Public Heath Institute
Vice President and Preventive Medicine Advisor
555 – 12th street; 10th floor
Oakland
CAUSA
94607
Biographical Sketch: Carmen Rita Nevarez, MD, MPH currently serves as the Vice President of External Relations and Preventive Medicine Advisor at the Public Health Institute (PHI), one of the largest and most comprehensive public health organizations in the nation
Dr Nevarez has 30 years of experience as a physician and 20 years as a public health practitioner, having served as the Director of Department of Health and Human Services and Health Officer, City of Berkeley, California, as well as in various clinical settings including serving as Medical Director at La Clinica de la Raza in Oakland. She is currently President-elect of the American Public Health Association (APHA). She is Board Chair of Latino Coalition for a Healthy California and a member of the Partnership for Prevention Advisory Board. In addition, she has served state government as a member of advisory committees on Primary Care Clinics, Binational and Border Health and Multicultural Health.