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Dean Emeritus, Mailman School of Public Health
Professor of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health
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DeLamar Professor Emeritus of Public Health Practice, Mailman School of Public Health
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons
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| Allan Rosenfield, MD, Dean Emeritus of the Mailman School of Public Health, served as dean of the School from 1986 to 2008. As dean, he was instrumental in positioning the School as a major force in New York City’s public health arena and extending its reach around the globe. Dr. Rosenfield has spent his career fighting for the health and well-being of the most vulnerable populations at home and abroad, especially women. An obstetrician gynecologist, Dr. Rosenfield is known for his work on women’s reproductive health and human rights, innovative family planning studies,
strategies to address the tragedy of maternal deaths in poor countries, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, both domestically and globally. His pioneering work has focused on the role of non-medical personnel in prescribing contraceptives,
averting maternal mortality and morbidity from pregnancy-related complications, and treatment and care of HIV-infected women and children in resource-poor
settings. In addition to being at the forefront for calling attention to women’s health as more than a mere adjunct to child health, Dr. Rosenfield, with Mailman School colleagues, was also among the earliest to voice the ethical challenges of decreasing transmission of HIV to newborns by treating mothers with antiretroviral drugs before delivery, without consideration of ongoing care and treatment of mothers. His early work at the Mailman School focused on clinical, community-based, and school-based reproductive health programs in Northern Manhattan, with special attention to adolescents and family planning. Dr. Rosenfield continues to serve as an advisor to numerous governmental and non-governmental organizations concerned with reproductive rights, maternal and child health, and other public health issues.
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