Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Prevention
Phone: 215.762.2553
Email: nepstein22@aol.com
Nancy Epstein has worked in the field of public health for 30 years. Originally trained as a community health educator, she has held positions in policy and legislation, advocacy, community organizing, non-profit management, public health education, and program development. Her work has covered a diverse range of topics, including oral health, hunger, nutrition, Food Stamps, health care for underserved communities, health insurance, patient's rights, physical and mental disabilities, and sustainable agriculture.
Ms. Epstein spent 16 years in Austin, Texas where she was involved primarily in developing legislation. She served as a staff director in the Texas Senate and subsequently as a public interest lobbyist. Prior to coming to Philadelphia, Ms. Epstein's work was focused in Washington, where she worked extensively with state-elected officials and legislators, and served as a consultant to national foundations and community health programs across the country. She worked extensively with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Voices: Health Care for the Uninsured initiative, which placed a major focus on oral health.
Ms. Epstein received her Master of Public Health (NPH) degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980, a Master of Arts in Hebrew Letters (MAHL) and rabbinic ordination from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2006, and Bachelor of Arts degree in human development from Colby College in Waterville, Maine in 1977. She is the author of Aching Teeth and Vanishing Dreams: The Dental Problem's of Philadelphia's At-Risk Children and Youth: A Needs Assessment and Blueprint for Action, published in March 2003.
Research Interests: Health care for the underserved; health and disability; health education and coalition building; health and disability policy; health policy and legislative advocacy; oral health; faith and health.
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