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Susan Allan

Associate Professor Emeritus, Health Systems and Population Health

susallan@uw.edu

Research Interests

Public health practice; emergency preparedness; public health law

Bio

Susan Allan has been affiliated with the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice since July 2008, serving as Director from 2008 through February 2013. Prior to coming to the University of Washington, she worked in state and local public health for more than 23 years, including 3 years as Public Health Director and State Health Officer for Oregon, and 18 years as the Health Director for Arlington County, Virginia. In Arlington, for two years she also was responsible for programs for behavioral health and substance abuse programs. She is board certified in Preventive Medicine/General Public Health and is a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine.

She served on the Institute of Medicine committees that produced the reports “Who Will Keep the Public Healthy? Educating Public Health Professionals for the 21st Century,” (2002) and “Training Physicians for Public Health Careers” (2007). She was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice from 2006-2012. She has been extensively involved with accreditation of schools and programs of public health, serving as a member of the Council on Education for Public Health from 2004-2010 and having chaired more than ten accreditation site visits in the US and in other countries. From 2008-2013, she served as Editor-in-Chief for the School of Public Health’s journal, Northwest Public Health.

Education

MD Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1981
JD Law, Harvard University, 1977
MPH Johns Hopkins University, 1992
BA Mathematics, Seattle University, 1972

Academic Programs and Affiliations

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Training for public health preparedness–advancing the field.
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Allan S. Training for public health preparedness–advancing the field. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2014 Sep-Oct;20 Suppl 5:S1-2. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000108.
Future of public workforce training: thought leaders’ perspectives.
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Miner K, Allan S. Future of public workforce training: thought leaders’ perspectives. Health Promot Pract. 2014 Mar;15(1 Suppl):10S-3S. doi: 10.1177/1524839913519648.
Charting a course to competency: an approach to mapping public health core competencies to existing trainings.
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Neiworth LL, Allan S, D’Ambrosio L, Coplen-Abrahamson M. Charting a course to competency: an approach to mapping public health core competencies to existing trainings. Health Promot Pract. 2014 Mar;15(1 Suppl):33S-8S. doi: 10.1177/1524839913509274.
Public Health Training Centers: strategies for preparing the public health workforce.
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Miner K, Allan S, McKenzie JF. Public health training centers: strategies for preparing the public health workforce. Health Promot Pract. 2014 Mar;15(1 Suppl):5S-9S. doi: 10.1177/1524839913519647.
Using public health legal counsel effectively: beliefs, barriers and opportunities for training.
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Kaufman N, Allan S, Ibrahim J. Using public health legal counsel effectively: beliefs, barriers and opportunities for training. J Law Med Ethics. 2013 Mar;41 Suppl 1:61-4. doi: 10.1111/jlme.12041.
Improving cross-sectoral and cross-jurisdictional coordination for public health emergency legal preparedness.
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Bullard CH, Hogan RD, Penn MS, Ferris J, Cleland J, Stier D, Davis RM, Allan S, Van de Putte L, Caine V, Besser RE, Gravely S. Improving cross-sectoral and cross-jurisdictional coordination for public health emergency legal preparedness. J Law Med Ethics.
Interdisciplinary contributions to public health law.
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Allan S, Loue S, Markel H, Scott C. Interdisciplinary contributions to public health law. J Law Med Ethics. 2004 Winter;32(4 Suppl):92-6.
Legal preparedness for public health emergencies: TOPOFF 2 and other lessons.
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Heaton JA, Murphy AM, Allan S, Pietz H. Legal preparedness for public health emergencies: TOPOFF 2 and other lessons. J Law Med Ethics. 2003 Winter;31(4 Suppl):43-4.