Barbara Rimer

Graduated from the University of Michigan, Rimer received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English in 1970 and a Master of Public Health degree in 1973. She received a Doctor of Public Health degree in health education from Johns Hopkins University in 1981. == Career ==

Rimer served as a Program Director at the National Cancer Institute from 1975 to 1977. She then held positions at Fox Chase Cancer Center and Duke University in cancer prevention and control. In 1992, Rimer joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Behavior. Rimer became Alumni Distinguished Professor of Health Behavior in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003. Soon after, she became Dean of the School. Rimer is also an adjunct professor at Duke Cancer Institute. With respect to Rimer's national service, she was a member of the National Cancer Advisory Board from 1994 to 1997, She is co-editor of the classic text, Health Behavior: Theory, Research and Practice, now it its fifth edition. == References ==