Jennifer Bishop

Jennifer Anne Bishop currently serves as the Director of the Health Promotion and Communication Division, within the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Dr. Bishop has over 20 years of experience working in health communication, health policy development, and program evaluation in the federal government. She has experience promoting women’s health, designing and evaluating health promotion materials for the National Cancer Institute and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Previously, she served as the multicultural program director for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign at the Office of the National Drug Control Policy, where she oversaw multicultural advertising and outreach, new media initiatives, and partnership building. Dr. Bishop is a graduate of Cornell University and has a masters of public health from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. She earned her doctorate of science in health communication and social policy from the Harvard University School of Public Health. Her research explores the role of health communication in the production and elimination of health disparities.