The College of Public Health is hosting a seminar by Ian Lapp, PhD, associate dean for strategic educational initiatives and lecturer on global health at Harvard School of Public Health, on Tuesday, Oct. 14 from 11 a.m. to noon in S030 CPHB. Lapp will speak on “Revolution Without Replication:  Mission Driven Educational Change.”

Lapp was recruited by the Harvard School of Public Health to lead the school’s multi-year educational strategic planning process known as the “Roadmap to 2013,” a school-wide effort to mark its centennial in fall 2013.  The school is now  implementing its new educational strategy that includes the launch of three degree in three years (DrPH in 2014, MPH in 2015, and PhD in 2016). He is also leading the school’s innovation efforts in technology and interactive learning, including HarvardX, e-learning, and simulations.

At the university level, Lapp served as the inaugural co-chair of Harvard’s Teaching and Learning Consortium. At the national level, he has chaired a number of major committees for ASPPH and is currently a member of the Framing the Future Taskforce. Lapp is a member of the CEPH Council, which oversees institutional accreditation in public health, and is a member of the board of directors for NBPHE, which oversees the certification process of professionals in public health. In the international arena, he has worked extensively with public health programs in Africa, Asia, and Europe.  Lapp previously served as associate dean for academic affairs and education at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where he capped off a ten-year career there by co-leading the redesign of the MPH degree.