Neil Maniar

Dr. Neil Maniar is a Professor of Public Health Practice, Associate Chair of the Department of Health Sciences, and Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program in the Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University. Dr. Maniar specializes in developing large-scale, data-driven public health interventions to improve community health and advance health equity. Prior to joining Northeastern, he was the Vice President of Health Systems within the American Cancer Society’s New England Division, overseeing cancer control efforts in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Prior to joining the ACS, he was the Director of Health Equity Programs in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Center for Community Health and Health Equity. Dr. Maniar was also the founding director of the Massachusetts Youth Violence Prevention Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. He also founded and co-chaired the Massachusetts Coalition for Youth Violence Prevention. He currently serves as the President of the Massachusetts Public Health Association and on the board of directors of UTEC, Inc. Dr. Maniar received his PhD from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health and his Master of Public Health (MPH) with distinction from the Yale University School of Public Health. He has a BA from Connecticut College with a double major in English and Zoology.