Dr. Ayman El-Mohandes, dean of the Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, is a pediatrician, and Public Health Academic with a deep commitment to public service. He is an established researcher in the field of infant mortality reduction in minority populations. Dr. El- Mohandes’ funded research focused on populations based interventions in underserved communities locally and globally. His publication record includes innovative approaches towards improving perinatal and neonatal outcomes in high risk populations.

Dean El-Mohandes has served as a senior consultant on multiple global health services and public health interventions, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Asia Development Bank and the Government of South Africa. These projects included the “Healthy Mother Healthy Child” program in Egypt, to upgrade obstetric and neonatal services in the districts with the highest infant mortality, as well as a “Health Services Program” in Indonesia, as well as establishing the first school of public health for black students in South Africa.

He received the Distinguished Researcher Award from the GWU Medical Center and was elected to the Delta Omega National Public Health Honor Society. He elected to The Board of the Association of Schools and Programs in Public Health in 2015 and was presented with the APHA Executive Director Citation Award in 2017. He is an elected member of the American Pediatric Society, and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

On May 22, 2013, Dr. El-Mohandes, was named Dean of the CUNY School of Public Health. Under his leadership, the School was fully re-accredited in 2016 as the Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy located in Harlem.