Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC)

Training and Technical Assistance Center (TTAC)

The Training and Technical Assistance Center addresses services across all chronic diseases and risk factors to strengthen public health competencies. Our TTAC services are designed to meet the individual needs of our customers and tailored to individuals, groups, worksites and communities working in a variety of health areas.  

TTAC’s services include, but are not limited to:

  • Tailored professional and organizational development
  • In person and online trainings & workshops
  • Mini-academies and institutes
  • Technical assistance and coaching
  • Instructional design and product development
  • Strategic action planning and program evaluation
  • Capacity building and community engagement
  • Interactive online peer learning communities

Why Emory Centers – TTAC?

TTAC’s services are designed to strengthen the capacity of the public health workforce to build healthier communities. Our team will meet the needs of our customers and tailor our services to individuals, groups, organizations, and communities on a variety of public health fields. Recent projects have focused on topics including commercial tobacco, heart disease, diabetes, physical activity and nutrition, oral health, Alzheimer’s and related dementias, and emerging special pathogens like Ebola and COVID-19.

What We Do: Core Services

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Plan

We serve as a neutral facilitators to convene key partners and guide planning processes

  • Strategic planning
  • Communication planning
  • Sustainability planning

Train

We develop customized virtual and in person training experiences as well as training products

  • Mini-academies and institutes
  • Professional and organizational development workshops
  • Toolkits and web-based training modules

Mobilize

We engage stakeholders and equip them to take action  

  • Workgroup action planning
  • Interactive online peer learning communities
  • Coalition development