Jessica Bender was a fellow at Last Mile Health in Liberia and Gallup Indian Medical Center in Gallup, Arizona (2015-2017). She grew up in the Pacific Northwest where she attended medical school at the University of Washington. She did her undergraduate studies in Biology and Science in Human Culture at Northwestern University and then  worked at the American Red Cross in Seattle. She completed her internal medicine residency training and chief residency at Boston University, focusing on refugee health and primary care. She has global health experience in Morocco, Madagascar, and Liberia. Her professional interests include health systems strengthening through primary care networks, quality improvement, and medical education.

Field of work: Internal Medicine, Public Health

Areas of interest: primary care and prevention, medical education, quality improvement, electronic consultations