Ann C. Anderson
Senior associate dean for academic affairs

Department(s):
Environmental Health Sciences

Email:
ann.anderson@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Public health practice; education training programs; education of public health professionals

Professional Achievements:
Service Award, Association of Schools of Public health, 2002

Champion of Public Health, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 2002

Invited Participant Public Health Leadership Institute, 1998

Presidential Citation, National Environmental Health Association, 1988

Honorary Member of the Teaching Faculty, Universidad de San Pedro Sula, San Pedro, Honduras, 1992

Presidential Citation, National Environmental Health Association, 1990

Invited Participant, Gordon Research Conference on Microbial Degradation, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, 1979.

Sigma Xi Scientific Honor Society, 1977-date

Delta Omega Public Health National Honor Society, 1977-date

Educational Background:
PhD, microbiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center
MS, microbiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center
BS, magna cum laude, medical technology, Loyola University of the South

Publications:
Chauvin, S.S., Anderson, A.C., Anderson, A.C., & Bowdish, B.E. Assessing the Professional Development Needs of Public Health Professionals, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 7(4):23-27, 2001

Sarpy, SA, Chauvin S.W. & Anderson, A.C., Evaluation of the South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness Training - Public Health Reports, 118: Nov.-Dec., 569-572, 2003.

Wohlleb J.C., Anderson, A.C., Harvey, S.S. & Cranford, C.O. Introduction of the Master of Public Health in Arkansas, Journal of the Arkansas Medical Society, 101: 117-122, 2004.

Sarpy, S.A., Chauvin, S.W., Hites, L.S., Santacaterina, L., Capper, S., Cuccia, M., Anderson, A.C., & Petersen, D. The South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness Training System: A Comprehensive Approach. Public Health Reports, 120 Suppl 1:52-58, 2005.

Personal Statement:
Ann Anderson serves as a liason with the health departments in four states to facilitate public health practice initiatives. In 1995, she developed the South Central Public Health Leadership Institute with the departments of health in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. She is currently developing an Advanced Institute in Crisis Leadership with the same states. She also directs the South Central Public Health Training Center, funded by HRSA, which began in 2000 and is ongoing. Partners in the training center are the four states' health departments and the University of Alabama, Birmingham, School of Public Health. The Preparedness Center is also directed by Anderson and is ongoing. Ann Anderson has also developed an executive MPH program with the University of Arkansas for medical sciences. The Tulane degree program began in Little Rock in the fall of 1995 and graduated its final students as Arkansas transitioned to its new College of Public Health. Anderson was responsible for the planning and development of an undergraduate program in public health (BSPH) at Tulane, which was approved by the Tulane Board of Administrators in 2003. The program is accepting its first students in 2005/2006.

Contact Information:
Dean's Office, Suite 2430
1440 Canal St
New Orleans, LA 70112
Telephone: 504.988.5397
Fax: 504.988.5718
ann.anderson@tulane.edu

Level of Instruction:
Graduate