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Title: Clinical Associate Professor
Discipline: Health and Society
Degrees: Stephen F. Gambescia, PhD, MEd, MBA, CHES
Office Location: Room 226 Bellet Bldg.
Phone: 215-762-8405
Fax: 215-762-7778
Email: sfg23@drexel.edu |
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Stephen F. Gambescia, PhD, MEd, MBA, CHES, is assistant dean of academic and student affairs and clinical associate professor in the Health and Society Programs of the College of Nursing and Health Professions and clinical associate professor of Health and Society and Health Administration Programs.
Dr. Gambescia has held a number of educational leadership roles eventually serving as a vice president in a metro and multi-state division for two of the largest national voluntary health agencies (American Cancer Society and American Heart Association). He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of health promotion/disease prevention. His research interests have been in tobacco control, chronic disease risk awareness/prevention, and broadly in health communications. His research interests in higher education include continuing professional education program development, evaluation, credentialing, and in distributed learning. He has co-authored a recently published book on Managing a Public Speaker Bureau for Health and Human Services Organizations.
Dr. Gambescia has held several academic administrative positions. He was an assistant dean in the Goodwin College of Professional Studies at Drexel; a dean of graduate and professional studies (Cabrini College); executive director of adult and continuing professional studies, assistant V.P. academic affairs and assistant to the president at Neumann College.
Dr. Gambescia received his first degree from Saint Joseph’s University (sociology); a professional degree in journalism/public relations from Charles Morris Price; M.Ed. from the School of Education at The Pennsylvania State University; M.B.A. from Regis University; and Ph.D. in health care policy at Temple University. Courses taught are in the area of health care policy, nonprofits and health care, and health care management and leadership.
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