National Health Policy Conference: Adjunct Meetings

SHELLEY A. HEARNE, DrPH

Dr. Shelley Hearne is a Visiting Professor and Director of Policy and Practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Hearne most recently was the founding executive director of Trust for America 's Health – a national organization dedicated to preventing epidemics, protecting people. Her prior positions include Executive Director of the Pew Environmental Health Commission, the Acting Director of the NJ DEP Office of Pollution Prevention and a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. She has served as the Chair of the American Public Health Association's Executive Board and Vice President of the Council on Education for Public Health – the accreditation body for public health schools. She has authored many national health reports, testified regularly before the U.S. Congress and served as a public health expert in the press and public, including graduation speeches at the University of South Carolina and UMDNJ/Rutgers Schools of Public Health. She is the national recipient of the Delta Omega Curriculum Award honoring innovative public health teaching and received the Senator Frank R. Lautenberg award for lifetime achievement in public health advocacy.

Shelley holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry and environmental studies with honors from Bowdoin College and a doctorate in environmental health sciences from Columbia University 's School of Public Health.

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		SHELLEY A. HEARNE, DrPH Dr. Shelley Hearne is a Visiting Professor and Director of Policy and Practice at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Hearne most recently was the founding executive director of Trust for America 's Health – a national organization dedicated to preventing epidemics, protecting people. Her prior positions include Executive Director of the Pew Environmental Health Commission, the Acting Director of the NJ DEP Office of Pollution Prevention and a scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council. She has served as the Chair of the American Public Health Association's Executive Board and Vice President of the Council on Education for Public Health – the accreditation body for public health schools. She has authored many national health reports, testified regularly before the U.S. Congress and served as a public health expert in the press and public, including graduation speeches at the University of South Carolina and UMDNJ/Rutgers Schools of Public Health. She is the national recipient of the Delta Omega Curriculum Award honoring innovative public health teaching and received the Senator Frank R. Lautenberg award for lifetime achievement in public health advocacy. Shelley holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry and environmental studies with honors from Bowdoin College and a doctorate in environmental health sciences from Columbia University 's School of Public Health. Return to Minicourses