Brittney Okada, MPH, CHES

Health Equity Data and Research Manager
Utah Department of Health Office of Health Disparities
Salt Lake City, Utah

Brittney Okada works for Utah Department of Health Office of Health Disparities, where she coordinates programs for underserved communities aimed at advancing health equity. She graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine’s Department of Family and Preventive Medicine with a master’s degree in public health (MPH). Her experience in public practice has involved community-based participatory research, maternal and child health, oral health, access to care, and global health. Brittney is the coordinator the It Takes a Village project and Embrace research study. She has participated in all aspects of curriculum development, project implementation, and program evaluation since the pilot program.

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Presentation(s):

• B3 - Utah’s It Takes a Village Project: Navigating Pacific Islander Data, Community and Culture to Address Birth Outcomes Disparities and Advance Health Equity

  Tuesday, May 24, 2022
  5:00 PM – 6:10 PM ET

• E6 - The Embrace Project Study: Supporting the Wellbeing of Minority Women along Utah's Wasatch Front through Ancestral Practice

  Wednesday, May 25, 2022
  6:30 PM – 7:40 PM ET