Education
PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2009
MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2005
JD, New York University School of Law, 2004
Overview
Lainie Rutkow is Senior Adviser to the President for National Capital Academic Strategy. She is also a professor of health policy and management. Trained as a public health lawyer and researcher, Dr. Rutkow's work focuses on use of the law (i.e., legislation, regulation, litigation) to protect and promote the public's health. She uses legal, qualitative, and quantitative methods to conduct research about public health law and policy, with an emphasis on emergency preparedness and state and local public health legal innovation. Additional interests include the intersection of politics and public health, public health practice, and community/academic public health partnerships.
Honors and Awards
Lipitz Public Health Policy Faculty Award, 2016, 2017
Advising, Mentoring, Teaching Recognition Award, 2011, 2012
Student Assembly Recognition Award, 2009
Health Policy and Management Recognition Award, 2008
Abell Award in Urban Policy, 2007
Sommer Scholar, 2005-2009
Delta Omega, 2005