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Kerry Chamberlain,
PhD, MPH – Outreach, Evaluation and Exercise Liaison – Bureau of EMS, Trauma
and Preparedness
Dr. Jacqueline Scott, Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness
Director, retired from state service on March 30, 2018. Dr. Scott demonstrated a passion for
preparedness from the time she created the Office of Public Health Preparedness
(OPHP) up until her retirement.
She began her career with the
state as the Michigan Department of Community Health, Bureau of Laboratories Director for the Division of Chemistry and Toxicology
where she had oversight for the Newborn Screening program, heavy metals testing,
environmental, and chemical testing
for
various agents.
In 2002, she was requested to lead the new OPHP to build the public health
and healthcare preparedness programs in Michigan. The program started with a handful of eager staff
learning the ropes of a new public health discipline, and 16 years later grew into a well-oiled
machine. Dr. Scott solidified
Michigan’s preparedness program, serving as a best practice for other state
programs. She shared insights and lessons-learned
willingly and broadly, and advocated for what she believes in. She did so through her participation in
numerous work groups and national committees, including the Association of State
and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO’s) Directors of Public Health
Preparedness, for over 15 years.
In 2015, after the Departments of
Community Health and Human Services merged, Dr. Scott assumed the role of
Bureau Director for the newly formed Bureau of EMS, Trauma and Preparedness
(BETP), which married the emergency medical services, the trauma system and preparedness. Dr. Scott embraced the alignment and strengthened the new alliance to elevate Michigan’s health and medical preparedness.
As Dr. Scott enters a new phase
in her life, her legacy and contributions to public health preparedness in
Michigan continues on with Linda Scott, the Director of the Bureau of EMS,
Trauma and Preparedness. We wish her
well in her retirement.
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