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Debra Furr-Holden—an epidemiologist and public health professional with expertise in health disparities and health equity research, policy and practice, drug and alcohol dependence epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and prevention science—became dean of NYU's School of Global Public Health on July 1, 2022. NYU News spoke with her about her passion for health as a birthright, and about how much she has enjoyed exploring New York City since moving here from her previous post at Michigan State University, where she was the C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, associate dean for Public Health Integration, and the director of the NIH-funded Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions at MSU’s College of Human Medicine.
Debra Furr-Holden—an epidemiologist and public health professional with expertise in health disparities and health equity research, policy and practice, drug and alcohol dependence epidemiology, psychiatric epidemiology, and prevention science—became dean of NYU's School of Global Public Health on July 1, 2022. NYU News spoke with her about her passion for health as a birthright, and about how much she has enjoyed exploring New York City since moving here from her previous post at Michigan State University, where she was the C.S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, associate dean for Public Health Integration, and the director of the NIH-funded Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions at MSU’s College of Human Medicine.
