IDEA Institute’s Classroom
Learn at Your Own Pace. Apply What Matters.
Through eLearning, expert-led trainings, and interactive discussions, the IDEA Institute’s Classroom helps public health professionals build skills, expand knowledge, and put new ideas into practice.
Learning Opportunities
Whether you are exploring new ideas, developing specialized skills, or engaging with peers around critical issues facing academic public health, IDEA Institute’s Classroom offers flexible and accessible learning experiences designed for today’s workforce.
eLearning Modules
Build knowledge through self-paced online courses designed to fit your schedule.
- Transforming Academia for Equity: A Learning Journey
- Foundations of AI in Public Health Education: Concepts, Context, and Readiness
- The Formula for Better Health
- The Heart of Access: Using narrative film to center equity in the public health curriculum…and more!
Live Online Trainings
Learn directly from subject matter experts, thought leaders, and practitioners.
- Timely insights
- Expert presentations
- Real-world case studies
- Opportunities for questions and discussions
Virtual Roundtables
Engage in facilitated conversations with colleagues.
- Encourage peer-to-peer learning
- Explore challenges and opportunities
- Share promising practices
- Generate ideas for implementation
Why Participate
- Gain practical skills and knowledge
- Learn from experts and peers
- Explore emerging issues in public health
- Access flexible, on-demand learning
- Connect ideas to practice
- Support professional growth and lifelong learning
Who Should Participate
- Health Professionals interested in public health
- Faculty
- Staff
- Students
- Public Health Practitioners
- Researchers
- Academic Leaders
IDEA Institute Classroom Trainings
The Heart of Access: Using narrative film to center equity in the public health curriculum
Join ASPPH’s IDEA Institute for a live screening of The Heart of Access, an award-winning documentary about San Francisco’s community-led COVID-19 response in historically marginalized communities. The film highlights how trusted partnerships and culturally responsive approaches improved vaccination uptake and health outcomes. Following the screening, public health leaders will discuss lessons learned, the role of storytelling in advancing health equity, and how documentary film can be used to enhance public health education. Participants will gain practical ideas for incorporating film-based learning into conversations about equity, trust, and community engagement.
June 25, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET
AI Taskforce Report: Implementation of Teaching and Learning Pillar
The eLearn module, live online webinar(s), and round table discussions are currently being planned and will be made available this summer and early fall 2026.
Coming Soon
Transforming Academia for Equity: A Learning Journey
The webinar series is a free, open-access professional development opportunity for students, staff, and faculty across schools and programs of public health. Developed in partnership between the TAE Coordinating Center and ASPPH, this three-part series is designed to bring the TAE frameworks, learnings, and grantee experiences to institutions not yet engaged in the work but eager to begin. Visit ASPPH’s eLearn platform and select “IDEA Institute” to access.
May 2026
Foundations of AI in Public Health Education: Concepts, Context, and Readiness
The Foundations of AI in Public Health Education online training is designed to provide an overview of the current AI landscape, including commonly used tools and applications relevant to teaching, advising, assessment, and academic administration. Visit ASPPH’s eLearn platform and select “IDEA Institute” to access.
March 2026
The Formula for Better Health
The Formula for Better Health offers a teachable architecture: See the forces that drive disease, Believe that change is possible, Create the organizational and political conditions to make it happen. Grounded in decades of progress across population, global, and personal health. Visit ASPPH’s eLearn platform and select “IDEA Institute” to access.
March 2026
Contact the IDEA Team
Email your questions and ideas to idea@aspph.org, and follow the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) on LinkedIn.