Mary H. Palmer, PhD, Retired RN, FAAN

Dr. Palmer is Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. Prior to her retirement, she was the Helen W. and Thomas L. Umphlet Distinguished Professor in Aging from 2002 to 2021. She is the author of over 130 research papers, book chapters, and award-winning books on urinary incontinence and other lower urinary tract symptoms in older adults and women. She is the co-author of the Toileting Behaviors – Women’s Elimination Behaviors Scale (TB-WEB) that is used to quantify behaviors women use for urinary elimination and to identify behaviors that could compromise bladder health. The TB-WEB has been translated into multiple languages. Dr. Palmer received her B.S.N. and M.S. degrees from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, her Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health (now JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health), and her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College.