The STAT Network brings state health leaders together in key ways to share promising practices and problem-solve challenges facing state public health teams.
STAT Action Networks
Through the STAT Response & Recovery Action Network and the STAT Extreme Weather & Health Action Network, we convene public health leaders from states across the country 3-4 times a month to discuss pressing public health issues of the day, such as preparing for the respiratory virus season, skyrocketing STI rates, and the public health impacts of extreme weather. These groups are often joined by academic experts and key federal officials from across the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
By participating in STAT action networks, members are able to more efficiently and effectively drive improvements and innovation and advance their public health goals collaboratively. Benefits of our action networks include:
Strategy discussions
Members engage in dialogue about urgent and emerging strategies such as syndromic surveillance, tackling public health disparities, and leveraging telehealth and data dashboards.
Resource sharing
Members actively distribute valuable resources like toolkits, surveys, and StoryMaps.
Government collaboration
STAT members elevate and discuss key challenges and innovations with federal guests such as White House Response Coordinators, Testing Leads, and CDC response team leaders.
Spotlighting successes
States highlight successful initiatives, such as West Virginia’s innovative vaccination messaging approach, Minnesota’s impactful COVID Community Coordinators program, and Arizona’s robust heat response programming.
STAT Small Groups
STAT Small Groups meet as-needed for deeper dives into specific public health challenges or questions, such as regional health concerns. These groups are formed by state request, and report relevant takeaways back into the main network. Recent Small Group topics include:
- Monitoring health effects of wildfire smoke in the Northeast
- Public health response team structures in states that only receive federal public health funding
- Ongoing state-supported community COVID testing
If you are a STAT member and have a public health challenge or idea that could benefit from discussion with a smaller group of state leaders, please reach out to statnetwork@brown.edu – we look forward to hearing from you!
STAT Tools & Key Issue Briefs
Building from information gleaned across our platforms, STAT proactively identifies resource or information gaps that impede state efforts to address critical public health challenges. In response, we develop toolkits, resources, or briefs that highlight and address these gaps.
STAT Community Platform
The STAT Community Platform is a private space for STAT members only to engage in public health peer-to-peer learning across state, cross-department, and bureau lines between sessions. Members can log on anytime through the platform or interact through emails to ask questions, share resources, and participate in small group discussions.