Victoria Warren-Mears, PhD, RD, is the Director of The Northwest Tribal EpiCenter. As Director, she has the specific responsibility of managing The EpiCenter and developing processes to measure the progress of Northwest Indian health programs toward meeting the health status objectives of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.
She completed post-doctoral training in Human Investigations at Oregon Health & Science University. She is a young investigator with experience in conducting population based research and programmatic implementation. Dr. Warren-Mears has experience collaborating with the Northwest tribal communities and personal contacts within tribal organizations, IHS and other federal agencies. In addition, Dr. Warren-Mears has extensive experience with management of volunteers in complex systems. She brings this experience to the public health and research projects. She has extensive experience in local public health systems and service delivery in the Northwest. Dr. Warren-Mears is an active member of the American Dietetic Association and has served as an abstract reviewer for the annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Exposition (FNCE) for ten years.
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