Executive Leadership & Expert Bios

Corinne Graffunder, DrPH, MPH

Chief, Program Implementation and Dissemination Branch, Division of Violence Prevention, NCIPC

 

Corinne Graffunder, DrPH, MPH, serves as the chief of the Program Implementation and Dissemination Branch (PIDB) within the Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). She is an expert in the application of evidence and research to practice and programs. Her work includes efforts to prevent violence against women, child maltreatment, youth violence and suicide.

Dr. Graffunder joined CDC in 1987. Prior to joining DVP, she spent 14 years in the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion working in the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, the Office on Smoking and Health and with CDC’s Planned Approach to Community to Health program.

Dr. Graffunder received her Bachelor of Science in Community Health Education and a Master of Public Health, Heath Behavior and Education at the University of South Carolina. She earned her doctorate degree in Health Policy and Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Graffunder is a founding member the CDC/ATSDR Health Education Network and a volunteer CPR/AED instructor with the American Red Cross.

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