Michael Blank,Ph.D.

• Member, MPH Program Curriculum Committee
• Course Co-Director, PUBH 504 Behavioral & Social Sciences in Public Health
• Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
• Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute for Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
• Senior Fellow, Schools of Nursing at University of Pennsylvania and University of Virginia

Dr. Blank received a B.A. with distinction in psychology from the University of Rochester, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Virginia, where he served on the faculties of the School of Nursing and Department of Psychology from 1992-1999. He completed his internship in clinical psychology at the Northeast Ohio Universities College of Medicine in 1990. Dr. Blank’s research and writing focus on integration of health and mental health services delivery systems including treatment for co-morbid illness such as HIV/AIDS.  Other areas of interest include informal care and its impact on consumers and families, rural mental health, ethics in prevention, and applications of technology and computer-assisted care in mental health service delivery. Dr. Blank is currently working on two federally funded projects on HIV/AIDS prevention among persons with serious mental illness. Dr. Blank’s primary affiliation is with the Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research in the Psychiatry Department. Author of over 50 published articles, book chapters, and reports, Dr. Blank serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Community Psychology, Community Mental Health Journal, and Journal of Rural Community Psychology. He was appointed to the Centers for Disease Control Advisory Board to study the feasibility of a cohort study of Anthrax Vaccine Safety at the in 2002.  His public health activities include serving as a member of the Institutional Review Board for the Philadelphia Health Department.  In 2004, Dr. Blank was elected to the Governing Board of the American Public Health Association. He is also a member of the APAA American Orthopsychiatric Association, and the Society for Community Research and Action.

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