Andrew Wapner, DO, MPH
Co-Director of the Center for Public Health Practice (CPHP), Associate Clinical Professor of Public Health
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Biography:
Andrew Wapner, DO, MPH is the Co-Director of the Center for Public Health Practice (CPHP), 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 (CPH).
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 is the course director of PUBHLTH 6002 The History Values and Essential Services of the US
Public Health System, and he also teaches PUBHHMP 6620 Critical Appraisal of Population Health
Evidence. He is lead for the Region V Public Health Training Center subgrant through the University
of Michigan, and he has worked with local health departments across Ohio to facilitate workforce and
organizational development projects, most recently working with the Ohio Injury Prevention
Partnership to complete a statewide strategic plan. Dr. Wapner’s other roles in the college include
serving as a co-chair for the CPH Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence Committee, the college’s
Interprofessional Practice and Education champion, and the lead for the Academic Health Department
agreement with Columbus Public Health. Dr. Wapner is a board-certified pediatrician practicing in the
Nationwide Children’s Hospital Urgent Care system. Prior to joining CPH, he served in multiple roles
at the Ohio Department of Health focusing on chronic disease and population health. Before beginning
his career in public health, Dr. Wapner practiced pediatrics and pediatric diabetes medicine in
Southeast Ohio as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Ohio University Heritage College
of Osteopathic Medicine.