John Steward, Academic Professional
John Steward, MPH
Program Manager, Partnership for Urban Health Research and Academic Professional
E-mail: jsteward@gsu.edu
Office Phone: 404-413-1137
Fax: 404-413-1140
Address:
Urban Life Building
Eighth Floor, Room 860
Atlanta, Georgia
Interests:
- Urban Health
- Healthy Communities and built environment
- Public Health Management, Practice, and Preparedness
- Injury Prevention
- Environmental Health
John A. Steward, MPH, joined the faculty of the Institute of Public Health in 2006. Mr. Steward is a retired Captain in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service, having served 30 years. Mr. Steward was assigned to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry for 20 years as an environmental health scientist and program manager. He managed and conducted efforts in injury prevention, chronic disease prevention, toxic substances exposures in communities, and public health administration. His public health experience also includes 10 years of working with the Indian Health Service on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and in the area office in California. His last CDC assignment involved developing the Healthy Communities health protection goal plan, a CDC-wide strategic initiative to improve public health efforts and to eliminate health disparities. Mr. Steward served as an adjunct instructor in the Commissioned Officers Training Academy of the USPHS. Mr. Steward also served as a senior advisor to the Surgeon General for junior officer career development concerns during his Public Health Service career.
At Georgia State, Mr. Steward manages the Partnership for Urban Health Research, a university-wide initiative to improve the health status of people in urban settings. He works with faculty to foster interdisciplinary research in injury and violence prevention, chronic disease including asthma and cardiovascular diseases, alcohol and drug abuse, and infectious diseases in multiple settings, and environmental health.
Courses taught:
- PERS 2002 Public Health and Communities
- PH7010 Foundations of Public Health Administration and Policy
- PH7300 Urban Health
Current Research:
- Comparison of “Green” and Conventional Housing in Atlanta, principal investigator (sponsored by Atlanta Regional Health Forum and funded by CDC)
- Pedestrian Safety of the Georgia State University Campus, principal investigator (funded by American Public Health Association)
- Promoting Bicycling for Transportation at Georgia State University, principal investigator (funded by USEPA)
- South Atlanta for the Environment (SAFE), consultant (sponsored by ECO-Action and funded by USEPA)
Mr. Steward's C.V. is available in PDF format.
