Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH
Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor
Biography
Sandro Galea, a physician, epidemiologist, and author, is dean and Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health. In 2015, he became dean of Boston University School of Public Health.
One of the most widely-cited scholars in the social sciences, Galea has published more than 1000 scientific journal articles, 75 chapters, and 24 books. He has published extensively in the peer-reviewed literature about the social causes of health, mental health, and trauma. He has documented the consequences of mass trauma and conflict worldwide, including the September 11 attacks, Hurricane Katrina, conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, and the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. His research has been principally funded by the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and philanthropic foundations.
He is past chair of the board of the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health and past president of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science. He formerly served as chair of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Community Services Board and as member of its Health Board. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. He currently serves as Chair of the Boston Public Health Commission Board of Health, and he is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Galea has received several lifetime achievement awards for his research, including the Rema Lapouse Award from the American Public Health Association and the Robert S. Laufer, PhD, Memorial Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. He is a regular contributor to media, including The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, The Boston Globe, TEDMED, and The New York Times.
Galea was born in Malta and emigrated to Canada with his family at the age of 14. After receiving his medical degree, Galea worked in Somalia with Doctors Without Borders before attending graduate school in the United States.
Galea holds a medical degree from the University of Toronto, graduate degrees from Harvard University and Columbia University, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow. Prior to his appointment at Boston University, Galea served as the Gelman Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. He previously held academic and leadership positions at the University of Michigan and at the New York Academy of Medicine.
Other Positions
- Professor, Family Medicine, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Education
- University of Toronto, MD
- Columbia University School of Public Health, DPH/DrPH
- Harvard University, MPH
Publications
- Published on 3/14/2024
Shultz JM, Galea S, Espinel Z, Nori-Sarma A, Shapiro LT, Dimentstein K, Shepherd JM, Nogueira LM. Safeguarding medically high-risk patients from compounding disasters. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Apr; 32:100714. PMID: 38510788.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/4/2024
Abba-Aji M, Moreland A, Abdalla SM, Rancher C, Galea S, Davies F, Kilpatrick DG. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Depression and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder After a Mass Shooting. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Mar 04; 7(3):e242739. PMID: 38502130.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/29/2024
Koya SF, Ganesh S, Selvaraj S, Wirtz VJ, Galea S, Rockers PC. Determinants of private-sector antibiotic consumption in India: findings from a quasi-experimental fixed-effects regression analysis using cross-sectional time-series data, 2011-2019. Sci Rep. 2024 Feb 29; 14(1):5052. PMID: 38424115.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/27/2024
Galea S, Buckley GJ. Social media and adolescent mental health: A consensus report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. PNAS Nexus. 2024 Feb; 3(2):pgae037. PMID: 38415222.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/5/2024
Kofman YB, Selbe S, Szentkúti P, Horváth-Puhó E, Rosellini AJ, Lash TL, Schnurr PP, Sørensen HT, Galea S, Gradus JL, Sumner JA. Sex Differences in Psychopathology Following Potentially Traumatic Experiences. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Feb 05; 7(2):e240201. PMID: 38386319.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/2/2024
Torres I, Villalba JJ, López-Cevallos DF, Galea S. On preserving integrity and advancing health policy debates: author's reply to Mejía & Garzón. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Mar; 31:100686. PMID: 38328476.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/2/2024
Cohen GH, Wang R, Rosenberg SB, Sampson L, Lowe SR, Cabral H, Ruggiero K, Galea S. Neighborhood-level economic characteristics and depression and PTSD symptoms among Houstonians who have experienced Hurricane Harvey and COVID-19. Psychiatry Res. 2024 Mar; 333:115766. PMID: 38335779.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/2/2024
López-Cevallos DF, Torres I, Villalba JJ, Galea S. On conflicts of interest, transparency, and accountability of private actors influencing national health policy: authors' reply to Morejón-Terán. Lancet Reg Health Am. 2024 Mar; 31:100685. PMID: 38332852.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/16/2024
Vandenbroucke JP, Sørensen HT, Rehkopf DH, Gradus JL, Mackenbach JP, Glymour MM, Galea S, Henderson VW. Report on the Joint Workshop on the Relations between Health Inequalities, Ageing and Multimorbidity, Iceland, May 3-4, 2023. Clin Epidemiol. 2024; 16:9-22. PMID: 38259327.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/5/2024
Galea S. Guiding Values for Health Policy in Divided Times. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Jan 05; 5(1):e240111. PMID: 38270926.
Read at: PubMed
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