Beth C. Weitzman
Professor of Health and Public Policy
Beth C. Weitzman, Professor of Health and Public Policy, joined the faculty of New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service in 1987. She teaches classes in community health and in research methods, and has, in the past, served as both the Director of Doctoral Studies and the Director of the Health Policy and Management Program.
Dr. Weitzman's research focuses on urban policies affecting poor families and she has evaluated a range of program aimed at meeting the health, social service, housing, and educational needs of these families and their children. She brings to this work extensive experience in primary data collection and a strong interest in innovative research designs.
Since 1995, Dr. Weitzman has been directing the national evaluation of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Urban Health Initiative, aimed at improving health and safety outcomes for children and youth in five of America's most distressed cities. Previous research includes a NIDA-funded study examining the relationship of school absenteeism to survey-based estimates of adolescent risk behavior and a longitudinal study of homeless families funded by NIMH.
Dr. Weitzman serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Evaluation and in recent years, her work has been published in such journals as Youth and Society, the Journal of Adolescent Health, Health and Place, Public Administration Review, the Journal of Urban Health, and the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. She holds a B.A. from Vassar College and an M.P.A. and Ph.D. in Public Administration from NYU.
