Terry Huang
{{Short description|Prevention scientist}}
Terry Huang is an American-Canadian-Taiwanese prevention scientist, distinguished professor at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy{{Cite web |title=Two CUNY SPH faculty named distinguished professor |url=https://sph.cuny.edu/life-at-sph/news/2023/08/14/faculty-named-distinguished-professor/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy |language=en-US}} and chair of the Department of Health Policy and Management. He was previously chair of the Department of Health Promotion at the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.{{Cite web |title=Terry Huang |url=https://sph.cuny.edu/about/people/faculty/terry-huang/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy |language=en-US}} He is a leading expert on childhood obesity, systems approaches to community health, and chronic disease prevention.
Education
Terry Huang received his PhD in Preventive Medicine and MPH from University of Southern California in Los Angeles, CA. He received his BA in Psychology from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Huang holds an MBA from the IE Business School in Madrid, Spain.
Career
Terry Huang is a specialist in the area of childhood obesity, chronic disease prevention, and systems science in public health.{{Cite web |title=10 years later, school still sugar free and proud - CNN.com |url=https://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/11/sugar.free.school/ |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=www.cnn.com}}
Huang is co-founder and senior advisor for the National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) which coordinates activities the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Department of Agriculture, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.{{Cite web |title=Professor Terry Huang |url=https://www.worldobesity.org/training-and-events/scope/fellowship/professor-terry-huang |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=World Obesity Federation |language=en}} He was Vice President North America for the World Obesity Foundation.[https://www.worldobesity.org/training-and-events/scope/fellowship/professor-terry-huang]
In 2009, Terry Huang testified before the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health on the subject of Innovations in Addressing Childhood Obesity.{{Cite web |title=US House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Hearing on "Innovations in Addressing Childhood Obesity" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEb-E1vVnYA |website=Energy and Commerce Democrats, US House| date=18 July 2011 }}{{Cite web |title=GovInfo |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg74861/pdf/CHRG-111hhrg74861.pdf |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=www.govinfo.gov |language=en}}
In 2010, Terry Huang was the recipient of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary's Innovation Award.{{Cite web |title=CPCRN |url=https://cpcrn.org/about-experts/393 |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=cpcrn.org |language=en}}
Terry Huang is chief specialty editor for public health and nutrition for Frontiers in Public Health.{{Cite web |title=Loop {{!}} Terry Huang |url=https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1232078/overview |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=loop.frontiersin.org}}
As of 2024, Terry Huang is a Fellow at the New York Academy of Medicine.{{Cite web |title=The 172nd Anniversary Discourse & Awards and Annual Meeting of the Voting Fellows {{!}} New York Academy of Medicine |url=https://www.nyam.org/172nd-annual-meeting-photos/ |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=www.nyam.org}}
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Category:CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy faculty
Category:University of Nebraska Medical Center faculty
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