Ann H. Cary, PhD, MPH, RN, A-CCC

Clinical Professor and Director of Distance Learning Programs for the School of Public Health & Health Sciences and the School of Nursing
Director, PMPH Program

Telephone: 413-545-6630
Email: cary@schoolph.umass.edu
Campus Address: 325 Arnold House

Dr. Cary is a Clinical Professor with appointments at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences and the School of Nursing at UMass Amherst. She is the Graduate Program Director for the MPH in Public Health Practice online program as well as the dual degree, MS(nursing)/MPH program. She has been in the field of public health for 25 years, mostly in academic settings. Her public health service experience has been as a USPHS Policy Fellow, Federal grant reviewer, researcher in a credentialing organization and a clinical provider in public health. She has served on the CDC/ASTDR Expert Panel on Public Health Workforce Development and the Incentives (Credentialing) workgroup; member of the Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) MPH Core Competency Project; and, currently cochairs the National Nursing Advisory Committee to the Public Health Training Centers (funded by HRSA). She has over 60 publications in the field of Public Health, nursing, leadership and credentialing. In addition to her academic credentials, she has taken post doctoral training in Leadership at the John F Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Current research interests and practice include health promotion for healthy parenting, credentialing and public health education.

Courses Taught Online: COM_HLTH 525 Ethical Issues in Public Health, PUBHLTH 690N Current Topics in Public Health Practice