Amy Fairchild

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Amy Lauren Fairchild
Alma mater Columbia University
University of Texas at Austin
Scientific career
Institutions Ohio State University
Texas A&M University
Columbia University
Thesis Science at the borders : Immigrant medical inspection and defense of the Nation, 1891-1930  (1997)

Amy Lauren Fairchild is an American historian who is a professor of Public Health Ethics and Dean of the School of Public Health at the Ohio State University. She is co-director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Bioethics.

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Early life and education

Fairchild was an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] She graduated in 1990, before moving to Columbia University to complete a master's degree in public health.[ citation needed ] She remained at Columbia for her graduate studies, where she investigates the health of migrants. [2]

Research and career

Fairchild works on public health ethics and policy. After completing her doctoral degree, she was appointed to the faculty of Columbia University. [3] She studied the social forces that impact health inspection of migrants and disease surveillance and privacy. [3] In particular, she was interested in the interplay between surveillance and public health policy. [4] She was responsible for delivering the Department of Public Health history and policy course. [5] She looked at the impacts of fear-based public health campaigns, such as Michael Bloomberg's efforts on tobacco use, obesity and HIV. [6] She argued that banning e-cigarette sales and vaping would have negative impacts on people's health. [7] [8]

After twenty years at Columbia, Fairchild returned to Texas A&M University, where she served as Associate Dean and Vice President for Faculty Affairs. She joined Ohio State University as a professor in the College of Public Health in 2019. [9] Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Fairchild was responsible for monitoring health on campus and providing public health advice to the people of Ohio. [10] [11] [12] She called for a national mask mandate to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease. [13]

Selected publications

Books

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References

  1. ↑ Amy Lauren Fairchild. OCLC   5567327956.
  2. ↑ Fairchild, Amy Lauren (1997). Science at the borders: Immigrant medical inspection and defense of the Nation, 1891-1930 (Thesis). OCLC   38564836.
  3. 1 2 "Amy L. Fairchild". history.osu.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  4. ↑ "Amy Fairchild | Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research". investigatorawards.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  5. ↑ "Amy L. FAIRCHILD, PhD - Europubhealth - European Public Health Master". www.europubhealth.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  6. ↑ Fairchild, Amy L.; Bayer, Ronald; Colgrove, James (2015). "Risky Business: New York City's Experience With Fear-Based Public Health Campaigns". Health Affairs. 34 (5): 844–851. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2014.1236. ISSN   0278-2715. PMID   25941287.
  7. ↑ "Knee-jerk vaping bans will fail public health, experts argue". Knee-jerk vaping bans will fail public health, experts argue. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  8. ↑ "Anti-Vape Laws Could Do More Harm Than Good". Wired. ISSN   1059-1028 . Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  9. ↑ "Amy Fairchild to lead Ohio State's College of Public Health". Amy Fairchild to lead Ohio State’s College of Public Health. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  10. ↑ "Column: Treat COVID-19 as if it's already in your home". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  11. ↑ "Ohio State's first pandemic: Influenza". The Lantern. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  12. ↑ Fairchild, Amy Lauren (2020-08-18). "Science Can't Save Us From Coronavirus Panic". Foreign Affairs: America and the World. ISSN   0015-7120 . Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  13. ↑ "A national mandatory mask order would prevent 'walking weapons'". STAT. 2020-07-15. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
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