and Emergency Preparedness Director for the West Virginia Bureau for Public Health (WV Department of Health & Human Resources) won the Wavemaker Award.
Donna A. Patterson, Ph.D, an assistant professor in Africana Studies at Wellesley College is recognized with an Honorable Mention for Excellence in Media.
More detailed information is available in our press release. http://goo.gl/9NF3Tr
5th Annual Unsung Heroes of Public Health Award Winners Announced!
01/05/2015
Karl Moeller, The CPH Foundation's long-time Executive Director, will move to the private sector on January 5. http://conta.cc/1BuT131
We are grateful for his tireless support of public health and his years of service to CPHF.
12/15/2014
TODAY is the deadline to submit nominations for our 2014 Unsung Heroes of Public Health Awards! All nominations are due by end of business
Have you nominated the...
• Media story that spread of a complex public health issue?
• Research team advanced efforts to successfully combat a chronic illnesses, common injury, or infectious diseases?
Be sure to applaud the community's inspirational work today! Visit http://www.cphfoundation.org/annual_awards.html to learn more.
Annual Awards For a fifth consecutive year, The CPH Foundation is reaching out to those working in public health to find, highlight, and applaud the best and brightest in the disease control and prevention arena.
12/11/2014
Check out our 2015 grant application video for the Alliance Healthcare Foundation!
The CPH Foundation 2015 AHF Mission Support Grant Application Video
Just wanted to share our letter to the White House in support of the Administration's Ebola-targeted emergency funding request.http://cphfoundation.org/documents/CPHFoundationStatement_EmergencyEbolaFunding.pdf
12/11/2014
Well played, TIME.
Why We Chose the Ebola Fighters as Person of the Year 2014 The ones who answered the call
12/05/2014