Paul Halverson

Paul Halverson is the founding dean of the Indiana University Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health in Indianapolis. He came to Indiana University from the Arkansas Department of Health, where he served as state health officer and director.

Before his appointment as state health officer, Halverson served in senior management roles at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including as senior advisor in the office of strategy and innovation, senior scientist and director of the Division of Public Health Systems Development and Research, director of the CDC’s World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Public Health, and director of the National Public Health Performance Standards program. Before joining the CDC, Halverson served as the senior health policy advisor for the North Carolina Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources.

Halverson began his career in health administration and has 15 years of experience as a hospital and health system executive, working in Phoenix, Minneapolis and mid-Michigan. Halverson earned a doctorate in public health from the University of North Carolina and his master’s degree in health services administration from Arizona State University, and he is a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Areas of Expertise

Public health, health policy, emergency preparedness, public health funding, public health policy, health administration, hospitals, hospital management, governmental health.