University of North Dakota / Department of Indigenous Health
Grand Forks, ND
Dr. Melanie Nadeau, aka Dr. Mel, is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota. She completed both her Master of Public Health in community health education with a concentration in health disparities and her PhD in social/behavioral epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Dr. Mel is a community led scholar and has worked more than 19 years on various research and evaluation projects within the American Indian community. She has successfully engaged a multitude of tribal health stakeholders from across the nation and is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of Native communities. Dr. Mel currently serves on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Research Review Board, as program co-chair for the American Evaluation Association Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation Topical Interest Group, on the American Public Health Association American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian board, and co-chairs the Tribal Health Data workgroup for the North Dakota Department of Health. Dr. Mel also serves as Interim Chair, Graduate Program Director and Assistant Professor for the Indigenous Health PhD program at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
[IN-PERSON] Half Day Workshop: Models of Tribal Research Governance and Ethical Oversight
Sunday, December 3, 2023
1:00 PM – 4:15 PM ET