Cynthia Barnes-Boyd

Cynthia "Cee" Barnes-Boyd (1953 – June 28, 2017) was an American academic administrator, professor, and nurse. She was the director of the Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), and executive director of the University of Illinois Mile Square Health Center. She was a clinical associate professor of community health at the UIC College of Nursing, and a clinical associate professor of community health sciences at the UIC School of Public Health.

Education

Barnes-Boyd earned her nursing degree from the Wesley-Passavant School of Nursing at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. She became a staff nurse at the University of Illinois Chicago in 1973, and subsequently earned bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in nursing from the school. Her 1990 Ph.D. dissertation was titled Effects of sustained nurse/mother contact on infant outcomes among low-income African-American families.

Career

In 1980, Barnes-Boyd became the assistant director of nursing at the University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics. She held the position until 1991, when she was appointed executive director of the University of Illinois Mile Square Health Center. She subsequently held several other positions in the University of Illinois system, including director of hospital community outreach, and director of the Healthy City Collaborative research organization. She was the director of the Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships, in which she worked to engage the community and to create community initiatives including a city-wide nutritional program.