Susan Nappi, MPH
Community-based participatory research and public health practice
DrPH Program
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
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Yale School of Public Health
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135 College Street, Suite 200, New Haven, CT 06510
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About
Susan Nappi is the Executive Director of the Office of Public Health Practice and lecturer at the Yale School of Public Health. She is also the Co-PI of the CT Department of Public Health Workforce Initiative in partnership with the CT Department of Public Health and the PI of the New England Public Health Training Center at YSPH. With a diverse portfolio in public health practice and research, she has held multiple positions in Connecticut including Senior Director of Community Impact at the United Way of Greater New Haven, Executive Director of the Community Center of Excellence in Women's Health (CCOE) at Griffin Hospital, and Practice Administrator of the Griffin Faculty Practice Plan. Susan has also managed research teams at the Yale School of Public Health and the VA Alcohol Research Center. Her primary interest is building collaborative, equitable, and mutually beneficial community-academic partnerships that espouse a multidisciplinary approach to addressing the social drivers of health. Susan is a first-gen college graduate and received her BA in psychology from the State University of New York, Purchase, and her MPH from Yale University in chronic disease epidemiology.
Selected Publications
Maupin AN, Samuel EE, Nappi SM, Heath JM, Smith MV. Disseminating a parenting intervention in the community: experiences from a multi-site evaluation. J of Child and Fam Studies 26: 3079, Mar (2017).
Jones B, Genao I, Nunez-Smith M, Claus E, Soler-Vilà H, Walker C, Claye E, Markowski J, Nappi S. Selected Prospective Predictors of Mammography Screening in Hispanic/Latinas Living in the Northeast, US. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 26:2 (Supp); Feb (2017).
Hartwig K, Bobbit-Cooke, Zaharek M., Nappi S, Wykoff RF, and Katz DL. The value of microgrants for community-based health promotion: Two models for practice and policy. J Pub Health Mgmt and Practice; 12:90-100, Jan/Feb, (2006).
Service to Community
Panel Member, Expanding the Reach, Visibility, and Impact of the Field of Public Health, Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH); September 2021 - March 2024.
Community Advisory Committee Member - Community Action Agency of New Haven; May 2021 - present.
Co-chair, Experiential Learning Committee of the CEnR Steering Committee; 2018 - present.
Steering Committee Member, Community-Engaged Research (CEnR; formerly National Clinician Scholars Program) at the Yale School of Medicine; 2004 - Present.
Education
Yale School of Public Health - 2001
Master's Degree, Chronic Disease Epidemiology
Purchase College, SUNY - 1993
Bachelor's Degree, Psychology
Licensures and Certifications
Facilitator Certification, Circle of Security Parenting
Professional Memberships
Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health (ASPPH); 2019-present
Connecticut Public Health Association (CPHA); 2019 - present