Faculty Profile

John Catalano

John D. Catalano, DrPH, MPA

  • Clinical Instructor, Health Management and Policy
  • Director, Residential Masters Programs

Dr. Catalano serves as Professor and Director of Residential Master Programs for the University of Michigan School of Public Health Department of Health Management and Policy.  He dedicated 30+ years as a senior healthcare executive prior to choosing an academic career to share his knowledge with future generations of healthcare leaders as well as pursue his scholarly and research interests. Professor Catalano spent his healthcare career in academic medicine and health insurance.  After many years as an academic medicine leader, he became a health insurance executive at Aetna.  John was appointed CEO/Market Head and corporate Senior Vice President, overseeing the company’s largest US market.  He was also an adjunct professor in the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU. John returned to academic medicine as Senior Vice President of Managed Care at NYU Langone Health System.  He oversaw contracting initiatives for all NYU hospitals and the NYU Faculty Practice while serving as CEO of the University MSO.  He also held an appointment as Vice Dean in the NYU School of Medicine.  After leaving his full-time appointments at NYU Langone Health and NYU School of Medicine, he established Catalano Advising.  Prior to coming to the University of Michigan, he served as Professor of Healthcare Administration and Associate Dean in the School of Business at Molloy University.

John serves on the Board of NYU Langone Long Island Hospital and NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine.  He is also an Advisory Board Member of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-class research institution.  His previous Board appointments include South Nassau Communities Hospital, Make-a-Wish of Metro New York, and The Heart Council of Long Island.

Dr. Catalano earned his DrPH from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC Chapel Hill.  He received his MPA from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU with dual concentrations in Healthcare Financial Management and Healthcare Management.  His research and practice interests are focused on undergraduate, graduate, and professional student mental health and suicide.

  • DrPH, Public Health Leadership, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • MPA, Healthcare Financial Management and Healthcare Management, New York University
  • BA, Sociology, Adelphi University

Dr. Catalano’s research aims to identify institutional and societal factors that underlie depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, and suicide among undergraduate, graduate, and professional students attending institutions of higher education.  His practice objectives are focused on mitigating the incidence of mental illness and suicide among students, and he is presently working to develop an interventional model to bring about institutional change.  He also studies societal and institutional patterns of perfectionism and its profound impact on student mental health.

Catalano, John D. College Student Depression, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide: A Literature Review. In revisions with Health Promotion Practice.

Catalano, John D., Helm-Murtagh, Susan, Naumann, Rebecca. College Student Depression, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide: A Qualitative Research Study to Identify Institutional Trends, Associations, and Mitigation Interventions. Submitted for peer review.

Catalano, John D. College Student Depression, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide: Mitigation Interventions for Institutions of Higher Education. Work in process.

Catalano, John D. (May, 2022). College Student Depression, Anxiety Disorder, and Suicide: Institutional Trends, Associations, and Mitigation Interventions. Carolina Digital Repository. https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/concern/dissertations/w3763h254


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