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Cassandra Okechukwu, ScD
Cassandra Okechukwu received her Doctor of Science degree from the Department of Society, Human Development, and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health in June 2008. Her research focuses on how work and working conditions influence the health and health behaviors of working populations. She also has an interest in global tobacco control, especially as it relates to tobacco industry practices in African countries. In her dissertation, entitled “Working environments and smoking behaviors among the working class,” she evaluated a group randomized smoking cessation intervention for blue-collar workers, which integrated occupational health with smoking cessation messages. In addition, she examined the relationship between exposure to occupational and social hazards in the workplace and current smoking status among blue-collar and service workers. Cassandra has a Masters in Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she majored in Occupational Health. She also has a Masters in Nursing from the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Cassandra is a registered nurse with a Bachelors degree in Nursing from the University of Maryland. She is of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria and enjoys dancing and writing fiction in her spare time.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2008, Harvard School of Public Health, ScD
Department of Society, Human Development and Health
Major area: Community Intervention Research Methods
Minor areas: Social Epidemiology & Politics and Policies for Social Change
2002, Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health & Nursing, MSN, MPH
Department of Environmental Health
Major areas: Occupational Epidemiology & Community Health Nursing
2000, University of Maryland School of Nursing, BSN
Major area: Nursing
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Center for Health and Community
University of California at San Francisco
3333 California, Suite 465
Campus Box 0844
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: 415.613.6058
Fax: 415.502.1010
E-mail: OkechukwuC@chc.ucsf.edu
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