Senior Advisor for Health Equity in the Office of the Associate Director for Program, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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George W. Roberts is Senior Advisor for Health Equity in the Office of the Associate Director for Program, Office of the Director, CDC.  He is responsible for monitoring and coordinating efforts to address the impact of health disparities across disease areas.  He serves as major advisor to the Associate Director for Program on ways to improve programmatic strategies to promote equitable health outcomes for vulnerable populations.

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Prior to assuming this position, Dr. Roberts served as Associate Director for Health Equity in the National Center for Health Marketing.  He previously served as Director of the Division of Partnerships and Strategic Alliances in the same National Center, where he led activities to strengthen public-private partnerships in support of CDC’s health protection and health promotion goals.  He has also served as Associate Director for Prevention Partnerships in CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, where he was also a Special Assistant for Communities of Color.  Prior to his work in HIV prevention, Dr. Roberts was a Senior Behavioral Scientist in the Office of the Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.  He has also served as Research Psychologist for Minority Health in the Office of the Director at the CDC.

 

Dr. Roberts has published and maintained research interests in the areas of HIV/AIDS prevention, gender and cultural issues, and minority health.  He holds professional memberships in associations of public health and psychology, and is a past president of the Atlanta Chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists.

Dr. Roberts received his undergraduate training at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.  He later earned the doctorate of philosophy in Psychology, specializing in Social Psychology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  Before joining the CDC, he was a professor of African American Studies and Psychology at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

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Contact Info:

George Roberts
Senior Advisor for Health Equity Office of the Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd. N.E. Mailstop E21
Atlanta, GA 30333
404-639-2892
gwr2@cdc.gov

80 Claremont Ave.
New York, NY 10027
212-851-4141
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