Leveraging Investments in Public Health to Improve Evidence-Based Policymaking

Overview

The need for high quality, accurate, and timely public health data cannot be overstated. Recent investments from Congress in our public health agencies have been directed toward improving our national public health data infrastructure. Thankfully, due to the passage of the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act, these investments can leverage the powerful mechanisms contained within the law to take significant and meaningful steps forward in improving data sharing, data access, and privacy protection.  

On March 2, 2023, the Data Foundation hosted a conversation with data and public health experts about what agencies can do to use the Evidence Act and recent investments in public health data to improve data sharing, protect privacy, and further power evidence-based decision making in public health.

Speakers

• Christopher Murrell, Manager, Evidence Capacity Data Foundation
• Lisa Mirel, Director, Data Linkage Program, National Center for Health Statistics
• Jessie Tenenbaum, Chief Data Officer, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
• Corinna Turbes, Director, Data Policy, Data Foundation
• Vince Welch, Associate Director, Center on Equity Research, NORC at the University of Chicago