Katherine Sharp

Dr. Sharp is a Clinical Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health in the School of Public Health. 

Dr. Sharp has extensive high-level, administrative and teaching experience in an accredited School of Public Health. As Director of Graduate Studies, she is the primary administrator for all graduate student and graduate programs tasks. She also has several years of health communication research experience as she worked for government consulting firms on health communication/social marketing projects and campaigns funded by the NIH, CDC, NSF and SAMSHA.

Her research expertise is in health literacy, health behavior theory, social marketing, market research, planning, implementing and evaluating health communication campaigns/interventions, survey design and focus group moderation. Additionally, she enjoys public speaking, planning and facilitating workshops and orientations.

Dr. Sharp earned her B.S. from UMCP in Community Health Education, her Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education from Emory University and her PhD in Health Promotion from Kent State University.