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Andrew L. Dannenberg

Andrew L. Dannenberg, MD, MPH, is the Associate Director for Science in the Division of Emergency and Environmental Health Services in the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. He is a member of CDC's livability workgroup that is examining the health aspects of urban sprawl including land use, transportation, planning, and other issues related to the built environment. In May 2002 he organized a workshop of external experts to help develop for CDC a scientific research agenda on the impact of community design and land use choices on public health.

Dr. Dannenberg is also an adjunct professor of epidemiology at the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. Prior to joining NCEH in 2001, he served as the Director of CDC's Division of Applied Public Health Training with oversight responsibility for the Epidemic Intelligence Service and other training programs. Previously, he served as Preventive Medicine Residency director and as an injury prevention epidemiologist while on the faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and as a cardiovascular epidemiologist while working at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Dannenberg received a medical degree from Stanford University and a master of public health degree from Johns Hopkins University, and completed a family medicine residency at the Medical University of South Carolina.