Bermuda Health Council has named Dr. Jennifer Attride-Stirling as its new CEO.

Dr. Attride-Stirling has been credited with introducing the National Child Health Record initiative, along with the Healthy Schools programme, the Public Health Awards and Bermuda's first national health promotion strategy, called Well Bermuda.

Since joining the Council last December, she has produced its first strategic plan and oversaw the redesign of the organisation's website.

Dr. Attride-Stirling had been serving as the Acting CEO, and has served as Health Promotion Coordinator since 2004. Before coming to the Department of Health, she was a Development Manager at the Commission for Health Improvement, the regulatory body for the National Health Service in England and Wales.

During her career, Dr. Attride-Stirling has written and published several papers in international, peer-reviewed journals and books on subjects including health regulation, health promotion, mental health and research methodology.

She earned her doctorate at the London School of Economics, and last year she received an Executive Diploma in Strategic Management from the Chartered Management Institute in the UK.

Chairman of the Bermuda Health Council Linda Merritt announced the appointment, saying: "I look forward to her leadership in positioning the Health Council as a credible, thoughtful, resourceful and respected body in the Bermuda community."