Technical Assistance Providers
The Region IV Public Health Training Center works with two Technical Assistance Providers (TAPs) to fulfill its mission. The TAPs provide technical assistance in the areas of needs assessment/evaluation, leadership training and national PHTC strategy.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
The evaluation team for the Region IV Public Health Training Center is based at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. They lead efforts to assess training needs and conduct evaluation throughout Region IV. The evaluation team includes:
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Lisa C. McCormick, DrPH, MPHEvaluator Lisa serves as the Evaluator for the R-IV PHTC and holds a position as a research assistant professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at RSPH. In addition, Lisa serves as the Director of the Office of Public Health Practice at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health and has been involved with the South Central Public Health Workforce Development Partnership since 2002. She has worked with both state and local public health departments in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Lisa is the Associate Director of the South Central Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center. Her research interests are primarily focused on public health preparedness and response, the organization of response systems, and assessing interorganizational networks as a dimension of response capacity and community resiliency. She has also conducted research on preparedness education training programs and expanding emergency preparedness competencies. |
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Elena Kidd, MPHElena Kidd, MPH, currently serves as program manager for Alabama-Mississippi Local Planning Site (LPS) of the Region IV Public Health Training Center (PHTC). Her current responsibilities include the execution the LPS training plan, marketing/outreach activities, identifying student field placements, and other coordinating functions. Her previous experience includes public health preparedness research involving an assessment of public health capabilities for state partners and a quantitative literature review on mobile field medical response. With over five years of experience, Mrs. Kidd possesses skills in program coordination, implementation and administration, instructional design and adult education, and event management. |
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Matthew Fifolt, PhDMatthew Fifolt, Phd is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health (UAB-SOPH). Dr. Fifolt holds a PhD in educational leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and University of Alabama; a master’s degree in education from the University of South Carolina; and a bachelor’s degree from Valparaiso University. Prior to joining the faculty of UAB-SOPH, Dr. Fifolt served as the Associate Director of the Evaluation and Assessment Unit in the Center for the Study of Community Health at UAB. In this role, he was responsible for program and outcomes evaluation for the cooperative agreements funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)/National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHHD). Dr. Fifolt has published in a variety of peer-reviewed publications on the topics of evaluation and assessment, home visiting, workforce diversity, and strategic planning; he is currently the technical editor of the Mid-South Literacy Journal. |
J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, University of Georgia
As a Technical Assistance Provider for the Region IV Public Health Training Center, the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development at the University of Georgia will develop and implement leadership Institutes for public health providers from Region IV states and tribal health departments.
