Jill Jim
{{short description|American health administrator and epidemiologist}}
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| name = Jill Jim
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| office = Member of the COVID-19 Advisory Board
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| education = Northern Arizona University (BA)
University of Utah (PhD)
| office1 = Director of the Navajo Department of Health
| term = November 9, 2020–January 20, 2021
| term1 = 2019–2020
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Jill Jim is an American (Navajo) health administrator and epidemiologist serving as executive director of the Navajo Department of Health. She is a member of U.S. President Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board.
Education
Jim completed a bachelor's degree in health promotion and community health education at Northern Arizona University. She earned a master's degree in health care administration and public health from University of Utah where she later completed a PhD in public health in 2017.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=January 22, 2019|title=Key appointments for Nez-Lizer administration announced; await confirmation by council|url=https://www.nhonews.com/news/2019/jan/22/key-appointments-nez-lizer-administration-announce/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Navajo-Hopi Observer News|language=en}} Her dissertation was titled Healthcare Cost and Utilization Differences among American Indian and Alaska Native Compared with Non-Hispanic White Patients with Lung Cancer. Jim's doctoral advisor was Mia Hashibe.{{Cite web|last=Jim|first=Jill|date=2017|title=Healthcare Cost and Utilization Differences among American Indian and Alaska Native Compared with Non-Hispanic White Patients with Lung Cancer|url=https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/2188047690.html?FMT=ABS|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}
Career
Jim was a health care analyst for HealthInsight in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She worked as a consultant for the Navajo Area Indian Health Service and later as an epidemiologist for the Utah Department of Health. In January 2019, she became a member of Jonathan Nez's cabinet as executive director of the Navajo Department of Health. On November 28, 2020, Jim was announced as a member of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board.{{Cite web|last=Landers|first=Jamie|date=November 28, 2020|title=Navajo Nation's Jill Jim named to President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 Advisory Board|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2020/11/28/navajo-nation-jill-jim-joins-president-elect-joe-biden-covid-19-advisory-board/6453955002/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-29|website=The Arizona Republic|language=en-US}}
Personal life
Jim is originally from Navajo Mountain, Utah.{{Cite web |last1=Seikaly |first1=Simone |last2=Nov. 29 |first2=KSL NewsRadio {{!}} Posted- |last3=A.m |first3=2020 at 11:50 |title=Navajo health executive to serve on Biden COVID-19 advisory board |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/50057681/navajo-health-executive-to-serve-on-biden-covid-19-advisory-board |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=www.ksl.com |language=en}} Jim is fluent in the Navajo language and a member of the Navajo Nation.
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Category:Northern Arizona University alumni
Category:University of Utah alumni
Category:American women epidemiologists
Category:American epidemiologists
Category:21st-century American women scientists
Category:American medical researchers
Category:American women medical researchers
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Category:21st-century Native American women