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Nominations Open for the 2025 Impact Awards!

Nominate a Colleague by July 25! The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) proudly announces the nomination period for the 2025 Impact Awards is…

June 27, 2025

Community Care Hubs: An Innovative Solution for Coordinating Services to Reduce Chronic Disease Risk

Over the past decade, the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) has collaborated with the CDC’s Division of Diabetes Translation to increase the capacity…

June 5, 2025

CEO Message: June 2025

Prevention Is a Powerful InvestmentToo often, prevention is treated as optional—a budget line item to reconsider rather than reinforce. But as public health professionals committed…

NEW National DPP Business Tools Available

Are you looking to strengthen the National Diabetes Prevention Programs (National DPP) or Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) organizations in your state with smarter, data-driven…

June 4, 2025

MENDS Case Study Highlights Innovative Approach to Privacy-Protected Health Data Sharing

NACDD coordinates the Multi-State EHR-Based Network for Disease Surveillance (MENDS), which generates estimates of chronic disease measures at both the national and local levels. To…

Alzheimer’s and Brain Health Awareness Month: NACDD’s Commitment to Advancing Public Health Solutions

According to the Alzheimer’s Association, nearly 7 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, 73% of whom are age 75 or older. As the risk…

ProVention Health Foundation Intern Honored with Outreach Award

We’re excited to share that ProVention Health Foundation’s intern Blessing Chukwuma received the 2025 Graduate-Professional Student Congress (GPSC) Outreach Award from The Graduate School at the University of…

June 2, 2025

NACDD Provides Geographic Information Systems Training

NACDD collaborated with the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative to develop an RFP and select 12 participants from six state health departments to receive Geographic Information…

May 19, 2025