Departmental Affiliations
Beth Resnick, DrPH, MPH ’95, conducts systems research to transform state and local public health agencies by strengthening infrastructure and stimulating performance improvement.
Contact Info
Research Interests
public health practice; public health infrastructure; public health systems and services research; Department of Health Policy and Management; harassment and workplace violence; workplace mental health and well-being
Experiences & Accomplishments
Beth A. Resnick is a Practice Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management. She is Assistant Dean for Public Health Practice and Training and Director of the MSPH Program in Health Policy. Her research and practice interests include assessing and improving the public health workforce; specifically around advancing public health worker protections and well-being.
Prior to her appointment at Johns Hopkins, Beth Resnick was Director of Environmental Health at the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). She provided education, information, research, and technical assistance to the nation’s 3,000 local health departments and facilitated partnerships among local, state, and federal agencies in order to promote and strengthen local environmental public health practice.
Honors & Awards
2012 SOURCE Service Learning Faculty Fellow
2004-2006 American Public Health Association Environment Section Governing Council Representative
2002 National Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar
1999 Mid-Atlantic Public Health Leadership Institute Scholar
Select Publications
Selected recent publications focused on protecting and advancing the public health workforce.
Resnick B, Mui P, Maiorana R. (2024) It Can’t Just Be About the Money: How to Assure an Adequate Public Health Workforce. American Journal of Public Health 114: pp. 264-266
Sell T, Resnick B. (2024) Development of the FlagIt Report and Response System for Concerning or Harassing Messages Related to Public Health Work Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. 30(2):200-203.
Leider JP, Yeager VA, Kirkland C, Krasna H, Hare Bork R, Resnick B. (2023) The State of the US Public Health Workforce: Ongoing Challenges and Future Directions. Annu Rev Public Health. 44:323-341.
Ward JA, Stone EM, Mui P, Resnick B. (2022). Pandemic-related workplace violence and its impact on public health officials, March 2020– January 2021. Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print March 17, 2022:e1–e11
Yaeger V, Balio C, McCullough JM, Leider J, Orr J, Singh S, Bekemeier B, Resnick B. (2022) Funding Public Health: Achievements and Challenges in Public Health Financing Since the Institute of Medicine's 2012 Report. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice Jan-Feb 01;28(1):E244-E255