September 2025

Welcome from the MPHTC!

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

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Workforce Program

Let us help you fill open positions!

In just one month, our new Public Health Jobs Board has had over 2300 views!

This new tool includes enhanced features including filters and keyword searches to assist job seekers in our state.

Do you have a position you would like posted on our board? It's easy (and free!) to submit a job using our Create a Job Posting Form.

Trainings & Learning Opportunities

Measles in Montana: Interviews with Local Physicians and Public Health Professionals

Questions about measles? We posed many to public health and healthcare professionals and recorded their answers. To access the interview clips, webinar panel recording, and associated resources, please visit our website.

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Holistic Leadership: Leading through Uncertainty

Managers and Team Leaders are asked to step up more today than ever. With growing degrees of uncertainty and changing workplace expectations, managers and leaders need to rise up to the opportunity to drive both performance and employee engagement in their teams. This 2-hour presentation will give an overview of why unexpected changes are difficult for organizations to manage, and an overview of three holistic approaches to leadership. Further, this presentation will put the pencil to the paper by practicing a holistic approach found in the enterprise strategic planning process.

Trainer: Dr. Chance Eaton

Date: October 15, 2025

Time: 10:00AM-12:00PM MT

Location: Zoom

SPCHS Fall Seminar Series

The School of Public and Community Health Sciences invites us all to join the fall Seminar Series on Mondays at 2pm MT.

Aging, Falls Prevention, and Alzheimer's

Learn how the Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion Bureau is working with national and local partners to reduce the burden of chronic disease in Montana. This session will highlight evidence-based programs that support healthy aging through physical activity and chronic disease self-management.

Date: September 8, 2025

Time: 2:00PM-3:00PM MT

Location: Zoom

Zoom Registration

Recordings of past trainings can be found on our website!

Public Health in the Schools Initiative

link to public health in schools promo video

Please help us spread the word!

As Montana youth embark on a new school year, we would love your help spreading the word with your local schools about our initiative.

Key components of our project include:

A comprehensive and customizable public health curriculum covering the five core disciplines of public health.
A bonus lesson interpreting local data from PurpleAir monitors.
A spring virtual teacher workshop to bring together Montana teachers incorporating public health activities in their classes.

Want to get involved? We would love to talk with you! Email us at mphtc@mso.umt.edu.

Notes from our Partners in Public Health

2025 MT Public Health Summer Institute - Last Chance To Register!

Deadline to register: September 5, 2025

Registration rate: $125

Full agenda is available for preview!

2025 WRAP Symposium

October 6-8, 2025, in Great Falls, Montana

The 2025 WRAP (wellness recovery action plan) Symposium is more than a health and wellness conference - it's a space where individuals come together to explore wellness ideas, gain support, network, grow, share Wellness Tools, and reach new wellness peaks.

For more information and to register, please click here.

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.