Ruth Katz, JD, MPHRuth Katz is Dean and Walter G. Ross Professor of Health Policy at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. 
Ruth J. Katz is one of those people who sometimes seems to be everywhere at once. As Dean, she is the guiding force behind initiatives that have heightened the School's profile, attracted new faculty, raised more research dollars, overhauled the curriculum and strengthened ties with the many agencies and organizations in Washington, DC doing critical public health work. "It is a great honor to serve as the School's Dean," she says. "There is so much talent among our students, our faculty and our administration, and I am convinced we have the opportunity to become a model of excellence among the nation's public health schools." Prior to joining the School in 2003, Dean Katz was Associate Dean for Administration at the Yale University School of Medicine. Responsible for much day-to-day operations, she developed close working relationships with the school's faculty, university administrators and hospital leadership. For more than a decade before that, from 1982 to 1995, she served as counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment, chaired by California Congressman Henry Waxman. In that capacity, she was instrumental in enacting major legislation affecting the public health and federal health care financing. Dean Katz's areas of special research and policy interest include vaccine immunization policy; women's health; long-term care; and the uninsured. Her dedication to public service, and her belief that the health care system can be made more accessible and more equitable, have been recognized with awards from the Office of Research on Women's Health; the American Academy of Pediatrics; the National Association of Community Health Centers; the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association; the American Medical Women's Association; and the National Hemophilia Foundation. EducationBachelor of Arts (History), University of Pennsylvania, 1974 Community ServiceLong committed to the possibility of change, and convinced that she has an important role to play in that process, Dean Katz serves on numerous board and advisory committees. She is on the Board of Trustees of the CDC Foundation, which links CDC scientists to outside partners and resources; the Board of Directors of the National Abortion Rights Action League; and the Advisory Council of the Trust for America's Health, which works to prevent disease and to protect the health of every community. She also serves on the committee that selects finalists for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, awarded to candidates committed to careers in government, education, the nonprofit sector or elsewhere in public service. Among many other activities, Dean Katz has recently completed a term as a member of the CDC's National Vaccine Advisory Committee and previously served on the National Advisory Committee to the Director of the CDC. Departments |
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