Interview with Kelly Larson, MPH
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Highlights from this episode:
- The Partnership for Healthy Cities and its work to reduce health burdens in urban areas globally
- Noncommunicable diseases + injuries kill over 43 million people a year and what’s being done by the Partnership for Healthy Cities and their partners to combat this
- Learn about successful interventions of evidenced based public health policy at the city level
Episode 240 of Public Health Careers
Kelly Larson is the Injury Prevention Lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies.
She is a global health expert with over 15 years of experience, currently leading the The Partnership for Healthy Cities—a prestigious network of more than 70 cities dedicated to reducing noncommunicable diseases and injuries worldwide.
She conferred a Bachelor of Arts in Communications at Pacific Lutheran University. Then a Master of Public Health in Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
Kelly worked at the National Hemophilia Foundation and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Currently, she supports Mike Bloomberg in his role as WHO Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) and Injuries.
Links from show
Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit
