KREUTER KATZ LECTURE ON HEALTH EQUITY
ABOUT THE LECTURE SERIES
Healthcare Georgia Foundation funds an annual lectureship focusing on health equity and disparities at the Georgia State University School of Public Health in honor of Dr. Marshall Kreuter and Mrs. Martha Katz.
Dr. Kreuter has extensive experience in engagement of communities in the planning, implementation and evaluation of public health programs. As a professor at Georgia State, he focused on health disparities in inner-city Atlanta, and the extent to which the presence or absence of social capital may be associated with the effectiveness of community-based initiatives. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgia State, Dr. Kreuter was a Distinguished Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) where, for two decades, he served in several key leadership roles. While at the CDC, he worked to refine the epidemiologic study of physical activity, initiated research and programs focused on the early detection of breast cancer, added a greater emphasis on school health, and created the Planned Approach to Community Health.
Mrs. Katz began her career in public health working in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she was part of the team that developed the first Healthy People: Objectives for the Nation in 1980. Later, as deputy director of the CDC for policy and legislation, Mrs. Katz advised the CDC Director on complex policy issues and provided leadership for the agency’s legislative initiatives, health communications programs, and relationships with external partners. Mrs. Katz was instrumental in the establishment of the CDC Foundation and currently serves on the boards of the Georgia Health Foundation and the James F. and Sarah T. Fries Foundation. As Healthcare Georgia Foundation’s former Director of Health Policy, she also provided leadership for the strategic deployment of resources for effective health policy in Georgia.
Healthcare Georgia Foundation, a statewide, private, independent foundation, enables, improves, and advances the health and well-being of all Georgians.
PREVIOUS LECTURES
The 2020 Kreuter Katz Lecture on Health Equity featured Angela Glover Blackwell, the Founder in Residence at PolicyLink. Her lecture topic was Building a Culture of Health: Institutionalizing Equity in Public Health Practice.
The 2019 Kreuter Katz Lecture on Health Equity featured Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble, University Professor of Medical Humanities and Professor of Health Policy and American Studies at the The George Washington University. Her lecture topic was Pioneering Racial Justice, Health Equity, and Public Health: The Activist Life of Dr. Virginia M. Alexander.
The 2018 Kreuter Katz Lecture on Health Equity featured Dr. Collins Airhihenbuwa, professor of Health Management & Policy in the Georgia State University School of Public Health and leader of the interdisciplinary team known as the Global Research Against Non-communicable Disease (GRAND) Initiative. His lecture focused on crossroads and the journey for health equity.
The 2017 Kreuter Katz Lecture on Health Equity featured Dr. Matthew Kreuter, founder of the Health Communication Research Laboratory. His lecture focused on communication-based strategies to eliminate health disparities with an emphasis on finding ways to increase the reach and effectiveness of health information for low-income and minority populations.
The 2016 Kreuter Katz Lecture on Health Equity featured Dr. Helene Gayle, former CEO of CARE and current head of the McKinsey Social Initiative.
The 2015 Kreuter Katz Lecture on Health Equity featured Dr. James Marks,Vice President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The 2014 Kreuter Katz Lecture on Health Equity featured Dr. Ichiro Kawachi, Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
CONTACT
For more information on the Kreuter Katz Lecture on Health Equity, please contact phevents@gsu.edu.