Jennifer A. Horney, PhD, MPH, CPH

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
North Carolina Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health
Campus Box 8165
400 Roberson
Chapel Hill, NC
USA 27599

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Jennifer Horney is the deputy director of the University of North Carolina Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center and a research assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health where she leads the Spatial Health Assessment Research Program (SHARP), which provides technical assistance for public health programs interested in using geographic information systems. Her research includes planning and responding to pandemic influenza, understanding the needs of women and children during disasters, and studying the impact of regionalization on public health preparedness activities. Dr. Horney also leads a USDA funded project aimed at improving disaster resiliency in rural communities in the southeastern US.

Papers:
4256.0 Restructuring regional preparedness: Are new teams providing more services to local health departments? 4389.0 Using geographic information systems (GIS) as a tool to build academic and community collaboration for conducting community health assessments