Cepeda Selected As Fellow

Dr. Laura T. Cepeda, chief medical officer of the Mobile County Health Department, was chosen as a member of the Region IV Public Health Training Center at Emory University’s inaugural Public Health Leadership Institute (PHLI) cohort. Cepeda competed with 144 other applicants to become one of three PHLI fellows from Alabama. The cohort is a collective of esteemed public health leaders representing the eight Southeastern states that comprise HHS Region IV. The Region IV Public Health Training Center at Emory University launched the PHLI in partnership with the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development at the University of Georgia to advance adaptive and strategic leadership skills among public health professionals. The institute is an eight-month experience providing 40 contact hours of online and in-person interaction and peer consultation.