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Welcome Address Two
Monday, September 22, 2008: 8:30 AM-9:00 AM, Minn Marriott, 4th Floor - Ballroom 3+4
Presentation Information:
Program: Plenary Sessions
Dennis P. Andrulis, PhD, MPH
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Center for Health Equality, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
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Associate Dean for Research & Director, Center for Health Equality
Drexel University
Center for Health Equality
1505 Race Street
MS 660
Philadelphia PA, USA 19102
Phone: 215-762-7638
Email Address: dennis.andrulis@drexel.edu
Biographical Sketch: Dennis P. Andrulis, PhD, MPH is Associate Dean for Research of Drexel University’s School of Public Health. He also directs the Center for Health Equality, a collaboration of the School of Public Health and the School of Nursing. In his dual role at Drexel, Dennis is responsible for overseeing and assisting faculty in their research, and for leading the development of initiatives on racial and ethnic disparities and cultural competence for the Center and the School, working at the community level, statewide, and nationally. Previously, Dr. Andrulis was a research professor at Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn where he oversaw projects, prepared major reports and published on issues affecting urban communities, the uninsured and other vulnerable populations Among his more recent publications are Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in disease management to improve health outcomes in the Journal of Disease Management, Public Health Reports’ Moving beyond the status quo in reducing racial and ethnic disparities in children’s health, and a book entitled Managed Care in the Inner City: the Uncertain Promise for Providers, Plans and Communities, published by Jossey-Bass. He has a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters of Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.