Nicole Alexander-Scott

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Nicole Alexander-Scott
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Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health
Governor
Preceded byMichael Fine[1]
Personal details
Education

Nicole Alexander-Scott is an American infectious disease specialist currently serving as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health. She is the first African-American to serve in the role, having been appointed in April 2015.[2]

Education[]

Nicole Alexander-Scott grew up in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York City.[3] Her mother worked as a nurse and her father died when she was 11.[4][5]

Alexander-Scott graduated from an all-girls Catholic high school and attended Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology. She graduated from Cornell with a B.Sc. in Human Development and Family Studies in 1997.[6]

She earned her M.D. from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in 2001 and completed her residency at Stony Brook University Hospital, in Stony Brook, New York. In 2005, she moved to Rhode Island to complete an infectious disease fellowship at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. In 2011, she earned a Masters of Public Health degree from the Brown University School of Public Health.[7]

Career[]

Alexander-Scott served as a consultant to the Rhode Island Department of Health during the 2009 swine flu pandemic. She was appointed Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health on April 16, 2015, succeeding Dr. Michael Fine.[8]

From 2018 to 2019, she served as president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.[9]

Alexander-Scott has played an active role in the Rhode Island Department of Health's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Rhode Island.[8] In December 2020, she tested positive for COVID-19.[10]

Alexander-Scott was reappointed in 2020 to a five-year term.[11] However, in January 2022, she announced that she would resign from the state Department of Health.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Raimondo Nominates Dr. Alexander-Scott for Director of the Department of Health". ri.gov. 3 March 2015.
  2. ^ Fitzpatrick, Edward (April 10, 2020). "Rhode Island's top doctor steps up to the podium amid the epidemic - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  3. ^ Salit, Richard. "R.I.'s new health director passionate about making a difference". providencejournal.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  4. ^ Fitzpatrick, Edward (April 10, 2020). "Rhode Island's top doctor steps up to the podium amid the epidemic - The Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  5. ^ "R.I. health director uses mother's story to inspire URI nursing students to fight health disparity". Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  6. ^ "Nicole Alexander-Scott on Where Health Policy Is Heading in Rhode Island | Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy". watson.brown.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  7. ^ Miller, G. Wayne. "Front and center: Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott". providencejournal.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  8. ^ a b "How Alexander-Scott emerged as a rock star in RI state government". The Public's Radio. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  9. ^ "About Us: Department of Health". health.ri.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  10. ^ "Dr. Alexander-Scott tests positive for COVID-19; Raimondo negative and in quarantine". WPRI.com. 2020-12-13. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  11. ^ a b Gregg, Katherine. "Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott resigns as Rhode Island health director". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
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