Health Scientist-Evaluator
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
Minda Reed, MD, MPH, is a Health Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Ga. Her work in the Division of Overdose Prevention within the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control primarily involves technical assistance provision in program evaluation for jurisdictions receiving funding through CDC prevention programs. As leader of the Program Evaluation Team's Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building Unit, she directs evaluation training initiatives for both jurisdictions and internal CDC staff. Additionally she is passionate about collaborating with her colleagues to promote health equity and culturally responsive evaluation at through participation in several workgroups and leadership initiatives around social determinants of health and diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging and accessibility.
Dr. Reed began her career at CDC in 2015 while completing her MPH studies in the executive program at Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University. She holds a medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine and a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Duke University. Dr. Reed has served as an evaluator with the Atlanta Area Evaluation Association evaluation capacity building subcommittee and pro-bono evaluation team. She is a 2018 recipient of the Young Government Leaders Atlanta Chapter YoungGov40 under 40 award for excellence in public service, former Vice President of Professional Development for the CDC Young Professionals Network (YPN), and a Co-Founder and former Co-Executive Chair of the CDC Fellows Professional Development Collective. Her professional interests include racial/ethnic health disparities, program evaluation, and health care system quality improvement.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM ET