Rebecca Greenleaf, MPH

Social/Clinical Research Specialist
Department of Maternal and Child Health
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of Maternal and Child Health
Adjunct Instructor
Gillings School of Global Public Health
412C Rosenau Hall
CB# 7445
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
USA

About

Rebecca Greenleaf has been serving in various public health roles for more than 20 years.  She earned a master’s degree from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s degree from James Madison University.  Rebecca has worked for the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, North Carolina's Title V Program, the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, and the National Training Institute for Child Care Health Consultants. Rebecca currently serves as the Training Coordinator for the National MCH Workforce Development Center (MCH WDC). Founded in 2014, the MCH WDC helps state and territorial Title V leaders and their partners tackle complex challenges through training, collaborative learning, coaching, and consultation. In her role at the MCH WDC, Rebecca supports public health workforce development for MCH professionals, with an emphasis on health transformation, systems integration, evidence-based decision making, and change management. She collaborates with Center faculty and staff to build workforce capacity, teach transformational skills, and help teams of MCH professionals take strategic action to make progress on their goals 


Honors and Awards

Innovative Teaching in MCH: "Expanding Access to Applied Methods for Health Transformation in MCH"
2015, Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health

Representative Courses

Applied Methods for Health Transformation Implementation in MCH (MHCH 890/745) | Syllabus

Understanding Public Health Issues (SPHG 713)

Leadership in Maternal and Child Health (MHCH 710)

Research Activities

  • Health Transformation
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • MCH Workforce Development

Education

  • MPH, Maternal and Child Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998
  • BS, Health Science, James Madison University, 1995