Marietta Orlowski, Ph.D., MCHES, is a Professor in the Department of Population & Public Health Sciences and co-founder of Dayton Street Medicine. She has served as both department chair and the director of the health promotion and education concentration in the Master of Public Health program. Dr. Orlowski has been recognized by the Ohio Public Health Association for Distinguished Service in Health Education (2016) and by the Ohio Society for Public Health Education as Health Educator of the Year (2024).

Dr. Orlowski’s research involves health behavior measurement and risk reduction in children and adolescents. She has collaborated with local school districts on federally funded projects to improve school-based nutrition and has been invited to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to present her research in tobacco prevention. Dr. Orlowski enjoys working with graduate students on community-based evaluation projects and many of these students have presented their work at national and state conferences.

Dr. Orlowski completed her doctorate in health promotion and education, with a cognate in health care administration, at The Ohio State University. She has an M.A. from Morehead State University and a B.S. from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to coming to Wright State, Dr. Orlowski was the Director of Health Education for Middletown Regional Health System and implemented community-based risk reduction programs throughout southwest Ohio. She also practiced as a health educator in eastern Kentucky. Dr. Orlowski is a member of the American Public Health Association and the Society for Public Health Education.

Courses

• Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health
• Health Program Planning & Evaluation

Research Interests

• Risk reduction in children and adolescents
• Building capacity for community-based program evaluation
• Theoretical framework of public health programs and policy