{"id":5027,"date":"2026-01-12T13:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T18:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?page_id=5027"},"modified":"2026-03-11T14:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T18:17:25","slug":"bridge-to-public-health-careers-about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/bridge-to-public-health-careers-about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-5027\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-5027-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-5027-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-5027-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">This work aims to enhance the number and professional capabilities of public health workers in Connecticut, while also improving the general public's understanding of public health. This funding will support engagement with the Storrs and regional campuses in efforts to encourage undergraduate students to consider careers in public health by highlighting careers and academic opportunities, assisting high schools to offer courses in public health and epidemiology through UConn\u2019s Early College Experience, and implementing a UConn Certificate on Leadership for individuals preparing to lead public health and human service organizations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-5027-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>These programs are supported by funds made available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Center for STLT Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, through OE22-2203: Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems grant.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This work aims to enhance the number and professional capabilities of public health workers in Connecticut, while also improving the general public&#8217;s understanding of public health. This funding will support engagement with the Storrs and regional campuses in efforts to encourage undergraduate students to consider careers in public health by highlighting careers and academic opportunities, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6950,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"user-people.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 17:22:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6950"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5027"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5523,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5027\/revisions\/5523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}