Christina Welter, DrPH, MPH

Deputy Director
University of Illinois at Chicago
Doctoral Program in Public Health Leadership
1603 W Taylor
Chicago, IL
USA 60612

Biographical Sketch: Christina R. Welter is the Deputy Director of Prevention Services at the Cook County Department of Public Health (CCDPH), a large local health department located in suburban Cook County just outside the City of Chicago that serves 2.4 million residents within 125 municipalities. Dr. Welter’s expertise is to facilitate systems-oriented change by partnering with others to design and execute strategic and asset-based community and organizational improvement initiatives. Under her leadership, CCDPH has established three new countywide leadership health-related collaboratives and received over 17 million dollars in funding to implement policy, systems and environmental changes initiatives. Dr. Welter is currently a member of the Illinois Governor’s State Health Improvement Plan Implementation Coordination Council and most recently, served as a part of the Public Health Accreditation Board’s Standards and Measures Workgroup and Illinois Accreditation Development Task Force. Dr. Welter received her Doctorate in Public Health in Leadership from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health. She earned her Masters degree in Public Health from the University of Michigan and holds a bachelor’s degree from Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Welter is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health. Originally from Minnesota, Dr. Welter enjoys spending time with her husband and son outside. She loves to travel, and read just about anything.

Papers:
4075.0 Using academic and practice partnerships to leverage funding toward a sustainable future: Local and state perspectives on workforce development for voluntary accreditation 5151.0 Evaluating community-driven initiatives focused on policy, systems, and environmental change: Lessons learned from building model communities in suburban cook county, Illinois