About
Dr. Telfair has devoted his 30-year career to, and is internationally known for, his research, teaching and practice in the areas of social epidemiology, cultural and linguistic competency, public health genetics, elimination of health inequities and disparities, community-based and rural health practice, program evaluation, and policy issues concerning women, adolescents and persons in under-resourced/under-served areas at the local, state, national and global levels.
He also focuses on health care issues for poor, rural and multi-cultural/multi-ethnic populations as well as advocacy for persons with chronic health conditions.
As a public health researcher and practitioner, Dr. Telfair uses and engages in participatory and mixed methods of research and evaluation, community-based and rural health practice, program evaluation and policy issues with local, national and global health leaders and governments.
Practice Activities
2021 Mental Health First Aid at Work Awareness – Certified (Faculty Intervention/Support)
National Council for Behavioral Health
2020 CITI PROGRAM Certified –
COVID-19: Back to Campus (Fall 2020) (Curriculum Group)
COVID-19: Back to Campus (Fall 2020) (Course Learner Group)
2016 GSU Centers for Teaching and Technology (CT2)
Teaching and Developing Online Courses
2015 ASPPH – Council on Linkages
Revised Core competencies for Public Health Professionals
2015 Quality Matters
Certified On-Site Assessor
2012 Certified Site Visitor
Council on Education for Public Health
Silver Spring, MD
2004 Certified Evaluation/Performance Review Consultant
Office of Program Review, Health Services and Resources Administration (HRSA)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
1995 - 1995 Faculty Leadership Fellow
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
University of Oklahoma at Oklahoma City
1992 - 1992 Post Doctorate Fellow
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Psychosocial Research Division, School of Social Work
1983 Certified Hemoglobinopathy Counselor/Educator
Children’s Hospital of Northern California
State of California, Department of Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health
Education
- DrPH, Public Health Sociology / Health Issues of Children, Families and People of Color, Johns Hopkins University, 1992
- MSW / MPH, Children and Families / Behavioral Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1983
- BA, Behavioral Psychology, California State University at Northridge, 1980
- AA, Liberal Arts, Santa Monica City College, 1976
