- University Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
Controversies at the intersection of history and ethics, centering on the legitimacy of state intervention in matters of individual rights in the name of the common good. Topical expertise includes smoking, HIV, tuberculosis, leprosy, surveillance, privacy, immigration, and the politics of fear/panic/crisis. Op-eds published in NY Times, Huffington Post, and others; media appearances on NPR, New York Public Radio, CNN; major scholarly publication in Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, Health Affairs, American Journal of Public Health, and others.
Experience
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2024–presentUniversity Professor, Maxwell School, Syracuse
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2019–2024Dean, College of Public Health, The Ohio State
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2016–2019Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Associate VP for Academic Affairs Health Science Center, Texas A&M School of Public Health & Health Science Center
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1997–2016Professor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Education
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1997Columbia University, PhD History/Public Health
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1990Columbia University, MPH
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- Location: Syracuse, New York, U.S.
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