Departmental Affiliations
Primary
Sonia Angell, MD, MPH, works on research, policies, and programs that make places where we live, work, and play healthier for all of us.
Research Interests
Public Health; Population Health; Health Policy; Health Equity; Systems Change; Social Determinants of Health; Food Systems; Climate Change; Planetary Health
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
MPH
University of Michigan
2004
DTMH
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2002
MD
University of California San Francisco
1999
Overview
Sonia Angell is a Bloomberg Professor of the Practice of American Health in the Department of Epidemiology, and provides leadership for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative’s work on food systems change. She is a physician and expert in public health, policy and systems change. She has over 15 years’ experience in government, from the local to global level, and remains current in the practice of primary care medicine.
Previously, she served as Director of the California Department of Public Health and State Public Health Officer, as Deputy Commissioner at the New York City Department of Health, as senior advisor on Global Noncommunicable Diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and she was the founding director of the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control Program at the New York City Health Department. She was a Fellow of the second class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Program, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Previously, she served as Director of the California Department of Public Health and State Public Health Officer, as Deputy Commissioner at the New York City Department of Health, as senior advisor on Global Noncommunicable Diseases at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and she was the founding director of the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control Program at the New York City Health Department. She was a Fellow of the second class of the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Program, and is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
Honors & Awards
2020 Chairman’s Award, American Heart Association
2020 Norman Campbell Excellence Award in Population Hypertension Prevention and Control, World Hypertension League
2019 Award of Meritorious Achievement, American Heart Association
2014 Most Impactful Journal Article of 2012, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2011 Fellowship, American College of Physicians
2009 Distinguished Service Award, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2001 Partners Award for Excellence, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1999 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of California San Francisco Medical School
1999 Gold-Headed Cane Society, University of California San Francisco Medical School
2020 Norman Campbell Excellence Award in Population Hypertension Prevention and Control, World Hypertension League
2019 Award of Meritorious Achievement, American Heart Association
2014 Most Impactful Journal Article of 2012, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2011 Fellowship, American College of Physicians
2009 Distinguished Service Award, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
2001 Partners Award for Excellence, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
1999 Alpha Omega Alpha, University of California San Francisco Medical School
1999 Gold-Headed Cane Society, University of California San Francisco Medical School
Select Publications
I have written on a wide range of public health topics. Here are a few examples.
- Angell SY, McConnell MV, Anderson CAM, Bibbins-Domingo K, Boyle DS, Capewell S, Ezzati M, de Ferranti S, Gaskin DJ, Goetzel RZ, Huffman MD, Jones M, Khan YM, Kim S, Kumanyika S, McCray AT, Merritt RK, Milstein B, Mozaffarian D, Norris K, Roth GA, Sacco RL, Saucedo JF, Shay CM, Siedzik D, Saha S, Warner JJ. The American Heart Association 2030 Impact Goal: Presidential Advisory from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2020; 141:00-00.
- Angell SY, Shih S, Partnering with Community, Professional, and Policy Organizations, Chapter author in: Howell M, ed. Understanding Healthcare Delivery Science, McGraw Hill, 2020. ISBN 978-1-260-02648-1.
- Wright MJ, McKelvey W, Curtis CJ, Thorpe LE, Vesper HW, Kuiper HC, Angell SY. Impact of a municipal policy restricting trans fatty acid use in New York City restaurants on adult serum trans fatty acid levels. American Journal of Public Health. 2019; 109: 634-636.
- Anekwe AV, Lent M, Farley SM, Kessler K, Kennelly MO, Angell SY. New York City’s Sodium Warning Regulation: From Conception to Enforcement, American Journal of Public Health. 2019; 109(9), pp.1191–1192.
- Olsen MH, Angell SY, Asma S, Boutouyrie P, Burger D, Chirinos JA, Damasceno A, Delles C, Gimenez-Roqueplo AP, Hering D, López-Jaramillo P. A call to action and a lifecourse strategy to address the global burden of raised blood pressure on current and future generations: The Lancet Commission on Hypertension. Lancet. 2016;388(10060):2665-2712.