2005 – 2007 Redefining Readiness,Center for the Advancement of
Collaborative Strategies in Health at The New York Academy of Medicine. [public
health subject matter expert] Roz Lasker, PI.
2004 – 2005 NJ Health
Officers Association, Public Health Consultant.
2001 – 2004 University of
Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Executive Director for Special Projects
for Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. Coordinator, UMDNJ’s
Bioterrorism response efforts.
2002 – 2004 Health Leadership Initiative,
Partnership for New Jersey, Director [under contract with UMDNJ]
2000 – 2001 Podiatry Online, Advisory Board
2000 – 2001 Investigator, CLOSURE
Trial, Human Genome Science, Repifermin growth factor phase III study
2000 – 2001 Member, UMDNJ
School of Public Health, Dean’s Search Committee
1997 – 1999 Medical
Co-director, St. Elizabeth Hospital Wound Healing Center, Elizabeth, NJ
1990 – 2001 Chief, St.
Elizabeth Hospital Podiatric Surgery Division, Elizabeth, NJ
1986 – 2001 Attending
physician, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Elizabeth, NJ
1984 – 2001 Medical Staff
member, Union Hospital, Union, NJ
1991 – 1994 Assistant
Project Manager, Kessler Communications, Inc., National Library of Medicine; medical
indexing contractor
Peer Reviewed Publications:
1.Ziskin, L. and Harris, D. State Health Policy for Terrorism
Preparedness. American Journal of Public
Health, September 2007, 97(9), 1583-1588.
2.Caplan, R., Harris, D. and Rosen, M. New Jersey’s
Coming Public Health Worker Shortage. New
Jersey Medicine, October 2004, 101(11):47-51.
3.Harris, D. Public Health Emergency and Disaster
Preparedness [book chapter] in Public Health and Podiatric Medicine. Helfand, A.,
editor, 2006.
Peer Reviewed Scientific and Professional Presentations:
1.National Environmental Health Association, Annual
Educational Conference, 2007, Atlantic City, NJ. “Public Health Leadership
Initiative for Emergency Response (PHLIER): A case-based leadership training
program [oral session].” Baron, R., Polonsky, C. and Harris, D.
2.APHA Annual Meeting, 2007, Washington, DC. “Public
Health Leadership Initiative for Emergency Response (PHLIER): A case-based
leadership training program [oral session].” Harris, D., Caporinno, C., Baron,
R. and Rosen, M.
3.APHA Annual Meeting, November, 2006, Boston, MA. “Developing
a state-based public health leadership training program for emergency response.
[Continuing education institute].” Harris, D., Sass, M., Caporinno, C. and Baron,
R.
4.APHA Annual Meeting, November, 2006, Boston, MA. “Using
a virtual community to teach the reality of public health leadership [Poster].”
Harris, D., Caporinno, C., Baron, R. and Rosen, M.
5.APHA Annual Meeting, December, 2005, Philadelphia, PA.
“Public health emergencies: Terrorism preparedness [poster].” Ziskin, L.,
Bresnitz, E., Paulson, G., Perry, E. and Harris, D.
6.Forty-hour public preparedness course, NJ Department of
Health & Senior Services, presented throughout NJ, January, 2004 – 2007. Harris,
D. “Public Health Law [presentation].” Harris, D.
7.“Public Health Innovations Roundtable Discussion –
Public Health On-Line Expert in Residence program [panel].” APHA Annual
Meeting, New York, NY, November 1996.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications (selected):
1.“Public Health is Political.” [blog]
SurroundHealth.com, 4/20/2012.
2.“Public health decisions should be based on science.”
[op-ed] The Star-Ledger, 2/28/2012.
3.“Objections to vaccination of children in New Jersey
must be validated.” [op-ed with Renee Steinhagen, NJ Appleseed] The
Star-Ledger, February 2, 2011.
