Colleagues,

I am reaching out to note a transition in leadership of our DrPH program. Professor Trish Elliott, who has led the program for the past five years, will be stepping down as program director on July 1 ahead of a long-planned sabbatical that she will be beginning soon after. I am happy to announce that Professor Jessica Leibler has agreed to take on leadership of the program once Trish moves on to her sabbatical. Professor Leibler will start engaging as of April 1 to allow for ample time for handover to ensure that the program will continue, as it has now for many years, to thrive through the leadership transition.

We have at the school an outstanding DrPH program that has been going from strength to strength since it was started by Professor Gene Declercq. It is to the school’s continued good fortune that Professor Elliott has led the program over the past 5 years.  During that time she has helped move the program forward substantially, to embed it ever better in the function of the school, to identify new sources of funding for DrPH students that benefit both students and faculty projects, admitted and nurtured new cohorts of DrPH students, and mentored so many others through the program who are now thriving and flourishing in their careers. I am immensely grateful to Professor Elliott for the work she has done and will continue to do through the transition to Professor Leibler’s leadership.

Meanwhile, a thank you to Professor Leibler for taking on this new challenge. Professor Leibler, who herself has a DrPH degree, has long been a leader in education at the school. She developed the Quantitative Methods core course and more recently teaches our Leadership and Management core. She was part of the development team for the newly launched online MPH and has played a central role in curricular evolution in our Environmental Health department.   Professor Leibler brings to the program a steadfast commitment to the vision of the program, to bring excellence in training of public health professionals who will go on to positions of leadership in the field. I am excited to see how the program evolves and continues to do ever better with Professor Leibler at the helm.

A thank you also to the DrPH committee who have long been stewards of the program, to the staff in the Education team who support the work of the program and will continue to do so, and to the DrPH students who are at the heart of what we do.

Once again, please join me in thanking Professor Elliott for the work she has done on the program, and to all who will continue to make this program a jewel in our educational offerings as a school.

Warm regards,

Sandro

Sandro Galea, MD, DrPH
Dean, Robert A Knox Professor

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