2025 Practitioner Workshop

Using Health in All Policies to Maximize Outcomes

Virtual, Wednesday & Thursday, April 9 & 10, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm ET

SOPHIA’s fourth virtual Practitioner Workshop, Using Health in All Policies to Maximize Outcomes, was held April 9th and 10th, 2025.   

The workshop featured an exploration of HiAP strategies, a session about built environment grant project evaluation, lightning talks discussing measuring and implementing HiAP activities, and time to troubleshoot thorny of-the-moment HiAP issues with peers.

SOPHIA members can access recordings of the sessions and presenter's slides.

Four CPH credits are available for participants.

Workshop Sessions

Reflections on Implementation & Evaluation: Advancing HiAP Amidst Uncertainty – Emily Suter, UIC School of Public Health & Lauren Gase, Mindful Metrics

Defining the Health in All Policies Approach in Michigan – Natalie Holland and Nadia Kahn, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

Evaluating Built Environment Interventions Through a Public Health Lens: Strategy and Examples from the Tennessee Department of Health – John Vick, Tennessee Department of Health

What’s Your Problem? Workshop What You're Working On

Core Competencies for Public Health and Built Environment Practitioners – Shannon Velasquez, Tennessee Department of Health

Gaps in Measuring the Outcomes of HIA – Katie Hirono, RPS Consulting UK & Ireland

Policy Solutions for Moving from Energy Burden to Energy Justice in Wisconsin – Hannah Sorensen, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Additional Speakers

Jimmy Dills, Georgia Health Policy Center

Anna Ricklin, Fairfax County Health Department