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Newswise — WASHINGTON, DC (OCTOBER 23, 2015)— Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University (Milken Institute SPH) recently named Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, as chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management. Dr. LaVeist, who will also hold a faculty appointment as professor in the department, joins Milken Institute SPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) in Baltimore. At JHSPH he was the William C. and Nancy F. Richardson Professor in Health Policy and was also the director of the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions.Dr. LaVeist will start his new position in February 2016.
“I am honored to announce Dr. LaVeist’s appointment as the chair of Health Policy and Management,” said Lynn R. Goldman, MD, MS, MPH, Michael and Lori Milken Dean of Milken Institute SPH. “Dr. LaVeist is a world-renowned expert on health disparities and has more than 25 years experience researching, writing and speaking on the topic. He is a true leader and innovator and will bring his vast experience to address some of the most pressing public health challenges facing the nation.”
Dr. LaVeist’s scholarship has focused on the role of social and racial disparities in health and how such disparities impact health at all levels of society, in communities and among individuals. He is the recipient of the “Innovation Award” from the National Institutes of Health, and the “Knowledge Award” from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health. In 2013 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine.
“I am fortunate to have been a part of the Johns Hopkins community for the past 25 years,” says Dr. LaVeist. “At the same time I am ecstatic to be opening a new chapter in my career. I am honored to have been selected as chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management, a department that is on the forefront of national health policy and health care management issues. I look forward to joining the talented faculty, staff, students and alumni at Milken Institute School of Public Health.”
Dr. LaVeist has published more than 100 articles in scientific journals including Health Affairs, Journal of General Internal Medicine, American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and many more. In addition to his scholarly writing Dr. LaVeist has written articles for Newsweek Magazine, Black Enterprise Magazine and the Baltimore Sun. The second edition of his edited volume, “Race, Ethnicity and Health: A Public Health Reader,” was published in 2012. His textbook Minority Populations and Health: An Introduction to Health Disparities in the United States was published in 2005.He is currently working on the book and documentary film, “The Skin You’re In,” which focuses on his work in health disparities.
Dr. LaVeist received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, his PhD in medical sociology from the University of Michigan and postdoctoral fellowship in public health at the Michigan School of Public Health.
About Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University:
Established in July 1997 as the School of Public Health and Health Services, Milken Institute School of Public Health is the only school of public health in the nation’s capital. Today, more than 1,700 students from almost every U.S. state and 39 countries pursue undergraduate, graduate and doctoral-level degrees in public health. The school also offers an online Master of Public Health, MPH@GW, and an online Executive Master of Health Administration, MHA@GW, which allow students to pursue their degree from anywhere in the world. The Department of Health Policy and Management was recently created as a merger between the School’s departments of Health Policy and Health Services Management and Leadership.
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