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Dr. Bender is President and CEO of the Public Health Accreditation Board, a position she has held part-time since January 2009 and full-time since June 2009. She has over 26 years experience in public health, working at both the state and local levels within the Mississippi Department of Health. Her last position there was as Deputy State Health Officer.
Dr. Bender also served as Dean of the School of Nursing and Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. She continues to teach two courses in health systems management and population health as a part-time Professor in the School of Nursing and the School of Health Related Professions at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She also currently mentors two doctoral students in their public health practicum at the Public Health Accreditation Board from the University of Kentucky and one DNP student from the University of Washington.
She chaired the Exploring Accreditation Project funded by CDC and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This study was the precursor to the establishment of the Public Health Accreditation Board.
Dr. Bender served on the Institute of Medicine study committees for “The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century” and “Who Will Keep the Public Healthy.” She currently serves as Chair of the the APHA Education Board and as past chair of the Public Health Leadership Society.
Dr. Bender was recognized by the APHA Health Administration Section with their Excellence in Health Administration Award in 2010; by the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing with their Award of Merit in 2010; by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials with the Noble J. Swearingen Award in 2003; and by the American Nurses Association with their Pearl McIver Public Health Nursing of the Year Award in 2000.
Dr. Bender is a 1995-1996 graduate of the Public Health Leadership Institute. She was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2000.
Affiliation
- President and CEO
Public Health Accreditation Board
Alexandria, Virginia
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