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Heather Krasna serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management and Associate Dean of Career and Professional Development at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. With over 25 years of experience, she leads career services for Mailman students while conducting nationally recognized research on public health workforce dynamics through major federal grants.
Her educational background includes:
- BA from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1997)
- MS from New School University (1997)
- PhD from Maastricht University (2020)
- Training at Teachers College Columbia University (2020)
Dr. Krasna's research examines employment outcomes, salary disparities, occupational classifications, and labor market competition within the public health workforce. Her work leverages large-scale job postings data and federal datasets to address critical gaps in workforce taxonomy and governmental public health infrastructure, directly informing policy interventions and educational curricula.
Analysis of her 2021-2025 publications reveals consistent focus on defining the public health workforce scope, with growing emphasis on sector comparisons (public vs. private), equity in career services, and methodological improvements for occupational data collection. Her studies increasingly incorporate intersectional analysis of salary disparities and strategic recommendations for workforce strengthening.
Her scientific recognition includes:
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Administrative Leadership
- Provost's Award for Massive Open Online Course Design
- Phi Beta Kappa membership
As career services leader, Dr. Krasna provides individual advising to diverse populations including students, elected officials, and government executives. She directs significant grant-funded initiatives including a $4.35 million HRSA Research Grant as Site Principal Investigator for the Consortium for Public Health Workforce Research (C-WORPH) and a $250,000/year CDC grant for public health infrastructure strengthening. Through the Region II Public Health Training Center, she develops and delivers strategic hiring training to health departments nationwide.
Dr. Krasna actively shapes national public health workforce policy through leadership roles in the American Public Health Association Governing Council, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials' Public Health Advocacy Consensus Task Force, and multiple national committees focused on workforce taxonomy and educational standards.
