Andrew Wapner, DO, MPH

Andrew Wapner, DO, MPH is the director of the online Master of Public Health Program for Experienced Professionals and an associate clinical professor of public health in the Ohio State College of Public Health.

As a pediatrician with nearly 15 years of public health and health policy experience, his primary interest lies in population health planning through integration of health care and public health, with a focus on public health systems and the social and physical environments that impact health. Dr. Wapner teaches about the U.S. public health system and evidence-based public health. He is lead for the Region V Public Health Training Center subgrant, and he has worked with local health departments across Ohio to facilitate workforce and organizational development projects. Dr. Wapner's other roles in the college include serving as a co-chair for the CPH Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence Committee and the lead for the Academic Health Department agreement with Columbus Public Health.

Dr. Wapner is a recent inductee as a distinguished fellow of the Public Health Academy, a new group in National Academies of Practice, is also the college's Interprofessional Practice and Education champion.

Before coming to Ohio State, Dr. Wapner served as the chronic disease medical director at the Ohio Department of Health, where he lead the creation of the state's first chronic disease prevention and reduction plan and the plan's implementation collaborative. He also served on several statewide advisory groups, including the Health Policy Institute of Ohio's Health Value Measurement Dashboard and Prevention and Public Health Advisory Groups.

Dr. Wapner is a board-certified pediatrician, most recently practicing in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Urgent Care system. Before beginning his career in public health, Dr. Wapner practiced pediatrics and pediatric diabetes medicine in southeast Ohio at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Population health planning through integration of health care and public health, with a focus on social and physical environments and their impact on health status

• Master of Public Health (MPH), The Ohio State University (2012)
• Diabetology Fellowship: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine (2006)
• Pediatrics Residency: Doctors Hospital, Columbus Ohio (2004)
• Doctor of Osteopathy (DO), Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine (2001)
• Bachelor of Science (BS) with Honors in Journalism, University of Florida (1994)

• PUBHLTH 6002 History, Values and Essential Services of the U.S. Public Health System
• PUBHHMP 6620: Critical Appraisal of Population Health Evidence
• PUBHLTH 7996: Integrative Learning Experience Project Prep Seminar for MPH‐PEP students

• Advisory Board Member, Ohio State University Early Head Start Program (2019-Present)

• Board Member and Program Committee Chair, Local Matters (2017-2021)

• Member, Healthcare Committee, Local Matters (2016)

• Board Member at Large, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (2015) 

• Medical Care Subcommittee Member, Weight of the Nation Planning Committee (2012)
• Member, Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (2011)
• Chief Resident, Pediatrics, Doctors Hospital (2004)
• Outstanding Primary Care Award, Center of Osteopathic Research and Education, O'Bleness Memorial Hospital (2007)
• Outstanding Clinical and Community Education (CCE) Preceptor, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine (2006)
• Presidential Leadership Award, Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery (2001)
• Recognition Award for Excellence (1999) Sigma Sigma Phi National Honors Fraternity

1. Danesh, David O.; Peng, Jin; Hammersmith, Kimberly J.; Gowda, Charitha; Maciejewski, Heather; Amini, Homa; Wapner, Andrew W.; Meyer, Beau D. Impact on Dental Utilization of the Integration of Oral Health in Pediatric Primary Care Through Quality Improvement. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice: December 02, 2022 - Volume - Issue - 10.1097. 
2. Kirby Wilkins, J; Bates, JS; Betz. MR; Civittolo, DJ; Fox, J; Jones, LE; Porfeli, EJ; Powers-Barker, PK; Resiter, HL; Rmepleey, DT; Wapner, A. The State of Ohio Families: Challenges and Promises. Marriage and Family Review. Revise and resubmit in progress.
3. VanNasdale, DA; Robich, ML; Jones-Jordan, LA; Shelton, ER; Hurley M; Wapner, A; Williams, S; Molea, M; Crews, JE. Vision Care Utilization and Insurance Coverage Prior to and Following Medicaid Expansion Ohio. Ohio Journal of Public Health. Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022).
4. Clagg S, Wapner A, Klingler J, Schweikhart SB. A Comparison of Non-Profit Hospital Charity Care Policies and Community Benefit in Central Ohio to Peer Cities. Ohio Journal of Public Health, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2022.