Please find Catherine's bio, recent writings news from CityHealth, downloadable files, and media contacts below.
Catherine Paterson
Co-Executive Director of CityHealth
Complete Biography:
Catherine is the Co-Executive Director of CityHealth. Prior to joining the CityHealth team, Catherine served as the Managing Director for Urban Health and Policy at the de Beaumont Foundation. In that role, Catherine developed, managed, and led all work related to policy interventions that sought to improve the health and wellness of urban residents. She also managed the Foundation’s grant portfolio and served as Program Team Lead. Before joining the de Beaumont Foundation, Catherine worked at the Pew Charitable Trusts, where she led campaigns to improve children’s dental health across the country. Catherine began her career as an early childhood educator, working directly with children and families.
About CityHealth:
CityHealth, an initiative of the de Beaumont Foundation and Kaiser Permanente, works to advance a package of tried and tested policy solutions that ensure all people in our largest cities have access to healthy choices. Together with visionary city leaders, CityHealth helps cities adopt policies that can make their communities healthy and resolve critical health disparities — now and decades down the road. Learn more at cityhealth.org.
Recent Media Interviews:
What's the Best Way to Judge How Well a City's Housing Policies Improve Health? SHELTERFORCE
Recent Writings:
6 Lessons We’ve Learned from Our First Year of Co-Leadership; CityHealth Blog
5 Areas Where Cities Will Lead Residents to Better Health in 2021; CityHealth Blog
Recent Webinars:
Improving Health through City Policy; George Mason University’s Health Policy Collaborative
Alcohol, Violence and COVID-19: How Cities Can Prevent Violence with Safer Alcohol Sales; American Public Health Association