With 61 years being the average age of college presidents nationally, as determined in 2011 by the American Council on Education, Epps is part of a small cadre of veteran academicians who are zipping past traditional retirement time. They are stepping forward amid the rapid turnover of presidents in the last five years and the trend toward much younger leaders with business and social media savvy.
Epps has a Ph.D. in zoology from Howard University and earned her masters degree from Loyola University. She has published articles in The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and the Journal of the National Medical Association.
Dr. Epps has worked at Meharry since 1994.
Congratulations, Dr. Epps, for being a “BlackDoctor.org Top Blacks in Healthcare” 2014 honoree!