Jeffrey F. Hines MD is the Interim Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for the University of Connecticut and the Chief Diversity Officer for UConn Health. He received his undergraduate degree from Brown University in Biology in May 1983. Jeff received his medical degree from The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University School of Medicine in May 1986. Dr. Hines completed a four-year residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Aurora CO in 1990. Jeff was deployed with the First Cavalry Division as a Battalion Surgeon during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm in 1991-1992. He went on to complete a three-year fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center in June 1995. In addition to his duties as Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. Hines currently has faculty appointments in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Public Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine.