David P. Steffen Personal Clinical Assistant Professor Public Health Leadership Program Gillings School of Global Public Health University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #7469 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7469 919-843-5567 dsteffen@email.unc.edu Education Dr.P.H., Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000 Dissertation: Community Constituencies Perceptions of Local Health Department Functional Performance and Attractiveness as Collaborative Partner M.S.N., Community Health Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Yale University, 1985 M.P.H., Health Services Administration, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, 1985 Thesis: "Cost Knowledge of Adult Primary Care Providers" B.A., Journalism, English; secondary education certification. Valparaiso University, 1977 Professional Experience/Employment History 2013-Present Collaborating Faculty with MCH TitleV Federal Grant National MCH Workforce Development Center. Chapel Hill, NC 2011-2014 Assistant Director, MCH Title V Grant, the Maternal Child Health Public Health Leadership Institute. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 2004 Present Clinical Assistant Professor, Public Health Leadership Program, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2004 Present Director, Public Health Leadership Program Leadership MPH Concentration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 2001 2004 Director, National Public Health Leadership Institute (PHLI), North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Action Learning Coach PHLI leadership project teams, 2001-2007 1988 2001 District Public Health Director, State of New Mexico Department of Health (DOH), Public Health Division (PHD) District III, Las Cruces, NM 1990 2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Science Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 1985 1988 Family Nurse Practitioner, State of New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Division District III, Las Cruces, NM 1982 1985 Research Assistant, Yale University Schools of Medicine and Nursing 1979, 1980-Summers; Cross-Cultural Training Director, U.S. Peace Corps, Rabat, Morocco 1977 1980 Peace Corps Volunteer, Midelt, Goulmima and Rabat, Morocco Teaching 2007 Present Leadership Assessment Seminar, PUBH 790. Taught in residential format to master s and leadership certificate students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. 2006 Present Public Health Practicum, PUBH 886. Taught in distance and residential formats to master s students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. 2005 Present Core Principles of Public Health Leadership, PUBH 791. Taught in distance format to master s students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. 1992 1994 Introduction to Epidemiology and Program Evaluation. Taught in residential format to master s students in the New Mexico State University Health Science Department 2
Publications Steffen, D, Kerr, J. & Kotch, J. (2014) (Chapter number and editor pending) Promoting the health of toddlers and preschool children. In American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care 3rd ed. Fernandez, C and Steffen, D. (James A. Johnson, L., Eds.) Leadership for Public Health Novick & Morrow's Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management Jones & Bartlett Learning. 2014 : 241-265 Upshaw, V. M., Steffen, D. P., and McLaughlin, C. P. (Sollecito, W. A. and Johnson, J. K., Eds.) CQI, transformation, and the learning organization. McLaughlin And Kaluzny's Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, 4th edition Jones & Bartlett Learning. 2013 Jan 1 ; : 33 of 650. Ahmad, N., Abubaker, A., Laskin, D., and Steffen, D. The financial burden of hospitalization associated with odontogenic infections Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2013 Jan 1 ;71(4); : 656-658. Kerr, J., Steffen, D. & Kotch, J. (2012). The child from 1 to 4: the toddler and preschool years. In: Kotch, J., editor. Maternal and child health: Programs, problems, and policy in public health 3rd ed. Jones & Bartlett Learning. K. Umble, D. Steffen, J. Porter, D. Miller, K. Hummer-McLaughlin, A. Lowman and S. Zelt. The National Public Health Leadership Institute: Evaluation of a Team-Based Approach to Developing Collaborative Leaders. American Journal of Public Health, 95, No. 4, April, 2005 D. Steffen. Catalyzing Meaningful Change through Adaptive Leadership. Transformations and Public Health, 5, No. 1, 2003 P. Harris, J. Kerr and D. Steffen. A State-Based Immunization Campaign: The New Mexico Experience. Journal of School Health, 67, No. 7, September 1997 Presentations Realistic Strategies for Practice Based Evaluation and Research National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, April 2014 The National Public Health Leadership Development Network- A New Synthesis National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April 2013 3
The New Leadership Network NLN- Who Are We Going to Become? National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April 2012 Innovations in Public Health Leadership Development: Learning from Experience. Panelist and facilitator, National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, Nebraska City, Nebraska, April, 2010 Mobilizing Responses to Adaptive Leadership Challenges in Public Health. Mid- America Advanced Executive Public Health Leadership Institute Distance Learning Conference Call Presentation, November 2006 Reduction of HIV Seroprevalence in the Northwest Province of Cameroon. Roundtable presentation with the Cameroon Public Health Leadership Institute Team, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2006 Preparing for Challenges: Best Practices in Public Health Leadership Development Implications for APCHSN. University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington November 2005 Successful Leadership Development of Practitioners, Faculty and Students, Co-author, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, November 2005 A Call To Leadership! Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar Opening Session, Grand Island, Nebraska, September, 2005 A Taste of Public Health Leadership: Teamwork is Key! Public Health Association of Nebraska Annual Meeting, Grand Island, Nebraska, September 2005 Public Health Team Leadership. West Virginia State Public Health Regional Health Office Coordinators Meeting. Wheeling, West Virginia, April 2005 State Health Rankings as a Tool for Leadership Training in the National Public Health Leadership Institute. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2004 Good Business Practices in Public Health Leadership Development. National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 2004 Meeting the Leadership Challenge Second Annual North Carolina Healthcare Educators Summit, New Bern, North Carolina, March 2004 4
