David P. Steffen
Personal
Clinical Assistant Professor Public Health Leadership Program Gillings School of Global Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB #7469 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7469
919-843-5567
dsteffen@email.unc.edu
Education
Dr.P.H., Health Policy and Administration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000
Dissertation: “Community Constituencies’ Perceptions of Local Health Department Functional Performance and Attractiveness as Collaborative Partner”
M.S.N., Community Health Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Yale University, 1985
M.P.H., Health Services Administration, Yale School of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University, 1985
Thesis: "Cost Knowledge of Adult Primary Care Providers"
B.A., Journalism, English; secondary education certification. Valparaiso University, 1977
Professional Experience/Employment History
2013-Present Collaborating Faculty with Title V Federal Grant National MCH Workforce Development Center. Chapel Hill, NC
2011-2014 Assistant Director, Maternal Child Health Public Health
Leadership Institute. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
2004 – Present Director, Public Health Leadership Program Leadership MPH Concentration, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
2001 – 2004 Director, National Public Health Leadership Institute (PHLI), North Carolina Institute for Public Health (NCIPH), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Action Learning Coach PHLI leadership project teams, 2001-2007 1988 – 2001 District Public Health Director, State of New Mexico Department
of Health (DOH), Public Health Division (PHD) District III, Las Cruces, NM
1990 – 2001 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Health Science Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
1985 – 1988 Family Nurse Practitioner, State of New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Division District III, Las Cruces, NM 1982 – 1985 Research Assistant, Yale University Schools of Medicine and
Nursing
1979, 1980-Summers; Cross-Cultural Training Director, U.S. Peace Corps, Rabat, Morocco
1977 – 1980 Peace Corps Volunteer, Midelt, Goulmima and Rabat, Morocco
Teaching
2015 Summer Global Public Health Leadership, PUBH 793. Developed teaching first leadership course for new Global Online (GO) Program. UNC Public health’s first all online MPH at the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill
2012– Present Academic Career Leadership Academy In Medicine (ACCLAIM) Program. Taught and facilitated UNC Health Care System
Academic Leadership development program for high potential emerging leaders of organization.
2006 – Present Public Health Practicum, PUBH 886. Taught in distance and residential formats to master’s students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
2005 – Present Core Principles of Public Health Leadership, PUBH 791. Taught in distance format to master’s students in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
1992 – 1994 Introduction to Epidemiology and Program Evaluation. Taught in residential format to master’s students in the New Mexico State University Health Science Department
Publications
Fernandez, C and Steffen, D. (James A. Johnson, L., Eds.) Leadership for Public Health Novick & Morrow's Public Health Administration: Principles for Population-Based Management Jones & Bartlett Learning. 2014: 241-265
Steffen, D, Kerr, J. & Kotch, J. (2014) (Chapter number and editor pending) Promoting the health of toddlers and preschool children. In American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care 3rd ed.
Upshaw, V. M., Steffen, D. P., and McLaughlin, C. P. (Sollecito, W. A. and Johnson, J. K., Eds.) CQI, transformation, and the learning organization. McLaughlin And Kaluzny's Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care, 4th edition Jones & Bartlett
Learning. 2013 Jan 1; 33 of 650.
Ahmad, N., Abubaker, A., Laskin, D., and Steffen, D. The financial burden of
hospitalization associated with odontogenic infections Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2013 Jan 1; 71(4); : 656-658.
Kerr, J., Steffen, D. & Kotch, J. (2012). The child from 1 to 4: the toddler and preschool years. In: Kotch, J., editor. Maternal and child health: Programs, problems, and policy in public health 3rd ed. Jones & Bartlett Learning.
