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Sue Kaplan, Clinical Associate Professor, is the Associate Director of the Center for Health and Public Service Research and Interim Director of the Health Program. Current projects include an evaluation of a CDC-funded initiative to eliminate racial/ethnic health disparities in the South Bronx; the evaluation of a national program to improve the delivery of cardiovascular care to minority populations; and NIH initiative to develop and evaluate a faith-based outreach program; and technical assistance for an effort to enhance health literacy by linking adult education programs and health care providers.

Before coming to the Wagner School, Professor Kaplan was the Vice President for Planning and Director of Special Projects and Policy at the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. A graduate of Harvard Law School and Wesleyan University, Professor Kaplan practiced law for five years at the Washington, DC, firm of Hogan and Hartson, where she specialized in health and education law. She then served as the founding Executive Director of the New York State Council on Graduate Medical Education, and then as the Acting Vice president for Program Demonstration and Assistant to the President of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. Professor Kaplan has served on the boards of and counsels several not-for-profit organizations, and is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Bank Street College of Education.