 Faculty
Gerald M. Barron, M.P.H.
 Position:
Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy & Management
Research Interests:
A focus on public health practice
describing and evaluating programs/initiatives to promote community health;
management and administrative methods for achieving more effective and more
efficient methods of operation; and to present effective approaches to
issues of practice.
Biosketch:
Mr. Barron has over 35 years of experience in public health. He received his
Master of Public Health degree from the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate
School of Public Health and holds a faculty position there as Associate
Professor of Health Policy and Management. Previous to his current position
he was Deputy Director for Operations of the Allegheny County Health
Department. This included responsibility for all the Department’s Programs
in Environmental and Human Health. He is Special Assistant to the
Department’s Director and is the Project Coordinator of the Health
Department’s CDC “Delivering Environmental Health Services” grant. Mr.
Barron is also Director of the Pennsylvania Preparedness Leadership
Institute, which is one of the programs of the Center for Public Health
Preparedness at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public
Health. He has experience as an international public health consultant. He
assisted in the development of a community-based family practice system of
healthcare for the residents of Astana, Kazakhstan in cooperation with Mercy
Hospital’s International Health Program, American International Health
Alliance, and elected officials and healthcare providers in Astana,
Kazakhstan. He also was an environmental health consultant for a project for
safe disposal of hazardous waste in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and environmental health officials in Katowice, Poland. He
is a graduate of the National Public Health Leadership Institute and the
Past President of the Pennsylvania Public Health Association and the
Pennsylvania Environmental Health Association, as well as a member of many
community advisory boards. |
