HHS & ONC_HealthIT awarded $73M through the Public Health IT Workforce Development Program to 10 awardees to increase minority representation in our public health information technology efforts and COVID-19 data collection.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology today awarded $73 million in cooperative agreements as part of its Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program . Announced earlier this year and funded through the American Rescue Plan, the program aims to strengthen U.S.
"While we work to tackle the pandemic, we won't take our foot off the gas when it comes to preparing for any future public health challenges," said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra."Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, we can invest in growing our nation's public health workforce today to better meet the needs of tomorrow.
The 10 awardees, comprising Historically Black Colleges and Universities , Hispanic Serving Institutions , Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions , other minority-serving institutions , and other institutions of higher education, will form multiple consortia to collectively train more than 4,000 individuals over a four-year period through an interdisciplinary approach in public health informatics and technology.
"We're excited to hit the ground running to develop a continuous pipeline of diverse public health information technology professionals," said Micky Tripathi, Ph.D., national coordinator for health information technology."It's critical that we quickly identify and educate individuals from diverse backgrounds in public health, informatics and data science to cultivate a robust, sustainable public health workforce.
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