The School of Public Health’s Board of Advisors will provide valuable insight into the practice needs of the public health community, which in turn will be reflected in curricular changes, practicum and internship experiences. Close links, including the active and reciprocal involvement between academic training institutions and public health practice community, is a key recommendation of the Institute of Medicine Report on training public health professionals, and will be a hallmark of the academic programs offered by the School of Public Health.
Gary D. Nelson, Ph.D. — Board Chairman
President
Healthcare Georgia Foundation, Inc.
Clinton Dye Jr., PhD
Retired President and CEO
The Atlanta Urban League
Director & Professor
Michael Eriksen, ScD
School of Public Health
Georgia State University
S. Elizabeth Ford, MD, MBA
District Health Director
DeKalb County Board of Health
Merrilee Gober, RN, BSN, JD (’89)
Chair, Public Affairs Committee
Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia
Rosemarie “Rosie” Henson, MSSW, MPH
Senior Vice President for Prevention and Early Detection
American Cancer Society
Debra Houry, MD, MPH
Director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Karla Kiriako
Director, State Government Affairs
Sanofi US
Marshall Kreuter, PhD
Retired School of Public Health Faculty Member;
Scientist & Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kirk McGhee, Esq.
Vice President and Regional Counsel
Kaiser Permanente
Kathleen Miner, PhD, MPH, MED
Professor and Associate Dean for Applied Public Health
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Frank D. Strickland, MBA
Partner
SignatureFD
Jana Thomas, MPA
Sr. Vice President
Porter Novelli