Faculty

Margaret Potter J.D.           

Email: mapotter@pitt.edu	Phone: (412) 383-2400
Room: PUBHL A728	Education: Bachelor of Arts in Humanities, Mundelein College, Chicago, IL Master of Science in Biomedical Science Information, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL Juris Doctor, Rutgers School of Law, Newark, NJ
Link to online CV

Position:
Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management; Associate Dean for Practice, GSPH.

Research Interests:

• public health systems research

• public health law and policy

• preparedness law and policy

• public health infrastructure with emphases on workforce development and financing

Biosketch:
Margaret A. Potter, MS, JD is at the University of Pittsburgh holding positions in the Graduate School of Public Health as Associate Dean & Director of the Center for Public Health Practice, Co-Director for Preparedness Policy in the Center for Public Health Preparedness, and Associate Professor of Health Policy & Management; and as Co-Director of the University's Center for National Preparedness.  Her recent and current projects include:  assessment of training effectiveness for emergency operations response by the public health workforce; development and application of an integrated approach to needs assessment, curriculum design, delivery and evaluation of workforce training; strategic capacity building within the public health system; and development of models for financing public health programs at the state and local levels.