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Tim Ingram

Public Health Leader, Health Commissioner, Professor
Tim Ingram served as the Health Commissioner of Hamilton County (Ohio) Public Health from 1993 to 2020.

Experience
Tim Ingram is currently serving on the public health team with Operation 2 Save Lives (O2SL). He provides public health expertise in helping communities to implement evidence-based solutions that will measurably and significantly reduce overdose deaths by expanding access to prevention, treatment, and recovery support services.

He is currently teaching and assisting the Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences and the Division of Addiction Sciences within the University of Cincinnati-College of Medicine. He teaches Health Policy\Advocacy, and Healthcare/Public Health Management and Leadership courses. He is also working with the Healing Communities Studies as a member of the state intervention design team to address and assist county coalitions in ending opiate addiction, long-term.

Tim Ingram served as Health Commissioner of Hamilton County Public Health from 1993 to 2020. Under his leadership, Hamilton County Public Health (HCPH) became the first nationally accredited public health agency in Southwest Ohio. His leadership has created a work force that values and promotes health equity, a continuous quality improvement culture, and excellent customer service. HCPH is recognized as an inclusive organization that values the diversity of talent in addressing population and community health needs.

Public Health serves more than 800,000 residents in this Southwest Ohio Urban County. The County seat is in Cincinnati. With a staff of more than 110, the agency is responsible for public health services including: epidemiology; immunizations; tuberculosis and sexually transmitted disease control; substance abuse; food service inspections; vector control; plumbing inspections; waste management; water quality; emergency preparedness and response; health promotion and education, and harm reduction.

Tim Ingram’s work experience includes serving as Public Health Administrator in neighboring, rural Clermont County. Prior to his public health experience, he held positions in the public sector at the federal level and in the business community.

Tim Ingram lends his experience to several local, regional and state-wide organizations. He recently served on the Board of Trustees for the Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio.

Notable Accomplishments
In 2009, was first elected to the Board of Trustees for Mercy Health Partners of Southwest Ohio, the largest healthcare system in the region.

He serves on the Patient Safety and Quality Committee for both Mercy Health-Cincinnati market and previously on the Mercy Health-Corporate committee.

In October of 2017, he received the Business Courier’s Outstanding Director’s Award for his service to Mercy Health.

In 2018, he received Venue and Lead-Cincinnati’s Healthcare Leadership award for his work with the opiate epidemic and healthcare systems role.

Previouisly involved in the Cradle Cincinnati-Infant Mortality Reduction project with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati.

He is a current member of Ohio’s Infant Mortality Commission, appointed by Governor Kasich in 2016.

From 2007-2009, Tim Ingram was chair of the Board of Trustees for Health Bridge, a nationally recognized regional health information technology organization.

He currently is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Health Collaborative of Greater Cincinnati and served as the chair of its Data Governance Committee.

On the state level, former Ohio Governor Robert Taft appointed Commissioner Ingram to the Ohio Tobacco Prevention and Control Foundation in 2000.

He served the Foundation in several leadership positions, including as its chair from 2005-2007.

In addition, Tim Ingram serves as Vice-Chair of Ohio’s Public Health Futures Committee. A committee composed of state and local leaders reviewing accreditation, funding, and the community health assessment and health improvement planning process of Ohio’s local public health system and healthcare.

He previously served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Ohio Health Commissioners and served as its President in 2000. The Association recognized his leadership with its prestigious President’s Award in 2001 and 2010.

He has been recognized as Public Administrator of the Year by the American Society for Public Administration—Greater Cincinnati Chapter.

In 2014, was recognized by his alma mater, The Ohio State University, as a Champion of Public Health.

Tim Ingram is well-published in several professional journals and has conducted many media interviews. Recently, the first-ever Health Equity Report for Hamilton County was published in 2015.

He received the Champion’s Award from the Ohio Injury Prevention Partnership in 2016 for his work in saving lives thru a community naloxone distribution program.

He started the first Harm Reduction Program in SW Ohio to help prevent blood-borne infections and diseases due to the opioid epidemic.

Professional Education
Tim holds a B.S. from The Ohio State University and an M.S. from the University of Cincinnati. He is a Registered Sanitarian with the State of Ohio. His hobbies include playing guitar, hiking, fishing, and gardening.