Catalyzing Change Course Series
Public health-related policies need expert advocates with the skills and know-how to effectively champion realistic and aspirational solutions.
Join us for a two-term course series designed to give practical skills, knowledge, and insight for successfully advancing health policies in these tumultuous times. Gain skills in identifying target policy asks, developing reports to gain media coverage, delivering public testimony, conducting media interviews, and meeting with legislators.
Details
Who: Doctoral students (from any program) with expertise in public health policy and advocacy
What: Two-course series
- 308.721 Catalyzing Change Part 1: Practical Approaches to Make Health Policy Happen
- 308.722 Catalyzing Change Part 2: Health Policy Leadership
When and Where:
- 4th term online, with weekly Livetalks
- Summer Institute, in Washington, DC
How:
- Required prerequisites:
- 300.712 Formulating Policy: Strategies and Systems of Policymaking in the 21st Century
- 301.645 Completion of Health Advocacy
- Instructor approval required for students outside of the DrPH HPM/health policy track
Testimonials
“I'm leaving this class with concrete skills that I can apply in my day-to-day work and my future career in policymaking. Definitely one of the most beneficial classes I've taken so far!”
-2024 student
“This is a fantastic class. It is wonderfully practical and "tells it like it is". It confronts the reality that we in public health too often shy away from the messiness of policymaking, when in fact we can/should/must do so in order to be the most effective public health professionals we can be.
Learning from experts in the field really helped sharpen my understanding of how to move an issue forward when that window of opportunity opens. Highly, highly recommend this course.”
-2024 student