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Speaker: Carmen Nevarez, Public Health Institute With more than 23 years of experience as a physician and 19 years as a public health practitioner, Dr. Carmen Rita Nevarez is uniquely qualified to serve as an advocate for issues impacting the public's health. Dr. Nevarez currently serves as the Medical Director and Vice President of External Relations at the Public Health Institute (PHI), one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation. Prior to joining PHI, Dr. Nevarez served as a Health Officer and Department Director with the Department of Health and Human Services at the City of Berkeley. There she directed a $19 million agency that provided integrated public health services and a wide range community programs. As Assistant to the Dean and Community Liaison at the University of California at Berkeley School of Public Health, she provided a community-based public health practice resource to the campus and community organizations. As a physician, Dr. Nevarez has helped to provide medical services to multi-cultural, multi-ethnic communities in a diverse array of settings including: serving as Medical Director at La Clinica de la Raza, Oakland and the Beach Area Community Clinic in San Diego. Dr. Nevarez also serves in an advisory capacity to numerous public health and community health organizations . Dr. Nevarez received her M.D. from the University of Minnesota and her M.P.H. from the University of California at Berkeley. She completed a General Preventive Medicine Residency with California Department of Health Services. Dr. Nevarez currently serves as Executive Board Member for the American Public Health Association, Past President of the California Public Health Association - North and former Chair of the Board of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. |