Carmen Nevarez, MD, MPH

APHA : Member Executive Board, 2002-2005; Latino Caucus Member 1984‑present; Vice President Latino Caucus 1997-1999; California Public Health Association‑North- Member 1991-Present; President  2000 & 2001; VP-Program 1995; Governing Council Member-at-Large 1992; APHA‑California Executive Planning Committee member, Campaign to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health 2001; California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Chair of Board of Directors, a joint project of California affiliates 1999-present. Member APHA since 1984;  Other Professional Activities:  Mapping Inequality- Geographic factors underlying health disparities- Co-Chair, 2008; Partnership for Prevention, Board member, elected 2006; Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, current Vice Chair, 2004-present; California-Mexico Health Initiative, Board member since 2004; California Office of Binational Border Health – Advisory Board member since 2006; co-Chair of Chronic Disease binational working group; Disparity Reducing Advances Partnership participant 2008; Maternal-Child Health Cuba Study tour 2003; California DHS Director Nominee and Participant, European Study Tour to Review Teen Pregnancy 2001; UC-CDC Public Health Leadership Institute, Inaugural Class 1991, Advisory to California Health Interview Survey for instrument design specific to racial and ethnic health parameters; Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, Public Health Institute, 2001-2002; Management Team 1996-2000, Faculty- Community Building for Community Health 1999-2000, Political and Social Change 1997-1998, Multicultural Health 1993; Pacific Institute for Women’s Health, Vice President, Board of Directors 1999‑2000, Institute Associate; Women's Health Leadership Institute, Center for Collaborative Planning Advisory Board 1994-1999, Faculty 1994‑1996; California Conference of Local Health Officers member 1982-1992; Founding Committee and Board of Directors Member  Berkeley Primary Care Access Clinic 1996; Board member  Life Long  Medical Care 1998-2000; Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley, Planning & Marketing Committee 1996-2000, Finance Committee 1989-1993; Interim Board of Directors of Native American Health Board Inc, Oakland, CA 1996; California DHS Multicultural Health Task Force, Steering Committee Member 1993‑1996; Berkeley Community Fund Board 1995; Blue Ribbon Committee member to Review Los Angeles County Public Health Department 1994; Media Experience:  I have  provided expert commentaries on issues such as teen pregnancy prevention, childhood obesity, school nutrition and the  prevention of chronic disease, for: Associated Press, National Public Radio, Los Angeles Times, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, Tri-Valley Herald, and Bakersfield Californian and provided invited testimony to the California Legislature on public health issues.