Marifrances Montell MPH, CPH, a Program Manager for the Tribal Epidemiology Center Public Health Infrastructure (TECPHI) grant has focused on working with tribal communities within Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas to increase infrastructure and build capacity through continuous quality improvement, data collection and analysis, community engagement, evaluation, and trainings.
With an emphasis on respecting tribal sovereignty and providing technical assistance to Tribes, Tribal organizations, and Urban Indian organizations, Marifrances continues to foster collaborations through servant leadership for those within the Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center service area. Her career began in a clinical setting and transitioned from direct patient services to programmatic evaluation and continues to work in public health.
