John Steward

Steward Curriculum Vitae

John A. Steward, R.E.H.S., MPH, is a Senior Academic Professional and has been a member of the faculty in the School of Public Health of Georgia State University since 2006.

Mr. Steward manages the Partnership for Urban Health Research, a university-wide initiative to encourage research into the health of people in urban settings. He works with faculty to find opportunities for collaborative, interdisciplinary research in the conditions of urban areas and to better understand how to prevent injury and violence, chronic diseases, alcohol and drug abuse, and infectious diseases in multiple settings. He also conducts and facilitates research in many aspects of community-based environmental health and how to a make cities healthier places. Current interests include the public health impact of the Atlanta Beltline, factors influencing bicycling as transportation, and health disparities.

Mr. Steward teaches graduate-level courses in public health, urban health, and environmental health. Prior to joining the School of Public Health faculty, Steward served in the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service and retired as a Captain following a 30 year career. 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, with program assignments included injury prevention, chronic disease prevention, toxic substances exposures in communities, health disparities, and public health leadership and administration. Prior to joining CDC, Steward served in the Indian Health Service for 10 years on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and at the area office in California as an environmental health officer and consultant.

Mr. Steward’s education includes environmental health (B.S., Indiana State University and M.P.H., University of Michigan) and a graduate certificate in non-profit management and social enterprise (Georgia State University). He has completed additional graduate education in epidemiology at the University of Minnesota and at Emory University.

Mr. Steward has been a registered environmental health specialist (R.E.H.S.) for more than 30 years. He is a member of the International Society for Urban Health, American Public Health Association, the National Environmental Health Association, the Georgia Environmental Health Association and the Uniformed Services Environmental Health Association.