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COVID-19 Emerging Topic: A Public Health Framework for Reopening Tribal Economies | April 27, 2020

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Virology  

Keywords: #covid clinical updates  #reopening  

Celeste Davis, an Environmental Public Health Consultant for the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, provides guidance on reopening tribal economies using cultural values and public health principles. She is assisted by Dr. Alex Wu, an Epidemic Intelligence Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Dr. Tom Weiser. Then, Dr. Jorge Mera shares some of the latest studies on COVID-19.

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Presented by:

Dr. Tom Weiser, Dr. Alexander Wu, Celeste Davis, Dr. Jorge Mera

Celeste Davis, MPH, REHS, is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. She is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Health Science from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, and a Master of Public Health degree in Occupational and Environmental Health from the University of Oklahoma.

Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Service, the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He oversees surveillance, policies, and programs to treat and prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and HCV.

Alexander Wu, ScD, MPH, is an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thomas Weiser, MD, MPH, has been with Portland Area Indian Health Services since 1998, initially serving as an Indian Health Services Medical Officer in Whiteriver, Arizona from 1998-2005. He completed the CDC Epidemiology Intelligence Service from 2005-2007, assigned to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. In 2007, he began his new position assigned to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center. Dr. Weiser is passionate about improving the quality of healthcare services, data access and data quality for American Indian and Alaska Native populations; human subjects protection; infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance.

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Date added: April 27, 2020