Time is Running Out!!

Register for NALBOH's Annual Conference Today!

NALBOH's 16th Annual Conference will take place this year in Madison, Wisconsin. This year's theme, "Step Forward Together: The 2008 Public Health Partners Conference", highlights the need for ongoing attention to the public health system by strengthening partnerships among the unique network of individuals, agencies, and organizations that work to improve the health of the public.

Public Health Accreditation Board -

Breakfast Focus Group
The Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) is hosting a special breakfast focus group on the morning of Wednesday, July 23rd for conference attendees. This 1 hour focus group will provide board of health members with a brief orientation and update on PHAB's activities, as well as the opportunity to provide input on the standards and measures to be used in the accreditation process in 2011. The comments from this process will be included in the editing of the standards and measures of the accreditation process. Boards of health are a very important part of this process and PHAB looks forward to your valuable feedback!

Keynote Speakers

Louis Rowitz, PhD

University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health Professor, Community Health

Deborah Gorman-Smith, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry and involved with the Institute for Juvenile Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Jonathan Patz, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Population Health Sciences & Director of Global Environmental Health at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

David William Kennedy Acheson, MD, FRCP

Associate Commissioner for Foods, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Don't miss out on this opportunity!

Register by June 30th!
For questions or more information, please contact Tracy Schupp

About NALBOH
NALBOH’s mission is to prepare and strengthen boards of health, empowering them to promote and protect the health of their communities through education, training, and technical assistance…More

Did you know...
NALBOH promotes and supports boards of health in the use of the Governance Instrument. Implementation of the Governance Instrument will strengthen the infrastructure and capacity of boards of health to promote health in the community. Learn More...

Ask Congress to Better Fund the Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Please click here to ask your local member of Congress to increase the annual budget for the CDC. This is a vital point in the health debate for all legislators to hear about the importance of public health and the need to prevent illness, injury, and premature death

New This Week!

NALBOH's 17th Annual Conference will take place on July 1-3, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Check back soon for more information!

For Members - Important Information About the NALBOH Business Meeting

Visit the Members Only page for more information .

Fulton County, Georgia Seeks New Public Health Director

Click here to learn more (PDF).

Congratulations to Todd Koch!

Todd is our 2008 MacNeal Scholarship winner!