Education
University of Michigan. University of California, Los Los Angeles Saint Olaf College.
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Kristine Gebbie
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From 2008-2010, she was the Joan Hansen Grabe Dean of the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, Hunter College-City University of New New York Doctor Gebbie is best known for being the first Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Czar, from 1993 to 1994, during the Clinton Administration. Before joining the White House, Doctor Gebbie was the Secretary of the Department of Health for the State of Washington (1989-1993) and was previously director of the Oregon Department of Health.
She earned degrees in nursing from Saint Olaf College and the University of California at Los Los Angeles
She also holds a Doctor of Public Health in Health Policy from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, earned in 1995. She was pursuing this degree when she was named Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Czar in 1993.
Membership
She was a member of the President"s Commission on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Epidemic, formed by President Reagan, and an outspoken opponent of the Reagan Administration policies on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome testing. Gebbie was a founding member of the National Board of Public Health Examiners, an entity that provides the first and only core certification for public health professionals and graduates of CEPH-accredited institutions.
