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In September 2002, Dr. Joyce P. Murray, professor of nursing at the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing of Emory University, joined The Carter Center as director of its Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, a teacher training program enabling Ethiopia to meet staffing needs for more than 500 community health centers nationwide.

Dr. Murray has worked extensively in mental health nursing, curriculum development, leadership, and service.

She has been head of the department of nursing at Georgia Southern University, director of accreditation at the National League for Nursing, and associate dean for academic affairs at Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University. Currently, she is president-elect of the National League for Nursing.

Since 1999, Dr. Murray has been involved in the Ethiopia Public Health Training Initiative, presenting workshops and consulting with faculty from the five health sciences universities in Ethiopia on the development of curricula and teaching materials. She brings a broad portfolio of experience in nursing practice, nursing education, and public health to help Ethiopians meet the challenges posed by an expanding health care system in their country.

Among her many awards, Dr. Murray is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, received the 2002 Teaching Scholar Award from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory, and the Mabel Korsell Award for Service from the Georgia League for Nursing. She earned her doctorate in education from the University of Georgia, her master's degree in nursing from the Medical College of Georgia, and her bachelor's degree in nursing from Armstrong State College.