Full Name
Camille Burnett, PhD, MPA, APHN-BC, BScN, RN, DSW, FAAN, CGNC
Job Title
Vice President, Health Equity
Organization Name
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Speaker Bio
Camille Burnett, PhD, MPA, APHN-BC, BScN, RN, DSW, FAAN, CGNC, Vice President, Health Equity, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), has extensive professional health care experience within the US and Canada in public health and health equity, research and administration, and as an academic and consultant. At IHI Dr. Burnett oversees the US Equity portfolio that includes large-scale and place-based national and local equity initiatives spanning the health care ecosystem. Prior to joining IHI, she served as Associate Vice President, Education and Health Equity, at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), with appointments as a tenured Professor at VCU School of Nursing, Associate Executive Director of the Institute for Inclusion, Inquiry, and Innovation, and in VCU Institute for Women’s Health, School of Medicine. Previously Dr. Burnett was at the University of Kentucky (UK), as the Strategic Advisor for Community Engagement and Academic Partnerships in the Office of the Provost; Assistant Dean for Equity, Outreach and Social Justice; tenured Associate Professor in the College of Nursing; the Cralle-Day Endowed Professor in the UK Center for Research on Violence Against Women; and Co-Director for Integrated Special Populations in the UK Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences. Prior to this while at the University of Virginia, her roles included Academic Director for Community Engagement and Partnerships, tenured Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, and co-founder of the University of Virginia Equity Center. Dr. Burnett’s research amplifies structural influences that shape disparate outcomes and uses her structural justice lens to identify solutions to redress inequity. She has served on numerous boards with appointments locally, nationally, and internationally and is an Advanced Practice Public Health Registered Nurse, a certified Global Nurse Consultant, a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and a member of the American Nursing Association, American Public Health Association, and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Camille Burnett, PhD, MPA, APHN-BC, BScN, RN, DSW, FAAN, CGNC