On the Job with Dr. Jacqueline Grant

ALBANY — Dr. Jacqueline Grant currently serves as the director of the Southwest Public Health District, making her the top official managing all public health programs within a 14-county, 6,000 square-mile radius. She has been in the position since 2005, serving before that as the medical director of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Missouri in Columbia. She was on the faculty at Emory University and the Morehouse School of Medicine prior to working in the private sector as an obstetrician for three years.

NAME: Jacqueline Grant

POSITION: District Health Director, Southwest Public Health District

AGE: 52

FAMILY: Married for 31 years to Steve Alan Grant Sr. Two sons, Steve Jr. and Michael

EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science from East Carolina University (after transferring from the Georgia Institute of Technology), medical degree from Morehouse School of Medicine (after transferring from East Carolina), a master