Richard Riegelman, MD, MPH, PhDRichard K. Riegelman is Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and also holds appointments in Medicine and in Health Policy. He is the Founding Dean of The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. 
It takes vision and determination to guide a collection of disparate public health and health services programs into a single entity, as Professor Riegelman did in founding GW's School of Public Health and Health Services in 1997. As part of that effort, he expanded training opportunities at the School to include a number of doctoral and joint degree programs, created new research centers and launched initiatives in long-term care, health law and policy, health services research, community-oriented primary care, health information systems, health communications and distance education. He also led the development of the School's undergraduate major in public health, which has been offered since 2003. Dr. Riegelman began his many years of service at GW as a resident in internal medicine in 1976 and joined the medical school faculty two years later. In the years since, he has dedicated his career to the practice of medicine, to enhancing medical and public health training and to promoting critical evaluation of health research literature. In 2005, Dr. Riegelman won the Duncan Clark award from the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine for his contributions to the field. In 2007, Dr. Riegelman was honored to receive the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH)/Pfizer Award for Teaching Excellence. This prestigious national award recognized Dr. Riegelman for his service and achievements in cultivating the public health leaders of the future. EducationDoctor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1973 TeachingPubH 242-Clinical Epidemiology and Decision Analysis, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics ResearchDr. Riegelman has more than 60 publications to his credit, including six books for students and practitioners of medicine and public health. The fifth edition of his book, Studying a Study and Testing a Test: How to Read the Medical Evidence, accompanied by an interactive Web site, is widely used to teach critical evaluation of the health research literature. His recent research also focuses on epidemiological methods, evidence-based preventive medicine and integrating public health and medicine. Community ServiceProfessor Riegelman currently chairs the Association of Schools of Public Health's Task Force on Undergraduate Education. He is also a member of the Interprofessional Health Professions Task Force of the Association of American Medical Colleges and has a leadership role on the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force, which is convened by the Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine and the Association of Academic Health Centers. DepartmentsPublications |
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