Dr. Halverson is the dean of the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, a collaborative project that leverages the strengths of OHSU and Portland State University to educate the next generation of public health leaders to confront and combat the underlying causes of health disparity throughout Oregon and beyond.
Dr. Halverson has served as professor and founding dean of Indiana University’s Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health since May 2013. His Doctor of Public Health is from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and his Master of Health Services Administration is from Arizona State University. Dr. Halverson previously served as the State Health Officer in Arkansas and as the Director of the Division of Public Health Systems Development and Research at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He previously held faculty leadership roles at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
