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Rueben C. Warren, DDS, MPH, DrPH

Dr. Rueben C. Warren serves as the Associate Administrator for Urban Affairs at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in Atlanta, Georgia. As Associate Administrator, he has lead agency responsibility for Environmental Justice and Minority Health. From 1988 to 1997, Dr. Warren served as Associate Director for Minority Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Prior to joining CDC, Dr. Warren served as Dean and Associate Professor of the School of Dentistry, Department of Preventive Dentistry and Community Health, at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Currently, he is a Clinical Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, Morehouse School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, both in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dr. Warren earned his undergraduate degree from San Francisco State University, his dental degree from Meharry Medical College, and both masters and doctorate degrees from the Harvard School of Public Health. He also completed a two-year residency at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine in Dental Public Health. He is board certified in Dental Public Health. In June 1990, Dr Warren received the Distinguished Harvard Alumni Award.

His extensive public health experience at community, state, local, national, and international levels range from clinical and research work in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, to heading the Public Health Dentistry Program at the Mississippi State Department of Health. Dr. Warren has contributed to the scientific literature in public health, professional associations and projects, including the Health Brain Trust of the Congressional Black Caucus of the United States, National Dental Association, American Association of Public Health Dentistry, American Public Health Association, United Nations Children's Fund, and World Health Organization.

Address:

ATSDR
Associate Administrator
Office of Urban Affairs, MS-E28
1600 Clifton Rd., NE
Atlanta, GA. 30329-4027

Phone:

+1 404 498 0111

FAX:

+1 404 498 0087

Email:

RWarren@cdc.gov

OUA Staff

This page was last updated on May 24, 2001.
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