Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH

Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, began as the University of Iowa vice president for medical affairs and dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine on Aug. 1, 2023. In her role, she is responsible for integrated planning and operations for UI Health Care, which comprises the UI Carver College of Medicine; UI Physicians, the health system’s multispecialty physician group practice; and the entire clinical enterprise, including university, downtown, and the North Liberty hospital campuses.

As dean of the UI Carver College of Medicine, Jamieson leads Iowa’s only comprehensive medical school, which inspires, educates, and trains future health care providers, scientists, educators, and policymakers for Iowa and the global community.

Jamieson came to Iowa from the Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, where she served as chair of the school’s Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare.

Jamieson’s scientific work focuses on emerging infectious diseases in pregnancy, including in the areas of influenza, Ebola, Zika, COVID, and maternal immunization. In addition, her work incorporates a population health perspective, with projects addressing health disparities and social determinants of health in the context of maternal morbidity and other adverse pregnancy outcomes.

From 1997 to 2017, Jamieson worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where she served in leadership positions such as leading the CDC’s Zika emergency response as incident manager. Upon retirement from the U.S. Public Health Service as a captain in July 2017, she received the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest award granted to an officer in the Commissioned Corps, for “notable contributions to reproductive health and public health practice.”

From 2024-2025 Jamieson served on CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).  She currently serves on the Immunization, Infectious Disease, and Public Health Preparedness Work Group for the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). In 2020, she was elected a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Jamieson received a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Duke University School of Medicine, and a Master of Public Health degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She completed postgraduate education in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California at San Francisco and served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) officer in the Division of Reproductive Health at the CDC.