Building a Healthier Population
Start Date
5-11-2010 12:45 PM
End Date
5-11-2010 1:00 PM
Description
Dr. Simmons serves as the Program Director for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program and an Associate Professor for Thomas Jefferson University’s School of Population Health. Dr. Simmons overseas the overall direction of the program and teaches public health courses in Program Planning and Evaluation; Public Health Policy and Advocacy; Cultural Humility and Competence; and the Capstone Seminar. He also teaches in the Jefferson Medical College and coordinates the elective, “College Within a College” for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year medical students.
Dr. Simmons serves as the Co-Director of Thomas Jefferson University’s Global Health Task Force which includes collaborative faculty and student education and research. Dr. Simmons’ professional background and research interests include community health education; health promotion and disease prevention; reducing individual, community, system and environmental risk factors in obesity prevention, tobacco control, and injury control, and eliminating health inequities.
Dr. Simmons has over thirty-five years of experience working in state and local government, internationally in Latin America, voluntary health organizations, private foundations, private business, health care, and more recently in academia. Dr. Simmons has extensive experience in 1 working with collaborative health networks and coalitions on strategic planning, program planning, implementation, and evaluation, policy development and health advocacy. Prior to coming to Jefferson, Dr. Simmons was on the faculty at the Drexel University School of Public Health. Dr. Simmons’ academic credentials include a BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara, a Master’s of Public Health from Loma Linda University School of Public Health, and a Doctorate in Public Health in Community Health Sciences from the UCLA School of Public Health.
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Building a Healthier Population
Dr. Simmons serves as the Program Director for the Master of Public Health (MPH) program and an Associate Professor for Thomas Jefferson University’s School of Population Health. Dr. Simmons overseas the overall direction of the program and teaches public health courses in Program Planning and Evaluation; Public Health Policy and Advocacy; Cultural Humility and Competence; and the Capstone Seminar. He also teaches in the Jefferson Medical College and coordinates the elective, “College Within a College” for 1st, 2nd and 3rd year medical students.
Dr. Simmons serves as the Co-Director of Thomas Jefferson University’s Global Health Task Force which includes collaborative faculty and student education and research. Dr. Simmons’ professional background and research interests include community health education; health promotion and disease prevention; reducing individual, community, system and environmental risk factors in obesity prevention, tobacco control, and injury control, and eliminating health inequities.
Dr. Simmons has over thirty-five years of experience working in state and local government, internationally in Latin America, voluntary health organizations, private foundations, private business, health care, and more recently in academia. Dr. Simmons has extensive experience in 1 working with collaborative health networks and coalitions on strategic planning, program planning, implementation, and evaluation, policy development and health advocacy. Prior to coming to Jefferson, Dr. Simmons was on the faculty at the Drexel University School of Public Health. Dr. Simmons’ academic credentials include a BA in Political Science and Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara, a Master’s of Public Health from Loma Linda University School of Public Health, and a Doctorate in Public Health in Community Health Sciences from the UCLA School of Public Health.
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Rob Simmons, Associate Professor and Program Director, Jefferson School of Population Health