Colleen Barry
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Colleen L. Barry | |
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| Education | Drew University |
| Alma mater | John F. Kennedy School of Government |
| Occupation | Dean |
Colleen L. Barry is an American researcher and educator in the areas of mental health and addiction policy and policy communication. She is the inaugural dean of the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell University.[1]
Barry received her Ph.D. in health policy from Harvard University in 2004, her Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1999, and graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in political science and Russian language and literature from Drew University in 1992.[citation needed]
Career
Barry formerly was the Fred and Julie Soper Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, Barry was a faculty member at the Yale University School of Public Health from 2004-10. She began her career in government and legislative affairs in Washington, D.C., and worked as a state health policy analyst in Massachusetts. Her tenure at Cornell University began on Sept. 15, 2021.[2]
Service
Barry is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and the National Academy of Social Insurance.[3] While at Johns Hopkins, she was founding director of the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy and the Johns Hopkins StigmaLab. She co-chaired the Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine and has served as a board member and vice president for the Association of Public Policy and Management. She serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of Sandy Hook Promise, an organization that seeks to protect children from gun violence.[4][5][6]
