HBS Summer Institute Faculty

Elizabeth Edsall Kromm, PhD, MSc, Adjunct Assistant Professor. Dr. Edsall Kromm is the Director of the Bureau of Healthy Community Development for the Howard County Health Department. She directs the Health Department’s outreach and community partnerships, health care access, care coordination, prevention and treatment and research/evaluation programs, and serves as a senior policy advisor to the Health Officer. She has worked on state and national level tobacco and cancer control policy for the American Cancer Society. Areas of interest include media and health advocacy, health care access policy, tobacco and cancer control policy, and the role of media in advancing public health policy.

Paul Gaist, PhD, MPH, Adjunct Associate Professor. Dr. Gaist is a behavioral scientist and a public health administrator who emphasizes real world integrative thinking and solutions in his courses.  His work includes/has included research, program and planning at the National Institutes of Health, the White House National AIDS Policy Office, and elsewhere.  Areas of interest (U.S. and internationally) include biopsychosocial analysis and health promotion/disease prevention across the lifespan and life contexts.

David Jernigan, PhD, Associate Professor. Dr. Jernigan is a sociologist and public health advocate who has served as a bridge between researchers and policy makers throughout his career. He has worked as the executive director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University, and as an adviser to the World Health Organization and the World Bank. Areas of interest (U.S. and internationally) include alcohol policy, media advocacy, and the relationship of commercial marketing activities to public health.