Goals

Collaboration and Leadership: Advance the field of health promotion and disease prevention by providing leadership and collaborative decision-making in prevention research, research translation, and the promotion of evidence-based public health policy and practice.

Research: Contribute to the scientific basis of health promotion and disease prevention by conducting and translating high quality, rigorous, and innovative determinant, intervention, and dissemination research.

Community Capacity Building: Identify and develop sustainable community resources to promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles.

Public Health Professional Workforce Capacity Building: Enhance the capacity of local, state, and regional public health professionals through education and training in community-identified areas to positively impact community and population health.