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Carmen R. Nevarez, MD, MPH, PHI Vice President for External Relations and Preventive Medicine Advisor, and Co-Director of CRAHD's Ford Foundation Research Fellowship Program on Adolescent Sexuality, Health, and Rights A long-standing voice for the public's health, Dr. Nevarez is responsible at PHI for developing relationships with health and public health organizations and interests, incubating new project areas and public health advocacy. Dr. Nevarez has over 32 years of experience as a physician and 29 years as a public health practitioner, having served as director of the Department of Health and Human Services and health officer for the city of Berkeley, California, as well as in various clinical settings, including as medical director at La Clinica de la Raza in Oakland. She is immediate past president of the American Public Health Association and past board chair of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California and is currently on the board of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. In addition, she has served state government as a member of advisory committees on Primary Care Clinics, Binational and Border Health and Multicultural Health. Her areas of expertise include community-based strategies for chronic disease prevention, women's reproductive health and social media for public health. Dr. Nevarez has been instrumental in developing and implementing the No Time for Complacency initiative's data driven strategy for advocating for teen birth prevention activities in the California Legislature.
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