Teaching for Impact: How to Bring Health and Policy into the Classroom and Academic Settings

Are you interested in preparing students to tackle real-time, complex challenges by exploring how policies shape health and how environments can support resilient communities? 

One powerful way to do this is by integrating the Health in All Policies (HiAP) framework and tools such as the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) into academic offerings.   

Whether you’re looking to teach a stand-alone course or embed these concepts into existing curricula—in public health, urban planning, policy, environmental studies, social work, education, data science, health care administration or related disciplines—this virtual forum is designed for you.  

🗓️ Date: August 7, 2025
🕘 Time: 10 – 11:30 a.m. CDT
📍 Location: Zoom virtual meeting – link will be sent with confirmation email 

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About the Virtual Forum 

Join us for a practical and interactive event featuring panel discussions and open remarks from Keshia Pollack Porter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, hosted by SOPHIA: The Community of HiAP Professionals and the Kansas Health Institute. 

The panel will feature distinguished faculty and nationally recognized experts who have successfully integrated Health in All Policies (HiAP) and the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) into academic settings—through stand-alone courses, embedded curricula and innovative partnerships. 

All speakers will share real-world examples and actionable tips to inspire and support a variety of approaches for integrating HiAP into your academic offerings. 

What You’ll Learn 

This session is ideal for faculty, practitioners, researchers and organizational partners who collaborate with universities and support the integration of Health Impact Assessments and Health in All Policies (HiAP) into academic offerings—whether through guest lectures, joint projects or other experiential learning opportunities. 

In this 90-minute forum, you will: 

• Gain a high-level overview of different ways to incorporate Health Impact Assessments (HIA) and Health in All Policies (HiAP) into the classroom and academic settings.   
• Explore opportunities and barriers to integrating HIA and HiAP into both classroom and academic settings. 
• Hear real-world examples and practical strategies from leading faculty and practitioners.

Let’s build the next generation of HIA and HiAP leaders—starting in the classroom. 

Questions? Contact: Tatiana Lin, Kansas Health Institute | tlin@khi.org 

Welcome from SOPHIA and KHI  

Setting the Stage  

Keshia Pollack Porter, Ph.D., M.P.H., Dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 

Panel Moderators: James E. Dills, M.U.P., M.P.H., Senior Research & Health Integration Associate, Georgia Health Policy Center; and Tatiana Lin, M.A., Director of Business Strategy and Innovation, Kansas Health Institute  

Panel 1 – From Syllabus to Success: Creating Stand-Alone HIA and HiAP Courses

Insights from faculty who have developed full courses dedicated to HIA or HiAP—what worked, what didn’t and how to get started. 

• Andrew L. Dannenberg, M.D., M.P.H., Affiliate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington 
• Katie Hirono, Ph.D., M.P.H., Principal Consultant at RPS Consulting UK & Ireland; Adjunct Fellow, University of New South Wales; and Affiliate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 
• Lindsey Realmuto, M.P.H., Senior Program Manager, Public Health, American Medical Association; PhD Candidate, Urban Planning and Policy, University of Illinois Chicago 

Panel 2 – Expanding Reach: Embedding HIA and HiAP Across Academic Programs

Strategies for integrating HIA and HiAP content into existing courses across public health, planning, policy and more. 

• Sandra Whitehead, Ph.D., Director, Sustainable Urban Planning Program; Associate Professor, George Washington University 
• Florence Fulk, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky 
• Marcus Chilaka, Ph.D., M.B.A., Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Bradford, United Kingdom 

Panel 3 – Planting Seeds: Using Guest Lectures and Collaborations to Teach HIA and HiAP

Creative ways to introduce HIA and HiAP through guest teaching, creative collaborations and interdisciplinary approaches. 

• Tatiana Lin, M.A., Director of Business Strategy and Innovation, Kansas Health Institute  
• Anamarie Ferreira de Melo, M.P.H., Founder, Urban Health Solutions and Urban Health Partnerships, DrPH Student, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health