Marian S. Krauskopf

Director Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Bureau of Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Marian is currently the Director of the Cancer Prevention and Control Program in New York City's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.  This program focuses on reducing incidence and mortality of cancer among New Yorkers, with a particular interest in increasing screening in colorectal, breast and cervical cancer and developing programs and policies that address disparities in both screening and treatment.  She joined the program in June, 2006.  Her previous assignments have included a focus on management and leadership in the nonprofit and public sector.  She was a founder of the Research Center for Leadership in Action at the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU, and developed and implemented the Ford Foundation's national leadership program, Leadership for a Changing World.  Her previous experiences in New York City government was as Deputy City Personnel Director, in the then Department of Personnel, and in the Human Resources Administration.

She is on the Steering Committee of the New York State Cancer Consortium and Co-Chair of the Policy Committee of the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable.

She has a MS from Columbia University in Social Work, and a Certificate in Family Therapy from the Ackerman Institute for the Family.

Her most recent publications and presentations include the following:

"A Public Health Approach to Winning the War Against Cancer", Frieden, TR, Myers, JE, Krauskopf, MS, Farley, TR, The Oncologist, 2008; 13000-000 www.TheOncologist.com

"A Public Health Approach to Cancer Prevention",  Lynn Silver, Marian S. Krauskopf, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Center, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center,#12, 2009

"Mammogram Appointment Wait Time and Capacity in New York City",
Ephraim Shapiro, Marian S. Krauskopf, Lu Hong, Suzy Blumenthal, Lynn Silver,  poster presentation, Academy Health, June, 2008.

"Hospital Based Screening Navigation: Launching the New York City Navigator Network", Marian S. Krauskopf, Citywide Colon Cancer Control Coalition, June 5, 2008.

"Patient Navigation as a Tool for Improving Colonoscopy Screening Rates for Immigrants: A New York City Pilot Study ", Julie Ruckel, Christian Salazar, Marian Krauskopf, Suzy Blumenthal, Ephraim Shapiro, Sonia Villegas, Lynn Silver,  poster Presentation, American Public Health Association, November 2007.

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