Wayne W. LaMorte

Title: Professor of Epidemiology; Assistant Dean for Education

Degrees:B.A., Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
M.D., Medicine, College of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
Ph.D, Biochemistry, Boston University Graduate School
M.P.H., Epidemiology/Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health

Courses: Introduction to Epidemiology for the Health Communicator (MET CM 751)

Dr. LaMorte received his MD from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and received a PhD in biochemistry and an MPH from Boston University. He has been a faculty member at Boston University for more than 20 years and currently teaches three courses in the School of Public Health: “Introduction to Epidemiology,” “The Biology of Public Health,” and “Introduction to Public Health”. He is currently the Assistant Dean for Education at Boston University School of Public Health, and he is also the director of the MD-MPH dual degree program, the BS-MPH dual degree program, and the undergraduate public health minor at Boston University. Dr. LaMorte also teaches Evidence-based Medicine in the Boston University School of Medicine.

He has been actively involved in public health practice. He has worked actively with the New England Alliance for Public Health Workforce development to create and provide both online training and face to face training to public health practitioners in Massachusetts. Dr. LaMorte has also worked with high school students to develop videos promoting healthy choices by teens. These include videos on personal decisions on smoking, physical activity and healthy eating, and alcohol use.

Advice for New Students: By the end of the course, students find that CM751 gives them important insights and new skills that make them much more adept at formulating accurate health communications and evaluating the validity of sources. Nevertheless, the compressed 7-week format for this online course makes it challenging, and it is imperative that you keep up with the course work. Each section builds on the concepts in the earlier sessions, so it is important to not fall behind.