Cheryl Healton

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Founding Dean of School of Global Public Health

Professor of Public Health Policy and Management

For the last ten years, Dean Healton has devoted herself to building GPH’s academic, service, and research programs. The School has been accredited by CEPH, increased the size of its student body and research funding, recruited top faculty, added doctoral-level programs, and made diversity, equity and inclusion a priority.

Previously, as the founding President and CEO of Legacy, a leading organization dedicated to tobacco control, Dean Healton guided the national youth tobacco prevention campaign, which has been credited with reducing youth smoking prevalence to record lows, and launched programs for smoking cessation, public education, technical assistance, and a broad range of grant making.

Prior to joining Legacy, Dean Healton held numerous roles at Columbia University including Associate Dean of its Medical School, Assistant Vice President for the Health Sciences and Chairman of Sociomedical Sciences, and Associate Dean of the Mailman School of Public Health. She is an Emeritus Professor of Columbia University.

Dean Healton has authored over 120 peer-reviewed articles and has been awarded multiple grants in AIDS, tobacco control and higher education. She was the founding chair of the Public Health Practice Council of the Association of Schools of Public Health. As an active member of the public health community she has given presentations around the world and is a frequent contributor to national and local coverage of public health issues.

She holds a DrPH from Columbia University's School of Public Health (with distinction) and a Master’s in Public Administration from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU.

Education

MPA, Health Policy and Planning, New York University, New York, NY

DrPH, Sociomedical Sciences (with distinction), Columbia University, New York, NY

Areas of research and study

Public Health Law

Public Health Policy

Tobacco Control

Publications

Infrastructure Work Group Report

Need for HIV Mental Health Services and Service Utilization in New York City. : C.H.A.I.N. Technical Report 16

Section I: Research Synthesis Report: Does Tobacco Marketing Influence Under-Age Use of Tobacco Products? Evidence from the Empirical Literature

Stabilizing the HIV/AIDS workforce : Lessons from the New York City experience

The Adolescent HIV Study: Needs, utilization and Barriers for Medical Care, Social Services and Prevention Education : C.H.A.I.N. Technical Report #8

The Adolescent HIV Study: Needs, Utilization and Barriers for Medical Care, Social Services and Prevention Education : Community Health AIDS Information Network Technical Report #8

The impact of patient education about the effect of zidovudine on HIV perinatal transmission : Knowledge gain, attitudes, and behavioral intent among women with and at risk of HIV

The “Unconnected”: Service Needs of HIV-Positive Who are Outside or Marginal to the Service Delivery. : C.H.A.I.N. Techinical Report #9

A Tri-County Survey of the Personnel Needs of HIV/AIDS Service Agencies : C.H.A.I.N. Technical Report #5

A Tri-County Survey of the Personnel Needs of HIV/AIDS Service Agencies : Community Health AIDS Information Network Technical Report #5

Healthy America: Practitioners for 2005: A Beginning Dialogue for U.S. Schools of Public Health - based on healthy America: Practitioners for 2005: An Agenda for Action for U.S. Health Professional Schools

HIV Case Management Services in New York City: Quality and Outcomes : AIDS Information Network Technical Report #11

Housing & HIV/AIDS in New York City : Health AIDS Information Network Technical Report #10

Recruiting Rare and Hard-to- reach Populations: A Sampling Strategy for Surveying NYC Residents Living with HIV/AIDS doi

Summary Tables for Client Survey. The First Cases. : C.H.A.I.N. Technical Report #4

Summary Tables for Client Survey: The First 100 Cases : Community health AIDS Information Network Technical Report #7

Survey of Personnel Needs of HIV/AIDS Agencies: Recruitment and Retention Difficulties and Personnel Incentive Programs : Community Health AIDS Information Network Technical Report #2

Survey of Personnel Needs of HIV/AIDS Recruitment and Retention Difficulties and Personnel Incentive Programs : C.H.A.I.N. Technical Report #2

The Personnel Needs Study Part II: Delivering HIV/AIDS Care: The Professional Care Provider Speaks Out : Community Health AIDS Information Network Technical Report #6

The Ryan White Title I Evaluation: The Personnel Needs of HIV/AIDS Care and Burnout : Community Health AIDS Information Network Technical Report #6

Training for HIV/AIDS Service. : C.H.A.I.N. Technical Report #3

An HIV Counseling and Testing in New York State Family Planning and Prenatal Care Assistance Programs

The effect of video interventions on improving knowledge and treatment compliance in the sexually transmitted disease clinic setting : Lesson for hiv health education