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| Education and Training | |
| DrPH | University of Michigan |
| MS | University of Califonia |
Affiliations
Columbia
University School of Nursing
Active participant in the Center for Public Health Preparedness, Mailman
School of Public Health and the New York-New Jersey Public Health Training
Center (Schools of Public Health at Columbia University, SUNY-Albany
and University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey)
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Training Activities
Director of the Doctor of Nursing Science program and the Emergency Preparedness subspecialty
program at CUSON
Actively
involved in public health preparedness training in New York City and across the
country
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Collaborations
Public health systems and emergency preparedness
Research Summary
Primary research interest is in public health systems and public health policy.
Selected Publications
Gebbie K, Merrill J, Sanders L, Gebbie EN, Chen DW. 2007. Public health
workforce enumeration: beward the "quick fix". J Public Health Management
and Practice 13:1, 73-80.
Gebbie K, Qureshi K. 2006. "A Historical Challenge: Nurses and Emergencies" OJIN" The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. 11:3 (Sept. 30 Manuscript 1). Available: www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic31/tpc31_1.htm.
Gebbie K, Turnock B. 2006. The public health workforce, 2006: new challenges. Health Affairs25:4 (923-933).
Gebbie K, Merrill J, Tillson HH. 2002. The publich health workforce. Health Affairs 21(6) 57-67.
Gebbie K, Merrill J, Hwang I, Gupta M, Btoush R and Wagner M. 2002. Identifying individual competency in emerging areas of practice: An applied qualitative research approach. Journal of Qualitative Health Research. 12(7): 986-995.
Tilson H, Gebbie KM. 2001. Public Health physicians: An endangered species. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21(3), pages 223-240.
Gebbie KM, Wakefield M and Kerfoot K. 2000. Nursing and health policy. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 32(3), pages 307-15.
Gebbie KM. 2000. State public health laws: An expression of constituency expectations. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 6(2), pages 46-54.
Gebbie KM. 1998. Steps to changing state public health structures. Journal of Public Health Management and Practices, 4(5), pages 33-41.
Gebbie KM. 1997. Building a constituency for public health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 3(1), pages 4-11.
Honors and Awards
| 2007 | Theodore Ervin Award for Outstanding Service, Public Health Foundation |
| 2004 | Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Recognition Award |
| 2003 | Ruth B. Freeman Award, American Public Health Association Public Health Nursing Section |
| 1997 | Alumni Award for Continuing Contributions to Public Health, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials |
| 1992 | Member, Institute of Medicine |
| 1992 | Katherine Boucot Sturgis Lectureship, American Academy of Preventive Medicine |
| 1991 | Mary Tolle Wright Award for Excellence in Leadership, Sigma Theta Tau International |
| 1989 | Distinguished Scholar, American Nurses Foundation |
| 1988 | Arthur T. McCormack Award for Public Health, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials |
| 1979 | The Distinguished Alumna Award, St. Olaf College |
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Professional Organization and Society Memberships
| 1965-present | Member, American Nurses Association |
| 1968-present | Member, American Public Health Association |
| 1996-present | Member, Academy Health |
| 1994-present | Member, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care |
| 1978-1993 | Member, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials |
| 1993-present | Member, Association of State and Territorial Officials |
| 1984-present | President, Association of State and Territorial Officials |
| 1999-present | Member, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (Formerly Assoc. of Teachers of Preventive Medicine) |
| 1995-present | Member, Institute of Medicine Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention |
| 1996 | Member, Institute of Medicine Public Health Round Table |
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Committees
| 1980 - 1987 | Member, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Executive Committee |
| 1985 - 1987 | Chair, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials AIDS Committee |
| 2006 - present | Member, Instititute of Medicine Committee on Education of Public Health Physicians |
| 2001 - 2002 | Co-chair, Institute of Medicine Committee on Public Health Education in the 21st Century |
| 2002 - 2005 | Co-Vice Chair, Institute of Medicine Committee on the Implementation of the Smallpox Vaccination Program |
| 2004 - 2005 | Chair, Institute of Medicine Committee on the Establishment of a National Cord Blood Program |
| 2007 - present | National Academy of Science Report Review Committee |
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