Biology Grad Makes Strides in Public Health Sector: Holly Gilmore Hayes ’03

Holly Gilmore Hayes ′03 graduated from the University of South Carolina with a Master of Science in Public Health and received the USC Arnold School of Public Health Jeffrey K. Mattison Outstanding Student   Achievement Award.  In 2007, she joined the SC Office of Rural Health where she served as the Network Development Coordinator.  She then became the Director of Program Development and was responsible for developing and writing grant proposals, preparing in-state and federal appropriation requests, and assisting in developing and writing text for all marketing materials.  In addition, she managed a 1.6 million dollar Rural Health Information Technology grant for the Lakelands Rural Health Network.  Holly also served as the Chairman of the Rural Affinity Group for the SC Hospital Association and was a federal Grant Reviewer for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement Grant Program.  Prior to joining the SC Office of Rural Health, Holly was the State Director of Program Services for the March of Dimes, SC Chapter. Holly now serves as the Project Coordinator for the Practice-Based Research Network Core at the University of Texas Health Science Center. She works with primary care clinicians, dentists, psychiatrists, and other health care providers to accelerate the translation of clinical research.