Collaborative Leadership: An Essential Component of Public Health. International Leadership Association Annual Meeting, Guadalajara, Mexico, November 2003 Public Health Leadership Development Opportunities for States. Presentation to and workshop for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Local Health Liaison Officials Annual Meeting, September, 2003 "Leadership Development as Local Public Health Stewardship. National Association of Local Boards of the Health (NALBOH) 11 th Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2003 Using Simulations for Public Health Leadership Development. National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 2003 Easy, Effective Distance Learning Using Public Health Grand Rounds. National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 2003 Medical Leadership for the 21st Century Building for Inspired Performance. Presentation with Kenneth Rethmeier to the Medical Review Board of North Carolina, Sea Island, Georgia, March 2003 The National Public Health Leadership Institute: Techniques for Closing the Knowing- Doing Gap. International Leadership Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 2002 Teamwork and Change: Lessons Learned about Teamwork and Training Transfer. Annual Conference of University Continuing Education Directors, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 2002 National Public Health Leadership Institute (PHLI) Best Practices: Keys to Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap. National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 2002 Opportunities and Resources for Developing Leadership in Your Organization. Roundtable at National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 2001 Looking Good To Do Good. New Mexico Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Ruidoso, New Mexico, April 2000 Looking Good To Do Good At the Collaborative Crossroads: Public Perceptions of Local Health Departments and Community Willingness to Partner. National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan, July 1999 5
Starting from Scratch: School Based Health Centers and How to Begin. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 1994 Cost Knowledge of Adult Primary Care Providers. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, November 1986 University Service Activities Academic Programs Committee for SPH Delta Omega Honor Society Committee for SPH Global Health Advisory Committee for SPH Distance Education Steering Committee for SPH Leadership Committee for SPH Global Health Distance Learning Certificate Development Committee NCIPH Nursing Competency Development Committee Rachel Stevens Scholarship Selection Committee Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Selection Committee Admissions Committee Chair, PHLP Leadership MPH Concentration Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Selection Committee Curriculum Committee, Public Health Leadership Program International Contemporary Issues Fellowship Program Fellow Faculty Advisor for International Research & Exchanges Board Fellow from Kyrgyzstan- 2005 Humphrey Public Health Fellowship Host for Fellow from Morocco- 2006 PHLP Director Search Committee 2009 Service to the Public Health Community APHA Public Health Nursing Section Newsletter Editor Turning Point Excellence Collaborative on Collaborative Leadership Public Health Ethics Committee on "Skills for the Ethical Practice of Public Health" PHLI Team Action Learning Coach Management Academy for Public Health Team Business Plan Review Panel CDC Future Leadership Development Summit New Mexico Public Health Association Board of Directors Community Based Public Health Caucus Annual Meeting Abstracts reviewer 2004-2009 Co-founder and first Co-president of Local Health Officer Conference Group of US- Mexico Border Health Association Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Review Course Instructor, New Mexico State University Interfaith Health Program Leadership Institute for Public Health and Faith Collaborations Design Team and Evaluation Review Team National Public Health Leadership Development Network Member of Education, Competency Framework, and Executive Committees and Co-chair of Linkages, Nominating and Governance Committees 6
Individual Scholar Coach for Public Health Professionals in Food Systems Leadership Institute, Southeast Public Health Leadership Institute, Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute, ACOG Leadership Institute, MCH Public Health Leadership Institute Reviewer for ASPH/HRSA/Council on Linkages Award for Student Excellence in Public Health Practice NCIPH Committee to develop the North Carolina Public Health Nursing Competency Assessment Tool Professional Memberships American Public Health Association, Public Health Nursing Section APHA Community Based Public Health Caucus, Founding Member ASTLHLO-State of New Mexico Representative International Leadership Association National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) National Public Health Leadership Development Network New Mexico Public Health Association Public Health Leadership Society U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association Languages Moroccan Arabic, 3+ F.S.I. rating Intermediate Spanish Elementary German and French Awards Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health New Mexico Border Health Council Lifetime Achievement Award, 2002 Public Health Foundation Enterprises Scholarship, 1998 Public Health Leadership Institute, 1995 Kellogg Fellow in Community Health, 1980 National Merit Scholar Scholarship Recipient, 1973 7