Faculty Profile

630 West 168th Street Room 239
New York, NY 10032

Phone: 212-305-1794
Fax: 212-305-3659

kmg24@columbia.edu

Education and Training

DrPH University of Michigan School of Public Health
MSN University of California at Los Angeles School of Nursing
BSN St. Olaf College

Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN
Director, Center for Health Policy


Research/Clinical Interests

Mental Health Services
Public health infrastructure; emergency preparedness; interdisciplinary research

Selected Publications

Gebbie K, Merrill J, Sanders L, Gebbie EN, Chen DW. 2007. Public health workforce enumeration: beward the "quick fix". J Public Health Management and Practice 13:1, 73-80.
Gebbie K, Qureshi K. 2006. "A Historical Challenge: Nurses and Emergencies" OJIN" The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. 11:3 (Sept. 30 Manuscript 1). Available: www.nursingworld.org/ojin/topic31/tpc31_1.htm.
Gebbie K, Turnock B. 2006. The public health workforce, 2006: new challenges. Health Affairs25:4 (923-933).
Gebbie K, Merrill J, Tillson HH. 2002. The publich health workforce. Health Affairs 21(6) 57-67.
Gebbie K, Merrill J, Hwang I, Gupta M, Btoush R and Wagner M. 2002. Identifying individual competency in emerging areas of practice: An applied qualitative research approach. Journal of Qualitative Health Research. 12(7): 986-995.
Tilson H, Gebbie KM. 2001. Public Health physicians: An endangered species. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 21(3), pages 223-240.
Gebbie KM, Wakefield M and Kerfoot K. 2000. Nursing and health policy. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 32(3), pages 307-15.
Gebbie KM. 2000. State public health laws: An expression of constituency expectations. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 6(2), pages 46-54.
Gebbie KM. 1998. Steps to changing state public health structures. Journal of Public Health Management and Practices, 4(5), pages 33-41.
Gebbie KM. 1997. Building a constituency for public health. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, 3(1), pages 4-11.

Honors & Awards

2007 Theodore Ervin Award for Outstanding Service, Public Health Foundation
2004 Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Recognition Award
2003 Ruth B. Freeman Award, American Public Health Association Public Health Nursing Section
1997 Alumni Award for Continuing Contributions to Public Health, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
1992 Member, Institute of Medicine
1991 Mary Tolle Wright Award for Excellence in Leadership, Sigma Theta Tau International
1989 Distinguished Scholar, American Nurses Foundation
1988 Arthur T. McCormack Award for Public Health, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
1979 The Distinguished Alumna Award, St. Olaf College

Committees

2007 - present National Academy of Science Report Review Committee
2006 - present Member, Instititute of Medicine Committee on Education of Public Health Physicians
2004 - present Member, New York Academy of Medicine Membership Committee
2004 - 2005 Chair, Institute of Medicine Committee on the Establishment of a National Cord Blood Program
2002 - 2005 Co-Vice Chair, Institute of Medicine Committee on the Implementation of the Smallpox Vaccination Program
2001 - 2002 Co-chair, Institute of Medicine Committee on Public Health Education in the 21st Century
1992 - 1997 Member, Institute of Medicine Board Liason to Study Committee on Using Performance Monitoring to Improve Community Health
1985 - 1987 Chair, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials AIDS Committee
1980 - 1987 Member, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Executive Committee

Professional Memberships

1999 - present Member, Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (Formerly Assoc. of Teachers of Preventive Medicine)
1996 - present Member, Academy Health
1995 - present Member, Institute of Medicine Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
1994 - present Member, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
1993 - present Member, Association of State and Territorial Officials
1984 - 1985 President, Association of State and Territorial Officials
1978 - 1993 Member, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
1968 - present Member, American Public Health Association
1965 - present Member, American Nurses Association