Peter Scheerer MD MPH
Program Director & Co-Founder, he/him/his
Peter Scheerer is a recent MPH graduate in the General Public Health Accelerated program at the Mailman School of Public Health. He received his bachelor’s degrees in Neuroscience and Spanish Culture and Literary Studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
While a student he worked as a research assistant at the University of Minnesota Medical School and worked on studies related to adolescent drug abuse and recovery. He was also a two-sport athlete playing football and track and field. He was nominated for the Tommie Award an annual award presented to a graduating senior who demonstrates excellence in scholarship, leadership, and community involvement. Following graduation, he went on to complete his medical doctorate at St. George’s University School of Medicine. He was involved with the American Medical Student Association and the International Federation of Medical Students Associations and participated and helped organize community health fairs where routine medical screening could be conducted for the local citizens of Grenada. He also received 2 awards for outstanding student leadership at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center while completing his clinical rotations in Surgery and Internal Medicine.
While at Columbia, Peter has been involved in the Community Student Service Corps and has participated in the response to COVID-19 through volunteer work at Mount Sinai Beth Israel. His research and career interests include child and adolescent psychiatry, mental health parity, medical professional burnout, adolescent medicine, and health communications.