Michael Durand

Michael Durand is an experienced communications professional with a significant background in public relations and health care marketing. Currently serving as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at New York University and a Teaching Assistant at Harvard University Extension School, Michael teaches graduate courses in Managing Media Relations and Integrated Marketing Communications. Prior to academia, Michael worked as a Health Care Communications Consultant after a prosperous career with organizations such as Ogilvy PR Worldwide, where responsibilities included managing healthcare strategy and planning, and Porter Novelli, where Michael directed the global health care practice and significantly grew the business. Michael holds a Master of Science in Health Communications from Boston University, as well as graduate studies in public relations and marketing from UCLA, and a BA in Political Science, Public Relations, and Marketing from California State University, Long Beach.