Public Health Foundation
1300 L Street NW, Suite 800
Washington
DCUSA
20005
Biographical Sketch: Mr. Bialek, MPP, CQIA is President and CEO of the Public Health Foundation (PHF). Under his leadership over the past 14 years, PHF has focused its efforts on developing and implementing innovative strategies for improving performance of public health agencies and systems. Initiatives include developing performance management and quality improvement tools and training for public health professionals; developing the consensus set of Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals through the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; creating the Nation’s most comprehensive public health learning management system – TRAIN – linking together 22 states, the U.S. Medical Reserve Corps, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Global Migration and Quarantine; and developing consumer-oriented county health profiles – the Community Health Status Indicators initiative – for all counties in the U.S. Mr. Bialek recently served as one of the editors for the new Public Health Quality Improvement Handbook.