Georges Benjamin
MEMBER SINCE: 2009
Executive Director, American Public Health Association. Former positions with Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: Secretary; Deputy Secretary, Public Health Services. Former Health Policy Consultant; Director, Emergency Ambulance Bureau, District of Columbia Fire Department; Acting Commissioner for Public Health, Department of Human Services, Washington, D.C.; Chairman, Department of Community Health & Ambulatory Care, District of Columbia General Hospital. Former positions with United States Army: Chief of Emergency Medicine, Walter Reed Medical Center; Chief, Acute Illness Clinic, Department of Emergency Medicine, Madigan Medical Center.
History of Employment
Primary Policy Areas
Health Care, Homeland Security, Nonprofit/Philanthropy
Primary Sector of Expertise
Non-profit
Primary Functions
Academic Faculty, Nonprofit / NGO leadership
Academy Studies
Management Matters Podcast
Understanding the Public Health System with Dr. Georges Benjamin
Season: 1 Episode:2 | June 07, 2020
Show Notes:
In this episode, we welcome Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association and Academy Fellow, to discuss the public health system and related social equity issues during COVID-19.
With guest Dr. Georges Benjamin, Executive Director of the American Public Health Association and an Academy Fellow
Topics Include:
- An overview of how the public health system works
- Lessons from the STD epidemic that can be applied to COVID-19
- COVID-19 testing—priorities, oversight and transparency measures, and recommendations for the government
- COVID-19 contact tracing—protection of civil rights and liberties, the role of technology and an “app”, and the sharing of data at each level of government
- Investments in the public health system moving forward
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