June 2025

Welcome from the MPHTC!

The MPHTC newsletter will provide timely updates, information on upcoming trainings, events, resources, and more!

Upcoming Trainings & Learning Opportunities

The Montana Public Health Training Center has partnered with the Montana Clinical and Translational Research Center to feature a training on Ethical Research with Indigenous Communities. This training will be held on June 12th from 9-11am in-person in Skaggs 117 or by Zoom.

All are invited to attend! Please register to attend by Monday, June 9th.

Click here to read Dr. Smith's bio.

The Role of Public Health in Addressing Climate Change

This training will explore the latest scientific evidence of how climate change is impacting Montana, as well as explore the role that public health can play in addressing climate change at the community level.

Presenter: Tony Ward, PhD

Date: June 19, 2025 (date change)

Time: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM MT

Where: Zoom

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Pathways to Wellbeing: Leading Wellbeing with Trust & Working "In" Wellness

Join us for two engaging sessions designed to explore the NWI Wellness Champion framework, build trust through wellness culture, and apply practical strategies using tools, templates, and real-world scenarios. Participants will examine the 6 Dimensions of Wellness and practice applying wellness strategies across diverse workplace settings.

Presenter: Lydia Czech, Wellness Director

Dates:

June 16, 2025
June 30, 2025

Time: 1:00-2:00 PM MT

Where: Zoom

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Pathways to Wellbeing Training Series

STAR-T: Secondary Trauma Activates Resilience Training

This experiential 4-part series draws from interpersonal neurobiology, embodiment theory, trauma theory, and attachment science to equip professionals with concepts and practical skills to transform the impact of secondary trauma into resilience. Designed for individuals and teams, these sessions focus on personal regulation and shared organizational culture to promote sustainability in human service work.

Presenter: Andrew R. Laue, LCSW

Dates:

Session 1: June 12, 2025
Session 2: June 19, 2025
Session 3: July 17, 2025
Session 4: July 31, 2025

Time: 12:00-1:00PM MT

Where: Zoom

Recordings of past trainings can be found on our website!

Wellness

Hey there, Wellness Champions!

Lydia here, excited to share our highlights from our Wellness Champions Program.

Our team has been hitting the road, thoughtfully crafting holistic wellness spaces at recent events, where participants embraced multiple dimensions of self-care:

Confluence 2025: We sparked wellness through Micro-Moments and dove deep into theory and practice with sessions:
Leading Wellbeing with Trust: Theories that Connect Us
Working “In” Wellness: Bringing Theory into Practice
Rocky Boy Health Center – Diabetes Prevention Program: We guided engaging nervous system regulation activities paired with an immersive Sound Meditation experience.
Montana Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Conference: We facilitated STAR-T check-in micro-moments, and created a dedicated wellness room specifically designed to nurture care workers.
Community Health Worker Summit: Participants enjoyed guided relaxation, soothing sound meditations, gentle movement, and creative stations to artistically process their conference experiences.

Interested in joining our Wellbeing Movement? Your workplace can tap into:

Exclusive wellness tools and resources from Wellness Alliance.
Ongoing virtual Pathways to Wellbeing series, enhancing practical skills for you to share at work.
A supportive community of Wellness Champions, sharing insights and best practices.
Personalized and flexible guidance tailored precisely to your organization's unique wellness goals.

Ready to inspire and be inspired? Register now for:

Our Pathways to Wellbeing Series

As a Wellness Champion

Public Health in the Schools Initiative

Virtual Teacher Workshop

Virtual teacher workshops were held on May 21st and 22nd and teachers attended from all corners of the state! If you know a teacher interested in our initiative that was not able to attend, please share our contact information with them. We would love to provide the recording and answer any questions!

Community Health Fair

We had an incredible time engaging with hundreds of K-12 students in Browning for the health and science fair! Students presented their own science fair projects while also learning about public health. We would like to extend a big thank you to teacher Abigail Klauk for all of her efforts to help organize this event at the school-level and the administrators, teachers, and students of Browning Schools for such a great event!

Curriculum Preview

Developing and implementing our initiative's curriculum will be an iterative process as we learn what works best for teachers and students. To preview our curriculum, please visit the initiative's page on our website:

Workforce Program

The workforce program advises and assists Montana’s local and tribal health departments with recruiting and integrating staff for vacant and new positions.

Click on the button to the left to view job descriptions for available positions in public health and public health nursing.

Recently posted positions

Program Coordinator II - Physical Therapy Clinic, University of Montana
WIC Health Program Assistant II - Flathead County
Certified Nurse Aide - Montana Mental Health and Nursing Care Center - Lewistown
Animal Control Officer - Missoula County
Environmental Health Specialist, Land Program Manager - Gallatin County
And many more!

If you have jobs you would like us to post, please post directly to the job posting form.

Notes from our Partners in Public Health

2025 NIDA Summer Seminar Series

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institutes on Drug Abuse (NIDA), would like to invite you and your trainees to attend the “NIDA Summer Seminar Series.”

NIDA’s research training and career development team will be hosting a 5-part series of virtual webinars this summer and all are welcome to attend so please spread the word!

This series will take place on the following dates from 1:00-2:00pm ET: July 2nd, July 9th, July 16th, July 23rd, and July 30th (please see the linked flyer).

The purpose of these seminars is to provide presentations to early career scholars about different high priority areas within substance use and addiction research. The series will also cover applying to graduate schools and include an interesting panel on effective mentoring and collaboration featuring global experts in drug use and addiction science.

We welcome the opportunity to share announcements on behalf of your organization. Please email anna.kiley@mso.umt.edu if you have an announcement you would like us to include in future newsletters.