What’s Next? Careers in Public Health | Crucibles of Public Health: Practicing Public Health Where It’s Under-Valued, Under-Resourced, and Unwanted
Presented by Erik L. Carlton, DrPH, MS, CPH, FACHE
What does it take to build a career in public health when the work itself is under-resourced, politically contested, or simply not valued by the communities and institutions you are trying to serve?
Join the Bloustein School’s Undergraduate Public Health Program for the next installment of our “What’s Next?” Careers in Public Health series, featuring Dr. Erik L. Carlton. Dr. Carlton will discuss the challenges of practicing and leading in public health amid difficult political and organizational environments and what emerging public health professionals can learn from those challenges as they prepare to enter the field.
Dr. Carlton is a tenured Associate Professor of Health Policy, Management and Leadership and Director of the Appalachian Health Workforce Institute at West Virginia University. He is also Founder and Chief Learning Officer of The Chrysalis Leadership Group and serves on the faculty of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Board-certified in both public health and healthcare administration, Dr. Carlton has nearly two decades of leadership experience in the public and private sectors and has trained thousands of administrative and clinical leaders from around the world.
Drawing on his experiences as a public health practitioner, educator, consultant, and leader, Dr. Carlton will offer students a candid look at what it means to pursue public health work when resources, institutional support, and public acceptance cannot be taken for granted, and how future professionals can prepare themselves to navigate those realities.
The 30-minute talk will be followed by 15 minutes of student Q&A.
Students considering careers in public health, healthcare, health policy, administration, or leadership are encouraged to attend.