The Emerging Leaders in Public Health is an ongoing leadership development initiative launched in 2014 as a way to equip local public health officers with knowledge and skills to lead in today’s changing health care environment. Pairs of public health leaders embark on the 18-month, action-oriented experience to undertake projects designed to enhance organizational and leadership competencies in business, planning and public health systems development.

Emerging Leaders in Public Health is designed to develop local public health leaders in pairs. This team of leaders challenge and support each other, and build skills and competencies together. Each team is composed of a health officer, the top leader in the organization, collaborating with a co-leader identified as an emerging leader from the same organization.

In addition to receiving leadership coaching and development, each team receives a grant up to $125,000 to develop and implement a transformative concept designed to deliver a new model of public health for its community.

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