Denise J. Jamieson

Denise J. Jamieson (born c. 1965) is an American gynecologist. She is the James Robert McCord Chair in Gynecology and Obstetrics at Emory University and former medical officer in the United States Public Health Service.

Denise J. Jamieson
Born
New Jersey, USA
Academic background
EducationBA, University of Pennsylvania
MPH, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MD, Duke University School of Medicine
Academic work
InstitutionsEmory University
United States Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Early life and education

Jamieson was raised in Livingston, New Jersey, where she graduated from Newark Academy in 1983.[1][2] She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, her Master's in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her Medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine.[3]

Career

Upon completing her medical degree, Jamieson became a medical officer in the United States Public Health Service. In 2007, she received a Commissioned Corps Outstanding Service Medal for "outstanding leadership and national and international contributions to women’s health."[4]

Jamieson also joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she led a task force to combat the Ebola virus and Zika virus. She also served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer before retiring from the United States Public Health Service in 2017.[5] After spending 20 years with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jamieson joined the faculty at Emory University as the James Robert McCord Chair in Gynecology and Obstetrics.[6] Later, she was elected a Member of the National Academy of Medicine.[5]

References
  1. Lubow, Jessica (2018). "NA WOMEN MAKING THEIR MARKS ON THE WORLD". lumen.newarka.edu. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  2. "Jamieson Named Student Editor", West Essex Tribune, July 15, 1982. Accessed November 19, 2020. "Denise Jamieson, a Livingston student at Newark Academy, has been named associate editor of the Minuteman, the student news magazine, for the coming academic year."
  3. "Denise Jamieson". med.emory.edu. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  4. "Denise J. Jamieson: CDC". cdc.gov. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  5. "National Academy of Medicine elects two Emory researchers and leaders in 2020 class". news.emory.edu. October 19, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  6. "Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, named James Robert McCord Chair in Gynecology and Obstetrics". emory.edu. April 20, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
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