Dr. E. Oscar Alleyne is an experienced public health professional with a passion for improving the lives of people and contributing his expertise in public service and visionary thought leadership, technical innovation, global, national, state and local policy, and collaborative team building.
He operates EpiDocs Associates, LLC, an independent consultancy and recently served as the Managing Director of the Public Health Division at MITRE Health FFRDC. There he advanced the strategic priorities for a $60 million-dollar portfolio of programs supporting key Health and Human Services federal organizations. Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDC’s) are public-private partnerships which conduct research and development for the United States Government. He was responsible for senior leadership engagement with CDC, HRSA, ACF, OASH, Indian Health Services, FCC, ASPE, and SAMSHA in addition to shaping and leading delivery of work, identifying and building strategic partnerships to develop and provide “whole of government” solutions.
Dr. Alleyne was the Chief of Programs and Services for the National Association of County and City Health Officials where he oversaw an over $80 million-dollar portfolio of programs along with its membership and meetings services. He directed the implementation of programs, policy and diversification of funding and assists in raising NACCHO’s profile through external engagement and partnership development for the advancement of NACCHO’s mission and the success of the country’s 3000 local health departments. He led NACCHO’s national responses to emergent health threats such as COVID19, Zika, and natural disasters. He was also responsible for personnel management; professional development; strategic planning; budget management; supervision of program leadership and services staff; and maintenance of subject matter knowledge of comprehensive policy issues which impact on local health departments.
Dr. Alleyne began his career in governmental public health, designing expert system software for guiding responses to adverse water quality events for the New York State Health Department. He joined Rockland County Health Department, New York at the beginning of the West Nile Virus outbreak where he developed a model comprehensive educational and surveillance program. In his 15 years at Rockland County, he served as Director of Epidemiology and Public Health Planning responding to and mitigating several major emerging health issues including West Nile, Anthrax, Smallpox, Monkey Pox, H1N1, Botulism, MERS CoV, Ebola etc.
Dr. Alleyne is a Past President of the Board of Directors for the New York State Public Health Association, the Past President of the Alpha Gamma Chapter of the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health and the Past Chair of the Epidemiology Section of the American Public Health Association. He also served as a member of the Executive Board of the APHA and recently served on the Defense Health Board, a Federal Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Defense.
He is a strong community and innovative professional with a Doctor of Public Health focused on Health Policy and Management from New York Medical College and a Master of Public Health in Environmental Health, Toxicology and Epidemiology from the University at Albany.