Cleveland Department of Public Health
Wallace Chambers, Ph.D., MAS, MHA, currently serves as the Commissioner of Environment at the Cleveland Department of Public Health since March 2023. Previously, Wallace Chambers held the position of Deputy Director at the Cuyahoga County Board of Health from June 2014 to March 2023 and served as Sanitarian Supervisor at Summit County Public Health from January 2011 to May 2014. Education includes a Master of Applied Science in Population Health Management from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and a Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health from Kent State University, both completed in May 2022.
Cleveland Department of Public Health
The Cleveland Department of Public Health (CDPH) is the local public health agency for the City of Cleveland. Formally established in 1910, the department is charged with improving the quality of life in the City of Cleveland by promoting healthy behavior, protecting the environment, preventing disease, and making the City a healthy place to live, work, and play. The Cleveland Department of Public Health is made of a range of programs providing clinical, environmental, health promotion, and population-based services. The department has an annual budget of $21 million and is staffed by 180 full- and part-time employees. CDPH ensures a high quality of resources and services through various partnerships in the greater Cleveland community. For example, CDPH has initiated and maintained working relationships with Case Western Reserve University, Metro Health Medical Center, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cuyahoga County Board of Health, Lakewood and Shaker Health Departments, the Center for Community Solutions and others. These partnerships provide the cornerstone of successful preventive public health care services to meet the needs of the residents of the City of Cleveland and throughout the Greater Cleveland community.