Skill-Building Workshops

Beyond the Basics: Practical Applications
of AI for Academic Public Health

Led by Dr. C. Edward Watson, Vice President for Digital Innovation with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), this advanced workshop moves beyond the basics to help participants apply AI tools and strategies directly to courses, departments, and academic operations. Through demonstrations, guided practice, and peer collaboration, participants will gain practical skills, draft materials, and an action plan for integrating AI into teaching, advising, assessment, and program processes.

Note: included in the cost of the workshop is the Foundations of AI in Public Health Education online training. The training introduces the current AI landscape in academic public health and was designed to establish a shared baseline understanding of AI’s opportunities, limitations, and risks ahead of the hands-on workshop. Instructions to access the online training on ASPPH’s eLearn platform will be sent to workshop registrants via email.

Turning ASPPH Data Into Action: Evidence-Based Approaches to Enrollment Planning

This interactive workshop will demonstrate how to use the MyASPPH.org dashboards to translate both Institutional Reporting and SOPHAS datasets into actionable insights for enrollment strategy. In the context of today’s shifting public health and higher education landscape, attendees will conduct guided, hands-on analyses with facilitators to navigate key visualizations, explore peer trends, and apply data-driven findings to real enrollment challenges.

Crafting Powerful Public Health Narratives: A Storytelling Workshop for Scholars and Practitioners 

This interactive workshop, led by scientist and science communicator Dr. Elisabeth Marnik, will equip participants with strategies to transform complex public health information into compelling, accessible stories. Attendees will learn key elements of narrative structure, practice effective communication techniques, and begin developing a public health narrative tailored to their own work.

Leading Through Change: Reclaiming Your Agency for Well-Being and Impact

If you’re tired of striving for resilience amid systemic chaos, this session offers a different path: steadiness rooted in agency. Led by leadership strategist, certified executive coach, and bestselling author Natasha “Tash” Durkins, this interactive workshop redefines well-being not as a luxury, but as a critical leadership discipline. Designed for leaders at every level in academic public health, the workshop addresses today’s “change load” with neuroscience-backed strategies to regulate the nervous system, reduce ambiguity, and re-focus on what’s within your control. Participants will leave with a personalized toolkit to restore clarity and model grounded self-leadership.