Frank Holtzhauer, PhD

Frank Holtzhauer is co-director for the Ohio arm of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Public Health Training Center and the Academic Preparedness Center. He serves as assistant to the dean and as the director of the Office of Workforce Development at Ohio State University School of Public Health. Holtzhauer is also the public health practice coordinator to the Association of Schools of Public Health. His areas of interest include a range of issues from public health workforce development to violence as a public health issue, Reye’s syndrome, Toxic Shock syndrome, and infectious diseases including Legionnaires disease.

Holtzhauer holds a PhD in preventive medicine from The Ohio State University. Launching his career in public health as a field epidemiologist with the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), Holtzhauer moved through the ranks to become the chief of the Division of Epidemiology. After 15 years at the state level, he became the assistant health commissioner in Columbus, where he headed the Division of Ambulatory Services, and then served as leader of the Assessment and Health Information Cluster. Thirteen years later, Holtzhauer returned to the ODH and served as deputy director for three years before retiring.

Hotlzhauer is an active in the Ohio and American Public Health Associations and the Associations of Schools of Public Health. Holtzhauer has served on numerous committees, two CEPH accreditation teams, and has participated in advisory committees of the National Center for Health Statistics. He has also served on Special Study Panels for the CDC and the NIH. Holtzhauer is widely recognized for his ongoing contributions during his 31 years of research and leadership in public health.

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