Immediate Past-President
Elected November 2006
Term Ending: November 2009
linda.degutis@yale.edu
Linda C. Degutis, DrPH, MSN, is Associate Professor of Surgery (Emergency Medicine) and Public Health, and Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing at Yale University. She is Research Director for the Emergency Medicine and Director of the Yale Center for Public Health Preparedness (YCPHP). Dr. Degutis holds a Bachelor of Science degree from DePaul University, and MSN and DrPH from Yale. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, working in the office of Senator Paul Wellstone (D-MN).
Dr. Degutis’ research and practice interests center on issues related to alcohol and injury and public health preparedness, with a focus on interventions and policy. Dr. Degutis is former Chair of the APHA Executive Board and an active member of the Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section of APHA, as well as a member of the Connecticut affiliate.