PUBLIC HEALTH

NIHB Public Health Projects

• Traditional Foods Project
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) Cooperative Agreement
• Tribal Public Health Accreditation Project
• Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI)
• Evaluation of Tribal Health Professions Opportunities Grants (HPOG)
• HIV/AIDS Cooperative Agreement
• Other Recent Public Health Projects

NIHB Advisory Boards, Committees, and Workgroups

• Health Research Advisory Council (HRAC)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC)
• Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB)
• National Diabetes Education Program Stakeholders Group
• Tribal Epidemiology Center (TEC) Workgroup

Obesity Prevention/Strategies
in Native Youth

Behavioral Health

Health Alerts

Healthy People 2020

Public Health
Resource Center

Restoring the Balance

Tribal Public Health Law

Tribal Epidemiology Center (TEC) Workgroup

Currently there are 12 TECs throughout the country. Below is a list of contact information for those Tribal Epidemiology Centers.
	Alaska Native Epidemiology Center Director: Ellen Provost, DO, MPH (907) 729-4567		Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center Director: Kevin English, RPh, MPH (505) 962-2602
	California Tribal Epidemiology Center Director: Kristal Chichlowska, Ph.D. (916) 929-9761		Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center Director: Kristin Hill, MSHSA (715) 588-3324
	Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona Tribal Epidemiology Center Acting Director: Patrick McMullen (602) 258-4822		Navajo Epidemiology Center Director: Ramona Antone Nez Fax: (928) 871-6254
	Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center Acting Director: Sunny Colombe (605) 721-1922		Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center Director: Victoria Warren-Mears, Ph.D. (503) 228-4185
	Rocky Mountain Tribal Epidemiology Center Acting Director: Folorunso Akintan, MD,MPH (406) 252-2550		Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Board Director: Tom Anderson (405) 951-6024
	United South and Eastern Tribes Epidemiology Center Senior Epidemiologist: John Mosely Hayes, DrPH (615) 872-7900		Urban Indian Health Institute Epidemiology Center Director: Crystal Tetrick (206) 812-3030

Tribal Epidemiology Centers are Indian Health Service, division funded organizations who serve American Indian/Alaska Native Tribal and urban communities by managing public health information systems, investigating diseases of concern, managing disease prevention and control programs, responding to public health emergencies, and coordinating these activities with other public health authorities.

MISSION

To improve the health of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) by:

• Identifying and understanding health problems and disease risks
• Strengthening public health capacity
• Developing solutions for disease prevention and control

VISION

• Increased awareness about Public Health needs in Indian Country
• Strengthening Capacity & the Practice of Public Health in Indian Country
• High Level, Responsive Expertise on Public Health Subject matter & methods
• Integrating Public Health Practice into IHS/Tribal Clinical &Health Services
• Continuous Public Health Strategy & Innovation
• Expanded & Enhanced Strategic Partnerships
• Network of Proactive, Responsive to TECs or Tribes & Regions

In 2011, NIHB was asked to participate in the TEC Workgroup. In January 2012, NIHB attended their 1st TEC Workgroup meeting held in Portland, OR. The Northwest Portland Indian Area Health Board hosted the event with the Indian Health Service. NIHB views this as an opportunity to work with the TEC’s to elevate issues surrounding data collection, analysis, Tribal and State relations, and other epidemiology issues facing the TEC’s mission and vision.

Click Here to download a copy of the fact sheet about Tribal Epidemiology Center.