Addressing the Complexity of Public Health | Chris Dickey | TEDxNYU

When Chris looks out at the myriad of challenges facing our world - including vast health inequalities, applied skills gaps among public health professionals, weak community health systems, and shrinking research budgets - he sees endless opportunity. In his talk, Chris shares his methodology to approaching such problems from a multi-disciplinary point of view.

Dr. Chris Dickey sees global public health through a unique lens – one that has him constantly reimagining solutions to our globe’s biggest health threats. When he looks out at the myriad challenges facing our field – including vast health inequities, applied skills gaps among public health professionals, weak community health systems, and shrinking research budgets – he sees endless opportunities for CGPH and our amazing NYU students. Dr. Dickey is Director, Global Professional Studies and Entrepreneurship and Clinical Associate Professor of Global Public Health at CGPH, but he is also an international development innovator and public health entrepreneur who has worked in more than 20 countries with UN and other agencies and co-founded a company that provides clean water and primary care in villages in India. Dr. Dickey holds a Doctor of Public Health degree from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wh

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