John Steward

Steward Curriculum Vitae

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

Mr. Steward has worked with faculty across the University and encouraged multi-disciplinary research into the health of people in urban settings.  He works with faculty to find opportunities for collaborative research regarding the conditions of urban areas to better understand how to make cities to be healthy places for all and to  prevent injury and violence, chronic diseases, alcohol and drug abuse, and infectious diseases. He also conducts and facilitates research in 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, the connection of natural features and greenspace in promoting health, and eliminating health disparities.

Mr. Steward teaches graduate-level courses in public health, urban health, built environment, 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 in Atlanta for 20 years as an environmental health scientist and program manager, with assignments involving injury prevention, chronic disease prevention, toxic substances exposures in communities, health disparities, and public health leadership and administration. Prior to joining CDC, Steward served for 10 years in the Indian Health Service 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.  He serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Trails Alliance.