SPEAKER:

Sandra Crouse Quinn, Ph.D.

Dr. Quinn is the Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Education and

Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral and Community

Health Sciences at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of

Pittsburgh.  She is the Co-Principal Investigator on a 5 year, CDC

funded research center, Public Health Adaptive Systems Studies, which

focuses on public health systems' capacities to respond to disasters

and emergencies.  She is also the Co-Principal Investigator on a 5

year Center for Excellence in Research on Minority Health Disparities,

funded by the National Center for Minority Health and Health

Disparities, NIH.

She was the Principal Investigator on a recent CDC funded study on

communication between postal workers and public health professionals

during the 2001 anthrax attack.  Dr. Quinn teaches Risk Communication,

a required course in the Certificate in Public Health Preparedness and

Disaster Response.  She is the Communications instructor in the Senior

Crisis Management Seminar, organized by the American University under

contract to the US State Department.  The Seminar is a one week long,

intensive program addressing a wide range of issues relating to

crisis/emergency management for senior professionals from foreign

governments.

Her research interests include engagement of minority and marginalized

communities in research; community advisory boards; and risk

communication in emergencies and disasters.  Dr. Quinn recently served

as the guest editor of a theme issue on emergency risk communication

and pandemic influenza for the journal, Health Promotion Practice.

She serves on the editorial board of Health Education & Behavior and

the editorial advisory board of Health Promotion Practice.