St. Clair County health dept. employee named to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program

The St. Clair County Health Department director of personal health has been chosen to be part of a national leadership development program, the health department said.

Robin Hannon was one of 25 nurses from across the country to be named to be part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Public Health Nurse Leader program.

The two-year program is designed to strengthen the capacity of senior public health nurses to improve public health, address social determinants of health, respond to emerging health trends in healthcare, influence policy, and lead collaboration in the community, the health department said.

“I am thrilled to have been selected for this honor and look forward to strengthening my skills so I can do even more to improve the health of my community and help transform the nursing profession,” Hannon said.

Nurses from Phoenix, Honolulu, Baltimore, Seattle, Charlotte, North Carolina and Santa Fe, New Mexico, among other places were selected for the program.

This story was originally published July 24, 2015 at 11:03 AM with the headline "St. Clair County health dept. employee named to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation program."