Bettina M. Beech, DrPH, MPH, is the Chief Population Health Officer at the University of Houston (UH). She is also a Clinical Professor of Health Systems and Population Health Sciences in the UH College of Medicine.

Prior to joining the University of Houston in April 2020, she was the Founding Dean of the John D. Bower School of Population Health, the Founding Executive Director of the Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Disparities and tenured Professor of Population Health Science and Pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.

Dr. Beech holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Temple University, Master of Public Health from Temple University, and a Doctorate in Community Health Science from (the) University of Texas Health Science Center, School of Public Health. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in behavioral science at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

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