Senior Research Scholar

Marthe  Gold,  MD, MPH

Marthe Gold MD, MPH is a Senior Research Scholar at the NYAM and Professor Logan Professor Emerita of Community Health and Social Medicine at the CUNY School of Medicine.  A product of the NYC public education system, she returned to her native New York in 1997, after serving as Senior Advisor in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where she directed the work of the Panel on Cost-effectiveness in Health and Medicine, an expert panel whose report remains an influential guide for academic and policy uses.  Marthe is a graduate of the Tufts University School of Medicine and the Columbia School of Public Health, and a family practice physician who has worked in rural and urban under served communities. A member of the National Academy of Medicine, she chaired the its Committee on Public Health Strategies to Improve Health, and serves currently as Co-Chair of a consensus committee that is tasked with developing a national prevention infrastructure for behavioral health disorders.  Her recent work has centered on developing strategies to promote a broader role for the public in influencing social and environmental factors that contribute to the health and well being of communities.


Contact Info:

  • mgold@nyam.org