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  • 1.  Recommendations to Improve the Cyber Preparedness and Response for Local Health

    Posted 06-05-2025 02:30 PM

    Hi LHIT community! We're thrilled to announce an incredible speaker for our upcoming LHIT meeting on Monday, August 23 at 1 PM ET:
    Dr. Leanne Field will be joining us to share preliminary results from the Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Working Group survey in her talk:
    "Recommendations to Improve the Cyber Preparedness and Response for Local Health."

    🔹 About Dr. Field:
    Leanne H. Field, Ph.D., M.S., is a Clinical Professor and Founding Director of the Public Health Program at The University of Texas at Austin, and an Adjunct Professor of Public Health at UT Health School of Public Health.
    She brings deep expertise in:

    • Emerging infectious diseases

    • Health and public health informatics

    • Health IT

    • Healthcare cybersecurity

    Dr. Field has launched multiple educational programs, including the new Leadership in Healthcare Cyber Risk Management program, which she currently directs.

    She has been an active member of the HSCC Cybersecurity Working Group for eight years and currently serves as:

    • Chair of the Public Health Subsector on the Executive Committee

    • Co-Chair of the Healthcare and Public Health Joint Cybersecurity Working Group, focused on strengthening SLTT (state, local, tribal, territorial) public health cyber preparedness.

    🗣️ Have questions for Dr. Field?
    Feel free to drop them here or reach out to me directly at amcpherson@naccho.org.

    We hope you'll join us for this important conversation on cybersecurity and local health leadership.



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    Angie McPherson amcpherson@naccho.org
    Senior Web Specialist
    National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
    Washington DC
    (571)484-4663
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  • 2.  RE: Recommendations to Improve the Cyber Preparedness and Response for Local Health

    Posted 06-05-2025 03:50 PM

    Hey, Angie. Thanks for the update. Did you mean Monday, June 23?



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    Charlie Bryan
    Business Systems and Finance Manager
    Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health
    Lawrence, KS
    cbryan@ldchealth.org
    (785)856-7357
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  • 3.  RE: Recommendations to Improve the Cyber Preparedness and Response for Local Health

    Posted 06-05-2025 04:12 PM
    Yes! Monday, June 23. Thanks Charlie.