Patricia Rodney, PhD, MPH, SRN
Dr. Patricia Rodney holds a PhD degree in Sociology minor in Adult Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) University of Toronto, an MPH Degree in Health Education and Health Promotion from Emory University, Atlanta, GA, and an SRN from the Royal Northern Hospital in London, England.
Prior to joining the faculty at Morehouse School of Medicine in 1995, she was a Research Fellow at the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women (CACASW) in Ottawa, Canada (1994 -1995) and Program Coordinator of the International Task Force on Literacy at The International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) in Toronto, Canada (1989 -1993).
Dr. Rodney has lived and worked in Barbados, Canada, England, Guyana, Jamaica, Tanzania, and the United States in the areas of early childhood education, nursing, public health, adult education and literacy, social work and women, gender, and development. She traveled to over 30 countries.
During her 15-year academic tenure at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA, USA (1995-2010) she was promoted to MPH Program Director, Professor, Department of Community Health & Preventive Medicine, and was the Inaugural Assistant Dean for Public Health Education. Dr. Rodney is currently an Adjunct Professor, Department of Community Health & Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine.
Since 2006, Dr. Rodney has been the CEO of The Walter Rodney Foundation (WRF) to further Walter Rodney's legacy by sharing his work and fostering the utilization of his historical analysis and scholar-activism to effect transformative global change.” The Foundation was established by the Rodney Family in Atlanta, GA.
In 2011, Dr. Rodney established Partners in Health, Education, and Development (PHEAD), an international development consultancy organization.
Dr. Rodney is the author of The Caribbean State, Health Care, and Women: An Analysis of Barbados and Grenada 1979-1983 (Africa World Press, 1998) and has published several articles. She was the Special Editor of two volumes on “The Health of Women of Color” in the American Journal of Health Studies, Volumes 2001 and 2003. Dr. Rodney is the recipient of many awards.