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Department of Epidemiology
Chair David Strogatz has been a guiding light in
the School of Public Health since 1989. Chairman
of his department since 1997, Strogatz has been
one of its few full-time faculty members above the
rank of assistant professor for most of his tenure.
He has been responsible for the day-to-day operations
of the department and has played a major role in
developing its faculty, courses, and research program.
During his tenure, the Department of Epidemiology
not only became one of only 29 Prevention Research
Centers in the country, but it also produced its
first doctoral graduate.
Under his leadership, the School of Public Health’s
academic program has developed a successful integration
of basic biostatistics, data handling, and the use
of SAS and epidemiology. Students in the department
have benefited from Strogatz’s directives,
and have found employment quickly and easily. At
the same time he has been managing the daily operations
of the department, Strogatz was recruiting faculty
who have advanced its academic and research programs.
With only two full-time faculty assistants to help
him, he has handled 60 to 80 graduate students.
Strogatz also personally teaches the core epidemiology
course in which virtually all students must enroll.
Beyond his contributions as a leader in public
health, Strogatz has also donated a large portion
of his time to University service. He has been
a University Senator for six years and chaired
the Graduate Academic Council for two years.
He has been responsible for many of the service
activities of the department, and in the past
two years, the two junior faculty members in the
department have been promoted. Strogatz advises
all departmental committees and serves on all
search committees, as well as on the personnel
committee and the academic committee.
A recipient of numerous fellowships and honors
over the last 30 years, Strogatz’s professional
and community service are also noteworthy. He
has served on the prestigious Institute of Medicine
External Review Panel, Report on Veterans and
Agent Orange: The Health Effects of Herbicides
Used in Viet Nam, and has also served on multiple
committees, including study sections of the National
Institutes of Health. A coach for youth teams
in the community, Strogatz is also a volunteer
at the Bethlehem Library.
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