Camara P. Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Camara P. Jones, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. is Research Director on Social Determinants of Health at the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Jones received an M.D. degree from Stanford University (1981),
completed residencies
in General Preventive Medicine (Johns Hopkins
School of Hygiene and Public Health) and
Family Medicine (Residency Program in Social Medicine, Montefiore Hospital),
and earned a masters degree in public health and a doctoral degree in
epidemiology at Johns Hopkins, finishing in 1995. She has received numerous
awards, most recently spent nine months in New Zealand as an
Ian Axford Fellow in Public Policy. She has held numerous leadership and
advisory positions, including several in the American Public Health Association,
and has served as
President of the Society for Analysis of African-American Public Health Issues
since 1997. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American College of Epidemiology.
