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Date: Thursday, Feb. 5, 1998 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Damon Thompson(202)205-1842
As Deputy Assistant Secretary, Jones will direct the U.S. Public Health Service's Office on Women's Health (PHS OWH). That office was established in 1991 to improve the health of American women of all ages, races, and ethnicities by advancing and coordinating a comprehensive women's health agenda across the agencies, offices, and regions of the HHS to address health care prevention and service delivery, research, public and health care professional education, and career advancement for women in the health professions and in scientific careers. The office also works with other governmental agencies, consumers, women's and health care professional groups to advance women's health in the United States and internationally.
Jones has served since 1994 as the Associate Director for Women's Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. Under Jones' leadership, the office has funded 20 projects to address gaps in health disparities among subpopulations of women. New initiatives include projects on osteoporosis with Fannie Mae, women's cardiovascular health with the American Health Association, and bleeding disorders with the National Hemophilia Foundation.
From 1990 to 1994, Jones served as the Assistant Director of Science/HIV, CDC Office of the Associate Director. She worked to develop the first concrete initiative addressing women and HIV/AIDS. Prior to her work with HIV/AIDS programs, she worked as a microbiologist and manager of the Training Product Development Section, CDC Public Health Practice Program Office.
Jones received a bachelor's degree in medical technology from Pennsylvania State University in 1975, graduating magna cum laude. She received her master's degree in public health in 1985 from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she also received her doctorate in public health laboratory practice in 1988.