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Department of Health in Lee County
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Mailing Address
3920 Michigan Avenue
Fort Myers, FL 33916
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Jennifer Roth, MSPH
Jennifer Roth was appointed as Health Officer of the Florida Department of Health in Lee (DOH-Lee) County in June 2024. She oversees a staff of over 300 employees operating at seven locations with an annual budget of $24 million. She previously served as the Health Officer for the Florida Department of Health in Highlands County. Ms. Roth began her career with the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) in 2012 as a Florida Epidemic Intelligence Service Fellow. She then served as Epidemiology Program Manager and Communicable Disease Director, before being promoted to Assistant County Health Department Director for DOH-Lee.
Prior to joining FDOH, Ms. Roth worked in HIV and nephrology research at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. Originally from Maryland, Ms. Roth graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor's degree in microbiology from the University of Maryland-College Park, and from the George Washington University with a Master of Science in Public Health.
Ms. Roth currently serves as a member of the New Health Officer Consortium for the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) and has published an article in the NACCHO Exchange detailing county health department response to the Zika virus. She also received a Prudential Productivity Award for decreasing expenditures in employee health vaccination programs and has contributed to multiple FDOH annual morbidity reports.
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