K. Umble, D. Steffen, J. Porter, D. Miller, K. Hummer-McLaughlin, A. Lowman and S. Zelt. “The National Public Health Leadership Institute: Evaluation of a Team-Based Approach to Developing Collaborative Leaders.” American Journal of Public Health, 95, No. 4, April, 2005
Presentations
Efffective Leadership Styles, NCIPH Management and Supervision for Public Health Professionals Training, Carrboro, NC April 2015
“Realistic Strategies for Practice Based Evaluation and Research” National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, Lexington, Kentucky, April 2014 “Innovations in Public Health Leadership Development: Learning from Experience.” Panelist and facilitator, National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, Nebraska City, Nebraska, April, 2010
“Mobilizing Responses to Adaptive Leadership Challenges in Public Health.” Mid-America Advanced Executive Public Health Leadership Institute Distance Learning Conference Call Presentation, November 2006
“Reduction of HIV Seroprevalence in the Northwest Province of Cameroon.” Roundtable presentation with the Cameroon Public Health Leadership Institute Team, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2006 “Preparing for Challenges: Best Practices in Public Health Leadership
Development – Implications for APCHSN.” University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, Washington November 2005
“Successful Leadership Development of Practitioners, Faculty and Students,” Co-author, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana,
November 2005
“A Call To Leadership!” Great Plains Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar Opening Session, Grand Island, Nebraska, September, 2005
“A Taste of Public Health Leadership: Teamwork is Key!” Public Health Association of Nebraska Annual Meeting, Grand Island, Nebraska, September 2005
“Public Health Team Leadership.” West Virginia State Public Health Regional Health Office Coordinators Meeting. Wheeling, West Virginia, April 2005
“State Health Rankings as a Tool for Leadership Training in the National Public Health Leadership Institute.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 2004
“Meeting the Leadership Challenge” Second Annual North Carolina Healthcare Educators Summit, New Bern, North Carolina, March 2004
“Collaborative Leadership: An Essential Component of Public Health.” International Leadership Association Annual Meeting, Guadalajara, Mexico, November 2003 “Public Health Leadership Development Opportunities for States.” Presentation to and workshop for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Local Health Liaison Officials Annual Meeting, September, 2003
"Leadership Development as Local Public Health Stewardship.” National Association of Local Boards of the Health (NALBOH) 11th Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, July 2003
“Using Simulations for Public Health Leadership Development.” National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 2003 “Easy, Effective Distance Learning Using Public Health Grand Rounds.” National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 2003
“Medical Leadership for the 21st Century…Building for Inspired Performance.” Presentation with Kenneth Rethmeier to the Medical Review Board of North Carolina, Sea Island, Georgia, March 2003
“The National Public Health Leadership Institute: Techniques for Closing the Knowing-Doing Gap.” International Leadership Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 2002
“Teamwork and Change: Lessons Learned about Teamwork and Training Transfer.” Annual Conference of University Continuing Education Directors, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 2002
“National Public Health Leadership Institute (PHLI) Best Practices: Keys to Closing the ‘Knowing-Doing Gap.’” National Public Health Leadership Development Network Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 2002
“Opportunities and Resources for Developing Leadership in Your Organization.”
Roundtable at National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Meeting, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 2001
“Looking Good To Do Good At the Collaborative Crossroads: Public Perceptions of Local Health Departments and Community Willingness to Partner.” National Association of County and City Health Officials Annual Meeting, Dearborn, Michigan, July 1999 “Starting from Scratch: School Based Health Centers and How to Begin.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 1994 “Cost Knowledge of Adult Primary Care Providers.” American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, November 1986
University Service Activities
Academic Programs Committee for SPH
Delta Omega Honor Society Committee for SPH Global Health Advisory Committee for SPH Distance Education Steering Committee for SPH Leadership Committee for SPH
Global Health Distance Learning Certificate Development Committee NCIPH Nursing Competency Development Committee
Rachel Stevens Scholarship Selection Committee
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Selection Committee Admissions Committee Chair, PHLP Leadership MPH Concentration Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society Selection Committee Curriculum Committee, Public Health Leadership Program
International Contemporary Issues Fellowship Program Fellow Faculty Advisor for International Research & Exchanges Board Fellow from Kyrgyzstan- 2005
Humphrey Public Health Fellowship Host for Fellow from Morocco- 2006 PHLP Director Search Committee 2009
Service to the Public Health Community
APHA Public Health Nursing Section Newsletter Editor
Turning Point Excellence Collaborative on Collaborative Leadership
Public Health Ethics Committee on "Skills for the Ethical Practice of Public Health" PHLI Team Action Learning Coach
Management Academy for Public Health Team Business Plan Review Panel CDC Future Leadership Development Summit
New Mexico Public Health Association Board of Directors
Community Based Public Health Caucus Annual Meeting Abstracts reviewer 2004-2009 Co-founder and first Co-president of Local Health Officer Conference Group of
US- Mexico Border Health Association
Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) Review Course Instructor, New Mexico State University
National Public Health Leadership Development Network Member of Education, Competency Framework, and Executive Committees and Co-chair of Linkages, Nominating and Governance Committees
Individual Scholar Coach for Public Health Professionals in Food Systems Leadership Institute, Southeast Public Health Leadership Institute, Environmental Public Health Leadership Institute, ACOG Leadership Institute, MCH Public Health Leadership Institute
Reviewer for ASPH/HRSA/Council on Linkages Award for Student Excellence in Public Health Practice
NCIPH Committee to develop the North Carolina Public Health Nursing Competency Assessment Tool
Professional Memberships
American Public Health Association, Public Health Nursing Section APHA Community Based Public Health Caucus, Founding Member ASTLHLO-State of New Mexico Representative
International Leadership Association
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) National Public Health Leadership Development Network
New Mexico Public Health Association Public Health Leadership Society U.S.-Mexico Border Health Association
Languages
Moroccan Arabic, 3+ F.S.I. rating Intermediate Spanish
Elementary German and French
Awards
Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health
New Mexico Border Health Council Lifetime Achievement Award, 2002 Public Health Foundation Enterprises Scholarship, 1998
Public Health Leadership Institute, 1995 Kellogg Fellow in Community Health, 1980
