Andrew Dannenberg, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Director for Science, Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Andrew Dannenberg is the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services in the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
He oversees activities in NCEH related to examining the health aspects of community design including land use, transportation, urban planning, and other issues related to the built environment. As part of this work, he organized a workshop of external experts to help develop a scientific research agenda to examine the impact of community design and land use choices on public health. His current research into model zoning codes that promote health and the use of health impact assessments is a part of this agenda. In addition to his work at the CDC, Dannenberg serves as an adjunct professor of epidemiology and of environmental and occupational health at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health.
Prior to joining the CDC's National Center for Environmental Health, Dannenberg was director of the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service and other public health training programs. Previously, he served as Preventive Medicine Residency director and as an injury prevention epidemiologist while on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and as a cardiovascular epidemiologist while working at the National Institutes of Health.
Dannenberg received a medical degree from Stanford University and a master of public health degree from Johns Hopkins University, and completed a family medicine residency at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Andrew Dannenberg is a keynote speaker for the Health Impact Assessment event on January 30, 2007.
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