4.“Why the closing of two Newark hospitals should worry
all of us.” [op-ed] The Star-Ledger, January 15, 2008.
5.“Hospitals’ infection control plan won’t wash.” [op-ed]
The Star-Ledger, August 30, 2007.
6.“Better to put our money on preventing disease.”
[op-ed] The Star-Ledger, August 16, 2007.
7.“Jersey looks like a pipsqueek on public health.”
[op-ed] The Star-Ledger, March 16, 2007
8.“Case Study: Public Health Law.” Case study developed
for the Case-based Training Institute of the Department of Preventive Medicine
and Community Health, UMDNJ-NJ Medical School. 2006.
9.“Potentially the unhealthiest cut of all.” [op-ed] The
Star-Ledger, November 14, 2006.
10.“State
must not undermine student surveys.” [op-ed] The Star-Ledger, January 5, 2001.
11.“Those
Who Search for the State’s Ounce of Prevention.” [op-ed] The New York Times,
January 16, 2000.
12.“One
Board Above All Should Say What We Do.” Podiatry Today. July/August 1995; VIII,
7:104.
Non-Peer Reviewed Presentations (selected):
1.Testimony before NJ Assembly Commerce Committee to
preserve public health funding in Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield conversion
foundation mission. 2008.
2.“Public Health Overview.” [presentation] NJ Association
for Biomedical Research Summer Fellowship Program. July 17, 2007.
3.“Putting the Public into Public Health Preparedness:
Marketing and Preparedness.” [presentation] 2006 Annual Conference of NJ State
and Local Health Officers, October 3, 2006.
4.Testimony before the New Jersey State Senate and
Assembly Health and Budget and Appropriations Committees on increased funding
for public health infrastructure and various public health priorities. Newark,
NJ, 2004.
5.NJ State Department of Health and Senior Services
funded project to educate public health professionals on use of the Internet
and computer technology; Project Director. 1997 – 2000.
6.“The Information Network: What Every Public Health
Professional Should Know.” [presentation] Annual Conference of State and Local
Health Officials; October 9, 1996.
Funded/In Review Grant Activity (selected):
1.NJ Public Health Institute, Advocacy Support, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, Grant: $10,000. 2012.
2.NJ Public Health Institute, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Advocacy Research and Support,
Environment America. Grant: $10,000. 2012.
3.NJ Association for Biomedical Research, NJ International Life Sciences Workforce
Summit at the Woodrow Wilson School Princeton University and Life Science MeetUp at Rutgers
University. US Department of Labor Workforce
Innovation in Regional Economic Development (WIRED)/Rutgers School of Management
and Labor Relations/Bio1 Middlesex County NJ. Grant: $40,650. 2010.
4.NJ Association for Biomedical Research, New Medicines: Pathways to Cures. An
8-week program for the Morristown High School Science Academy.Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Madison NJ.
Grant: $5,000. 2010.
5.UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, Tick Learning and Education System (TickLES). US EPA Pesticide
Environmental Stewardship Grant (PESP) (PE-97241001-0). $50,500. 2008 – 2010.
6.UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, Commuter and Transportation Analysis Project for Pandemic Influenza
subcontract with New York City Department of Health and Office of Emergency
Management and Eng-Wong/Taub & Associates (principal). Contract: $30,000.
2007 – 2008.
7.UMDNJ-Center for Public Health Preparedness, CDC
National Public Health Performance Standards Program, Local Public System
Performance Assessment Instrument Evaluation, $110,000. 2007 – 2008.
8.UMDNJ-NJ Center for Public Health Preparedness to
Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools Emergency Response and Crisis
Management Project, 2007.
9.UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development Program. HRSA
Grant # T01HP02309-01. $347,931. 2003-2005.
10.UMDNJ,
Bioterrorism Education & Training
Memorandum of Agreement for Focus Area G, NJ Department of Health and
Senior Services. 2003: $575,000; 2004: $786,500; 2005: $538,000.