Ashlee Halbritter: Campus Health Initiatives Director |
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November 17, 2015, Volume 62, No. 14 |
Ashlee Halbritter has been named director of Campus Health Initiatives (CHI) at the Student Health Service at the University of Pennsylvania. Ms. Halbritter previously served as CHI’s health educator and most recently helped Penn become the first Ivy League university to join the Partnership for a Healthier America’s Healthier Campus Initiative.
As the public health arm of Penn’s Student Health Service, CHI seeks to improve health and wellness for the campus community through disease surveillance and prevention, education, policy and advocacy work. Signature programs focus on sexual health, sleep, exercise and stress reduction and are promoted collaboratively with a Student Health Advisory Board utilizing social media and vibrant poster campaigns. Campus Health oversees Penn’s highly successful annual flu clinics, which set new records in 2015 by vaccinating more than 5,000 students, faculty and staff.
“I am delighted to welcome Ms. Halbritter to her new leadership role,” said Giang Nguyen, executive director of the Student Health Service. “She brings a keen awareness of the issues relevant to health promotion and disease prevention at Penn and already has an impressive track record with regard to partnership building across campus.”
“I am thrilled to be leading Campus Health forward as we continue to make Penn the healthiest campus in the country,” Ms. Halbritter added. “I’ve enjoyed working with colleagues across the University on issues like bike safety, nutrition and smoking cessation. The Campus Health staff works tirelessly to track and prevent diseases on campus, while simultaneously promoting policy changes and offering education to support students’ health and wellness.”
Ms. Halbritter joined the Student Health staff in 2012 after spending three years as a prevention specialist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She earned her Master’s of Public Health from UCLA. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, where she majored in communications and minored in public and community health.
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