Amy Lauren Fairchild | |
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Alma mater |
Columbia University University of Texas at Austin |
Scientific career | |
Institutions |
Ohio State University Texas A&M University Columbia University |
Thesis | Science at the borders : Immigrant medical inspection and defense of the Nation, 1891-1930 (1997) |
Amy Lauren Fairchild is an American historian who is a professor at Syracuse University. She is co-director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Bioethics.
Fairchild was an undergraduate student at the University of Texas at Austin. [1] She graduated in 1990, before moving to Columbia University to complete a master's degree in public health.[ citation needed] She remained at Columbia for her graduate studies, where she investigates the health of migrants. [2]
Fairchild works on public health ethics and policy. After completing her doctoral degree, she was appointed to the faculty of Columbia University. [3] She studied the social forces that impact health inspection of migrants and disease surveillance and privacy. [3] In particular, she was interested in the interplay between surveillance and public health policy. [4] She was responsible for delivering the Department of Public Health history and policy course. [5] She looked at the impacts of fear-based public health campaigns, such as Michael Bloomberg's efforts on tobacco use, obesity and HIV. [6] She argued that banning e-cigarette sales and vaping would have negative impacts on people's health. [7] [8]
After twenty years at Columbia, Fairchild returned to Texas A&M University, where she served as Associate Dean and Vice President for Faculty Affairs. She joined Ohio State University as a professor in the College of Public Health in 2019. [9] Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Fairchild was responsible for monitoring health on campus and providing public health advice to the people of Ohio. [10] [11] [12] She called for a national mask mandate to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease. [13]