SPH Signs Agreement With the HRSA

On January 19, 2011, the University of Maryland School of Public Health and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, entered into an agreement to establish multiple collaborative programs, including internship placement opportunities for SPH students.

Dean Robert Gold, Associate Deans Dushanka Kleinman, Laura Wilson and Sandra Crouse Quinn, Assistant Dean Colleen Farmer and Chief of Staff, Blakely Pomietto met at the SPH with Patrick Lockett, Vickie Baldwin and Coral Cope, who represented HRSA’s Division of Workforce Development.

The two organizations are working to establish an internship program that will be beneficial to students and the employees they are working alongside at the HRSA. Along with internship opportunities, the SPH and the HRSA will initiate planning for programs to address workforce development for the agency.

Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn, Associate Dean for Public Health Initiatives, said, “HRSA’s broad array of responsibilities and offices provide a rich source of internship opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students in the school.”

This is the first formal agreement signed by University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh, and it aims to expand upon the commitment to improve public health programs and knowledge shared by the HRSA and the SPH.

Above: Sandra Crouse Quinn, Dushanka Kleinman, Vickie Baldwin, Blakely Pomietto, Patrick Lockett, Dean Robert Gold, Laura Wilson, Colleen Farmer and Coral Cope at the first meeting between the SPH and the HRSA.