Public Health Programs

Mary Peoples Sheps, BSN, MS, DrPH (email: mpeoplessheps@phhp.ufl.edu)
Associate Dean for Public Health Development & Practice
Associate Professor of Health Services Research, Management and Policy
(352) 273-6084
Room # 4110 HPNP Complex, Dean's Suite

Mary Peoples-Sheps, Dr.P.H., is Associate Dean for Public Health Development and Practice and Associate Professor in the Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy.

Dr. Peoples-Sheps received her Bachelor of Science in nursing degree from Saint John College in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1969, a Master of Science in Nursing, with a major in Maternal and Child Health, from Boston University in 1973, and the Doctor of Public Health degree in Health Administration from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill in 1981. She practiced public health nursing throughout the 1970s. From 1981 until 1998, Dr. Peoples-Sheps was on the faculty of the UNC School of Public Health in Maternal and Child Health, Public Health Nursing, and Public Health Practice and Leadership. She also served the school as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and as the first Associate Dean for Public Health Practice. In 2004, she joined the faculty of UF’s College of Public Health and Health Professions to develop infrastructure and to integrate public health programs into the college.

For the past 25 years, Dr. Peoples-Sheps’ teaching, service and research have focused on surveillance of health problems and program planning, evaluation and performance measurement, particularly on behalf of mothers, children and other vulnerable population groups.

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