Melanie Nadeau
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Associate Professor/Vice Chair, Indigenous Health
- American Indian Health, Health Disparities, Health Equity, Epidemiology, Mixed Methods, Indigenous Driven Evaluation and Tool Development
Contact Info
- Email: melanie.nadeau@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.0871
Office Address
Indigenous Health
School of Medicine & Health Sciences Room E161
1301 North Columbia Road Stop 9037
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
Biography
Dr. Melanie Nadeau, aka Dr. Mel, is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota. She completed both her Master of Public Health in community health education with a concentration in health disparities and her PhD in social/behavioral epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Dr. Mel is a community-led scholar and has worked for 20+ years on various research and evaluation projects within the American Indian community. She has successfully engaged a multitude of Tribal health stakeholders from across the nation and is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of Native communities. Dr. Mel currently serves on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Research Review Board, American Evaluation Association Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation Topical Interest Group, and American Public Health Association American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian board. Dr. Mel also serves as Vice Chair and Associate Professor for the Department of Indigenous Health at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences.
If you would like to learn more about Dr. Mel's journey, view the two digital stories she created.
1. Why Dr. Mel pursued a career in public health - https://youtu.be/6HgjTWof9iQ
2. Dr. Mel's educational journey - https://youtu.be/QAezmOYabsc
Dr. Mel has also been interviewed by Gladys Rowe. S1E10: Indigenous Insights – Melanie Nadeau. Listen to podcast here. https://gladysrowe.com/s1e10-indigenous-insights-melanie-nadeau/
PH 761: Indigenous Evaluation Framework
PH 790: Indigenous Health Seminar
American Indian Health, Indigenous Health, Social Determinants of Health, Health Disparities, Health Equity, Indigenous Driven Evaluation, Mixed Methodology, and Tool Development
A list of my academic peer reviewed publications can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/melanie.nadeau.1/bibliography/public/