Health Promotion Program Director
Adjunct Faculty

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• PHB 101. Introduction to Public Health
• MPH 533. Programming Evaluation

• MPH, Emory Rollins School of Public Health, 2011
• BA, BS, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2007

Jennifer Keltz, MPH, BA, BS, is joining the DePerro School of Health Professions as an adjunct faculty for the fall 2025 semester and as the Cabrini grant Director of Health Promotion.

Jennifer received her MPH from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health with a focus on behavioral science and health education, with a concentration in mental health. She served as a Health Specialist volunteer with the United States Peace Corps at the Mongolian National Institute of Public Health, where she developed and implemented professional scientific trainings, provided technical support for research on food security, and coordinated partnerships and evaluation for sexual health programs.

She has over a decade of experience working as a public health analyst and health communications specialist with national and global organizations. Her experience includes responding to infectious disease outbreaks, improving reproductive health outcomes, applying medical best practices and evidence to strengthen healthcare systems and improve chronic disease symptom management, and developing, implementing, and evaluating multimedia national health education campaigns.

• HEARTS Technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care: team-based care. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2018. 
• Kostova D, Husain MJ, Sugerman D, Hong Y, Saraiya M, Keltz J, Asma S. Synergies between Communicable and Noncommunicable Disease Programs to Enhance Global Health Security. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;23(13):S40–6. 
• Walker ER, Bamps Y, Burdett A, Rothkopf J, Diiorio C. Social support for self-management behaviors among people with epilepsy: a content analysis of the WebEase program. Epilepsy Behav. 2012 Mar;23(3):285-90. 
• Rothkopf J, Brookler K, Wadhwa S, Sajovetz M. (2011). Medicaid Patients seen at federally qualified health centers use hospital services less than those seen by private providers. Health Affairs, 30 (7), 1335-1342.