Leadership

Leadership at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health includes our Dean, Associate Deans, Department Chairs, and the Dean's Impact, Advancement, and Learning Council.

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    Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH

    Dana and David Dornsife Dean of the Dornsife School of Public Health
    Professor of Epidemiology
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Urban Health Collaborative
    646.761.1362
    gsl45@drexel.edu


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    Melissa Kaufman, EdD

    Associate Dean for Education
    mjk397@drexel.edu

     

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    Kenneth Munroe, MBA, MSOD, CPA

    Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
    kjm455@drexel.edu

     

Department Chairs

Dean’s Impact, Advancement, and Learning Council

Chair:

Mary Grady Duden, MBA '80
Assistant Teaching Professor, Health Management and Policy, Dornsife School of Public Health

Co-Chair:

Gerald (Jerry) Miller, MPH
President and CEO (retired), Crozer-Keystone Health System

Members:

Stephen Bouikidis
Director, Client Development, at One North, A TEKsystems Company

Angelo J. Devita, MPH
Vice President Enterprise Account Management at HealthEdge

Christe Fraser, MPH ’14 (Alumni Delegate) (LinkedIn)

Michael L. Jenkins, Jr, MPH ’12 (Alumni Delegate)
Lead Public Health Analyst, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
DrPH Candidate, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Adjunct Professor, Eastern Washington University

Estelle Richman, HD '10
Former Secretary of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and former Commissioner of Health, City of Philadelphia

Amber R. Salzman, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ohana Biosciences

Robert G. Sharrar, MD, MSc, HD '91
Retired Pharmacovigilance Epidemiology and Public Health Physician

Sheldon Sloan, MD, M Bioethics
Chief Medical Officer, Spyre Therapeutics

Heather A. Steinman, PhD, MBA
Vice President for Business Development and Executive Director, Technology Transfer, The Wistar Institute

Marian W. Wentworth
President and Chief Executive Officer, Management Sciences for Health

Ex-Officio:

Gina Lovasi, PhD, MPH
Dana and David Dornsife Dean, Dornsife School of Public Health

Diane N. Benckert
Executive Administrator, Office of the Dean, Dornsife School of Public Health

Tariem Burroughs, PhD, MS.Ed, MSODL
Executive Director for External Partnerships, Dornsife School of Public Health