Piat Public Health

05/25/2026

Behind every survivor statistic is a person trying to rebuild their life.

That's why Piat Public Health is proud to partner with REVIVE, a Black-led organization providing trauma-informed healing, prevention, advocacy, and justice-connected supports for survivors of gender-based violence, especially Black women and families.

For decades, REVIVE has supported survivors and communities through compassionate, survivor-centred care. We are especially excited to support the work that CEO Aretha Mccarthy is continuing to build — focused on long-term healing, equity, prevention, community impact, and systemic change.

Through this partnership, Piat Public Health will support impact storytelling, evaluation, and evidence-informed approaches that help amplify survivor voices, demonstrate impact, strengthen sustainability, and support the continued growth of this important work.

At Piat Public Health, we believe evaluation should do more than measure programs. It should help organizations communicate their impact, strengthen advocacy, elevate community voices, and build the support needed to continue creating meaningful change.

We are honoured to support REVIVE and deeply inspired by the work they are doing to empower survivors and restore lives.

04/17/2026

New podcast feature 🎙️

Our Founder & CEO, Alexandra Piatkowski, joined the Public Health Joy Podcast with Dr. Joyee Washington to talk about a core belief at Piat Public Health: insight alone isn’t enough — implementation is everything.

From community engagement to strategy to ex*****on, this conversation explores what it really takes to move from data to impact, and how project management can help us get there.

🔗 Link below ⬇️

In this new episode of the Public Health Joy Podcast, I sit down with Alexandra Piatkowski, founder and CEO of Piat Public Health, for a conversation that challenges how we think about leadership, strategy, and what it really takes to create change in communities.

Together, we dig into what it really means to bring project management into public health work — not as a checkbox or a corporate formula, but as a community-centered tool for health equity. Alexandra opens up about how she found her way into project management by doing the work, what happens when plans get made but never implemented, and why the professionals who bring both public health expertise and project management skills to the table are exactly who this field needs right now.

From the detective work of epidemiology to the real-world challenges of managing coalitions with limited resources, this episode is both a practical guide and a reminder of why structure and strategy are acts of care for the communities we serve. One thing is clear: when your work is grounded in data, people, and purpose, the impact speaks for itself.

If you care about health equity, community engagement, and building the kind of leadership that actually moves the needle, this is an episode you won't want to miss.


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04/02/2026

Excited to announce a new partnership with York Region (The Regional Municipality of York) Public Health

We’re supporting work focused on seniors and caregivers through community-informed approaches to extreme heat.

This initiative is grounded in engaging communities and partners to better understand lived experiences, surface local insights, and translate them into practical, actionable strategies.

As climate-related health risks continue to grow, this kind of work is critical — ensuring solutions are not only evidence-informed, but shaped by the people they are designed to support.

Thank you to York Region for your partnership.

More to come.

03/25/2026

What do you actually do in public health?

It’s a simple question, but one that’s often harder to answer than expected.

In this roundtable conversation, is joined by Michele Alexander, Dr. Sarah Hartzell, and Alexandra Piatkowski to explore what it really takes to explain public health in a way that people understand and why that matters now more than ever.

They discuss:
• Why public health often goes unseen when it’s working well
• How everyday moments like seatbelt laws and sidewalk safety reflect public health in action
• The growing challenges around loneliness and workforce gaps
• Why storytelling may be one of the most important tools in the field

If you’ve ever struggled to explain what public health is or why it matters, this conversation will stay with you.

🎧 Tune in to Episode 449 today. Link in bio

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03/13/2026

🥧 Public Health Tip of the Day

How to pronounce Piat Public Health:

Pie + at = Piat.

Our founder Alexandra is celebrating Pi Day the only appropriate way — with pie.

Happy Pi Day everyone! 😅

03/13/2026

We’re proud to share that our Founder & CEO, Allie Piatkowski, has been named one of the Top Women Leaders of 2026 by Women We Admire 🎉

Alexandra founded Piat Public Health with a simple goal: help health and social impact organizations listen more closely to communities and translate data into meaningful action.

As an epidemiologist who has worked across digital health, hospitals, public health, and community organizations, her work has always focused on bridging community voice, data, and decision-making to advance health equity and strengthen systems.

We’re grateful for this recognition and to the many collaborators, partners, and communities who make this work possible.

Congratulations to all of the inspiring women recognized on this year’s list!

03/05/2026

Partnership Announcement 🎉

Piat Public Health is thrilled to announce a new strategic partnership with Alifor Clinical Decision Support.

Through this collaboration, Piat Public Health will lead the health system strategy, implementation, and evaluation of Alifor’s AI-supported clinical workflow platform. Alexandra Piatkowski, MPH, PMP®, Founder & CEO of Piat Public Health, will serve as Strategic Health System & Implementation Lead for the partnership.

The partnership’s first initiative will be an implementation study in a high-volume trauma centre in Lagos, Nigeria, conducted in collaboration with Dr. Paul Forman, founder of Alifor, and Dr. Oladiran Onifade, Chief of the Trauma Department at General Hospital Lagos.

The study will evaluate whether AI-enabled clinical documentation, decision support, and workflow tools can help improve care delivery, communication, and efficiency in demanding clinical environments.

Using an implementation science and public health framework, outcomes will be assessed across the Quintuple Aim: patient experience, clinician experience, population health outcomes, cost efficiency, and equity.

The Nigeria pilot represents the first phase of a broader evaluation across multiple healthcare systems and contexts.

Thank you to Jerry Zeidenberg and Canadian Healthcare Technology for covering the announcement.

👇 Full article: https://www.canhealth.com/2026/03/04/alifor-launches-partnership-with-piat-study-in-nigeria/

12/24/2025

✨ Happy Holidays from Piat Public Health ✨

As the year comes to a close, we want to say thank you to everyone who has supported, encouraged, shared ideas, collaborated, and cheered us on this year. Building something new takes community, and we’re deeply grateful for the conversations, connections, and learning along the way.

2025 was a year of laying foundations and imagining what’s possible. We’re excited to keep growing, collaborating, and turning community insight into meaningful action.

Wishing you a restful holiday season and all the best in the New Year. We’re looking ahead to 2026 with optimism, energy, and big plans ahead 💛

#2026

12/12/2025

💡 If you enjoy conversations about community health, equity, meaningful engagement, and turning data into action — our newsletter is for you.

In our Piat Public Health newsletter, we share practical insights, tools, stories from the field, and behind-the-scenes reflections on building healthier, more connected communities.

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We’d love to have you in our growing community — wherever you work, whatever your role, and wherever you are on your public health journey.

12/04/2025

❤️ It all started with an idea: photos that reflect the heart of public health: community.

A collaboration with Heather Shannon Photography, friend of Piat Public Health, reminded us that community is about both people and place, and supporting each other expands our collective impact.

Proud to recommend our partner in creativity:

📸 Heather Shannon Photography
https://heathershannonphotography.ca/

We can't wait to share more of the results of this fun project! 🎉