From Jamie Hahn, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Seeking Chronic Disease Epidemiologist

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a Chronic Disease Epidemiologist for the Nebraska Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Program. This position works as part of a collaborative team and provides facilitative leadership in the design and implementation of the chronic disease performance measures monitoring system and epidemiology activities to track progress and outcomes for the program. Click here to learn more about the program and to apply for the position.  

From Masako Berger, Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health
Seeking 1815 Project Coordinator The Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH), Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (CDPHP) Section is seeking a full-time Project Coordinator for CDC 1815 grant, which funds the Nevada’s Diabetes Prevention and Control Program (DPCP) and Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (HDSP) Program. This contract position will be in Carson City, Nevada. Click here to learn more about the position.

From CDC Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
Pharmacy Case Study now available 

The Team-Based Care case study on advancing the role of pharmacists by using collaborative practice agreements and the pharmacists’ patient care process to manage high blood pressure is now available on the CDC website.  

From NACDD and CDC
Reminder: Request for Applications for GIS Training for State Health Departments due Dec.14NACDD, in partnership with CDC and the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative at Rice University, has released the Request for Applications (RFA) for the 2019 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) State Training for the Surveillance of Heart Disease, Stroke, and Other Chronic Diseases. This GIS training is for staff working with State Health Department chronic disease prevention and health promotion programs. A Chronic Disease Director component, new for 2019, will assist State Health Department chronic disease prevention leaders to build and sustain GIS capacity and support staff development of GIS-related Chronic Disease Competencies.

RFA Question and Answer sessions will be held Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 3:00 p.m. ET, and Thursday, Nov. 29 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Please check the NACDD GIS webpage&n