Marian Evans

Born and raised in Bridgeport, CT., graduated from Lauralton Hall (Academy of Our Lady of Mercy) in 1981, received a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College in 1985, and earned her Doctor of Medicine from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in 1991. She completed two residencies in Obstetrics/ Gynecology and Anesthesiology. In 2015, she earned a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from Southern CT State University, and is currently a tenured Associate Professor. At Southern, she teaches undergraduate and graduate public health courses, and serves as the graduate coordinator of the MPH programs, and serves as the chair to the Global Education Advisory Committee.  In 1999, she served as a Physician Scientist at the Yale Griffin Prevention Research Center, until 2004 when she was appointed the Director of Health and Social Services for the City of Bridgeport, where she served in that capacity until 2010. She is a class of 2007, Connecticut Health Foundation Health Leadership Fellow, and a 2016 Community Leadership Program fellow of the William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund. In 2007, she was one of People to People’s 20 national delegates to travel to India as an ambassador for public health. In 2009, she traveled to Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Soweto, South Africa on an international field study in public health. In 2013, she traveled to Guatemala on an international field study in public health. In 2017, she traveled to Cuba on a People to People Educational Exchange with the Academy of Women’s Health exploring the maternal child public health infrastructure. In 2019, she completed her first faculty study abroad service, arts and culture trip to Bermuda with New Haven Promise, Summer Equal Opportunity Program (SEOP), and University Access Program students. A world traveler and environmental global health champion, she has since taken students to Puerto Rico, Barbados, and Grenada. Dr. evans is preparing for St. Kitts/Nevis Spring 2026.  She has received numerous awards: 2024-Community Award from Covering My Sisters, 2019-Social Justice Owl Award, 2018-Elm City National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women (NANBPW), and Outstanding Faculty Member by the SCSU Multicultural Center, 2015-Outstanding Master in Public Health Student, 2014-Eta Sigma Gamma Honor Society, 2013-Golden Key International Honour Society, 2011-2018-J. Philip Outstanding Teaching Award nominations, 2010-“Behind the Scenes” by COTHS Board of Trustees, 2009-“Women You Should Know” Bridgeport Black Pride; 2008-Woman of Distinction Housatonic Girl Scouts, and Fairfield County Environmental Justice Award, 2007-Power to End Stroke Award and Fred Harris Turning Point Award American Heart Association, and 2005-Sojourner Truth Award Greater Bridgeport NANBPW. She presently sits on the Board of Director’s as a member of the Greater New Haven Green Fund. She is passionate about ministry to people in untraditional, and unconventional forms. (Tenacious, educated, professional, physician, researcher, scientist, scuba diver, professor, woman of faith, award winner, sister, daughter, caregiver, community activist, leader, mentor, and wife).