Association for Prevention Teaching and Research

Non-profit OrganizationsDistrict of Columbia, United States2-10 Employees

The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) is a non-profit organization based in Washington DC that serves as a national membership body for medical, public health, and health professions faculty and institutions focused on prevention and population health education, training, and research. Its members include preventive medicine programs, graduate programs in public health, medical school departments with a population health focus, health professions schools, and faculty responsible for teaching population health, with the APTR Council of Graduate Programs in Public Health supporting accredited and emerging graduate programs across the United States. The organization operates within the health education and public health landscape, aiming to advance the education and research infrastructure needed for prevention and population health, and it has historically engaged in partnerships and project work with national agencies to support related residency programs and teaching tools. Based in the nation’s capital, APTR has established collaborations such as a multi-year contract with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to manage a preventive medicine and primary care residency program for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and it has launched initiatives in workforce development for population health through collaborations with federal health agencies.

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