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Appendix B: Speaker Biographies
Pages 53-60

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From page 53...
... She is a Fellow of the Leadership Institute at Santa Fe Indian School-Summer Policy Academy and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and a recent youth delegate to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Previously, she served as a research associate for a Pueblo youth language study researching Pueblo youth attitudes toward native languages and language preservation.
From page 54...
... Other interests include the recruitment and retention of American Indian students into health professions and providing medical direction and clinical services to the incarcerated youth population. Philip S
From page 55...
... In the past 27 years with the IHS, she has worked as the Crownpoint Hospital Director of Community & Preventive Health, the chief executive officer of the Tuba City Medical Center, and in past 11 years as a medical officer in adolescent health with the Northern Navajo Medical Center Teen Life Center.
From page 56...
... in Nursing from the University of Miami and is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. He actively serves in elected, appointed, advisory, and consultant positions such as the American Colleges of Nursing for Cultural Competencies in Graduate Nursing, the American Nurses Foundation, the Florida Nurses Association, the Florida Nurses Foundation, the National Alaskan Native American Indian Nurses Association, HHS, the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
From page 57...
... , providing leadership and direction to state health departments and nongovernmental agencies, and was lead for OSH's National Networks Initiative, which provided funding to African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, and Asian/Pacific Islander organizations in meeting the needs of these communities in addressing tobacco use prevention. Prior to his federal services, Mr.
From page 58...
... One of her major duties is to provide multiple forums for discussing issues concerning underrepresented and disadvantaged populations. She has led in the work to develop and teach cultural competence to students, residents, and faculty in the medical school and other health professions and disciplines in order to better address health disparities and has provided statewide leadership in cultural competence working with legislators and the New Mexico Department of Higher Education.
From page 59...
... Mildred Thompson is the senior director and director of the PolicyLink Center for Health Equity and Place, leads the organization's health team, with work focusing on healthy food access, improving the built environment, and the systemic integration of health equity. A significant component of her work involves exploring community factors that impact health and identifying effective solutions.
From page 60...
... 60 ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY FOR NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH she works to integrate students at all levels in research and scholarship, thus providing a mechanism to bridge the research practice. In mentoring students and faculty in their research pursuits, what she values most is a commitment to learning and to improving health through nursing.


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