Yvette Roubideaux
Dr. Yvette Roubideaux | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) |
Occupation(s) | Medical doctor and public health administrator |
Known for | Diabetes research and prevention |
Title | Vice President for Research and Director, Policy Research Center (National Congress of American Indians) |
Yvette Roubideaux (born 1963
In May 2009, Roubideaux was confirmed as the Director of the
In 2017, Roubideaux was named Director of the National Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center.
Early life and education
Roubideaux grew up in western South Dakota, born into a family of the Rosebud Indian Reservation. She graduated in 1981 from Stevens High School in Rapid City, South Dakota.
After earning her undergraduate degree at Harvard University, Roubideaux entered Harvard Medical School, where she received her medical degree in 1989.[1] She completed a residency program in primary care internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston in 1992.
After four years of clinical practice, she returned to graduate school and completed her
Career
Roubideaux worked in clinical practice for IHS for three years as a clinical director and medical officer at the San Carlos Service Unit on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona. She worked for one year as a medical officer at the Hu Hu Kam Memorial Indian Hospital on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona.
Roubideaux shifted her focus to public health and returned to graduate school. To work in issues of research and policy, she entered academic medicine. She served as assistant professor of family and community medicine at the
In 2009, Roubideaux was appointed as Director of the
She identified four priorities to improve the quality of healthcare for a minority population in which "there are health and care disparities and the rates of chronic diseases on the rise":[4]
- "To renew and strengthen IHS's partnership with tribes;
- To bring reform to IHS; she will work with the tribes to identify problems in the agency and then develop solutions to improve those areas;
- To improve the quality and access to care for patients; and
- To ensure the work of IHS is transparent and accountable, and fair and inclusive."[4]
Associations and writing
Roubideaux is a past president of the Association of American Indian Physicians and co-editor of the American Public Health Association's book Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century (2001). She has authored several monographs and peer-reviewed publications on American Indian/Alaska Native health issues, research, and policy.
Honors
- 2004, Indian Physician of the Year Award from the Association of American Indian Physicians.[2]
- 2008, Addison B. Scoville Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service, American Diabetes Association.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Changing the Face of Medicine", Celebrating America's Women Physicians, National Institutes of Health, accessed 25 October 2011
- ^ a b c d e "Yvette Roubideaux, MD, First Woman to Lead the Indian Health Service" Archived April 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, US Medicine, May 2009, accessed 24 October 2011
- ^ HHS Leadership: "Dr. Yvette Robideaux", IHS Archived October 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Dept of Health and Human Services, accessed 24 October 2011
- ^ a b "Yvette Roubideau", Harvard Medical Alumni Association, accessed 24 October 2011