Alina Engelman, DrPH, MPH Faculty Profile
Alina Engelman, DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health
- E-mail: alina.engelman@csueastbay.edu
- Phone: (510) 885-3885
- Office: SF (Student Faculty Building) 539, Hayward Campus
- Office Hours: By appointment via BayAdvisor
Dr. Engelman was the recipient of the 2023 Disability and Disasters Award from the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado. She serves as Director of Outreach and Community Engagement and on the Governing Board for CSUEB's Center for Disability Justice Research. Pre-tenure and promotion, she recieved CSUEB's Outstanding Researcher Award (2020-2021).
Her areas of interest include global health, disability-related health disparities and emergency preparedness communication. Her teaching includes courses in global disability health, epidemiology, health disparities and program evaluation.
She received her Doctor of Public Health degree (DrPH) at UC Berkeley, her MPH in Global Health at Yale University and her BA at Brown University. She served on the Board of the Alliance for Disability in Health Care Education and was a member of the Community Health Commission for the City of Berkeley.
Her scholarly work focuses on health disparities for the deaf and disabled. For example, exploring global disability justice and the emergency preparedness and response role of community-based organizations serving older adults and people with disabilities in Puerto Rico. Other research in conjunction with the Gallaudet Center on Deaf Health Equity on COVID-19 and food insecurity in the deaf community was tweeted by the CDC as part of its daily credible health and safety updates.