About Us
The Region V Public Health Training Center is part of the national Public Health Learning Network, a consortium of ten regional Public Health Training Centers and the country’s most comprehensive resource for public health workforce development. We seek to strengthen the skills of the current and future public health workforce through learning tools, continuing education, and student development.

Coordinating Center
The RVPHTC is located at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and serves as the central coordinating office for the region which includes Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Regional Collaborative
The RVPHTC works to strengthen the capacity of the region’s public health workforce by assessing training needs, responding to those needs through the development and delivery of distance-based continuing education, and engaging students from across the region in public health practice. This work is done in partnership with Community-Based Training Partners and Technical Assistance Providers.
Region V PHTC Network
Central Coordinating Office
The Region V Public Health Training Center’s central coordinating office is housed at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
Laura Power, MD, MPH
Director
lejohns@umich.edu
Phoebe Kulik, MPH, CHES
Senior Director of Workforce Development
gophoebe@umich.edu
Seth Neeley, MEd
Instructional Designer Senior
neeleysc@umich.edu
Dany Zemmel, MPH
Training and Engagement Manager
dzemmel@umich.edu
Rhiannon Bednar, MPH
Project Coordinator
rbednar@umich.edu
Ryleigh Emelander, MPH
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
emelandr@umich.edu
734-615-0144
Mariana Quinn, MPH
Evaluation Coordinator
marianaq@umich.edu
Community-Based Training (CBT) Partners
Saginaw County Health Department (MI)
Kent County Health Department (MI)
Columbus Public Health (OH)
Indiana Public Health Association
Minnesota Department of Health
Technical Assistance (TA) Providers
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
University of Illinois-Chicago School of Public Health
University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
The Ohio State University College of Public Health
Indiana University Fairbanks SPH
National Network of Public Health Institutes
Michigan Primary Care Association