Andrew Wapner, DO, MPH

Clinical Associate Professor
Director, Master of Public Health Program for Experienced Professionals
Health Services Management and Policy


Phone
614-292-8675
Office
280A Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
Andrew Wapner

Biography

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 serves as 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.

Education

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)

Research interests

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

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