Gillian Dunn, DrPH

College of Health and Society - Department of Public Health

Assistant Professor of Public Health

Biography

Dr. Gillian Dunn earned her doctorate in public health from the City University of New York and also holds an MS in Earth & Environmental Sciences and a BS in Oceanography. Prior to joining HPU, Dr. Dunn spent over 18 years managing emergency programs in response to disasters, wars, and outbreaks of disease. Her main interests in public health center around the interaction of the environment and health, including disasters and climate change, ecosystem services, water and sanitation, and vector-borne diseases. She is especially interested in child health within at-risk communities. Dr. Dunn also works with spatial methodologies to better understand the influence of place on health.