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An overview of Dr. Hatcher's career path from staff nursing to leadership. Her career journey has included both being mentored and mentoring and this journey will also be explored, including the impact of those relationships on her career success. Finally, the presentation will briefly explore the keys to career success.
Jennifer Hatcher, PhD, MPH, MSN
Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement
Cancer Prevention and Control Program
Jennifer Hatcher earned her Bachelors and Masters in Nursing from West Virginia University and a Masters in Public Health and PhD in Nursing from the University of Kentucky. Dr. Hatcher worked as a staff nurse in a variety of critical care settings prior to obtaining her PhD. After obtaining her PhD with a concentration on health disparities she worked as Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing. While there she served as the inaugural Director of Diversity for the College in addition to starting the DREAM (Disparities Researchers Equalizing Access for Minorities) Center, dedicated to the elimination of disparities via research, training, and community engagement. She developed the DREAM Scholars program, dedicated to mentoring emerging scholars interested in health equity science. Dr. Hatcher has a sustained program of research focused on improving the health of underserved minorities, with a focus on cancer disparities. In 2018 Dr. Hatcher joined the University of Arizona Cancer Center and Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health as a full professor and associate director of community outreach and engagement.
