<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/public-health-professor-builds-collaboration.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>06/30/2025</pubDate><title>Public Health Professor Builds Collaboration Between University and Local Health Departments</title><description>Professor Jamie Luckhardt, MPH, CHES, has made it her mission to strengthen the partnership between the University and the local health industry, as well as provide her students with real-world learning opportunities.</description><hide-description/><author>Kaitlyn Pinheiro</author><author-details>Office of Marketing and Communications</author-details><hide-author/><date>June 30, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2025/nvhd-visit-2.jpg" alt="Public Health professionals spoke to students in the Public Health Practice course this past spring."/></image><image-caption>Public Health professionals spoke to students in the Public Health Practice course this past spring.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-health-sciences</tag><tag>name-jamie-luckhardt</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-grad-public-health</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>