Barbara Rimer

Barbara K. Rimer is the dean of the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina.

Education

Rimer graduated from the University of Michigan in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in English and in 1973 with a Masters in Public Health. In 1981, she earned a DrPH in Health Education from Johns Hopkins University.[1]

Career

Dean Rimer joined the faculty at UNC as an adjunct associate professor of health behavior in 1992.[2] Rimer has been the dean of the Gillings School since 2005.[3] Rimer is also an adjunct professor at Duke Cancer Institute.[2]

Rimer was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2008. She was a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board from 1994 to 1997,[1] and was later the first woman to chair this board. She was formerly the director of the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences at the National Cancer Institute from 1997 to 2002.[4]

Rimer has authored more than 270 peer-reviewed publications.[1]

References
  1. "Barbara K. Rimer, DrPH • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health". UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  2. "Rimer, Barbara K." Duke Cancer Institute. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. "Aflac Incorporated - Governance - Board of Directors - Person Details". investors.aflac.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  4. "Barbara Rimer" (PDF). Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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