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VITA Galen K. Louis 1814 S. Atlantic Boise, ID 83705 208-331-2544 nezperce@yahoo.com Date of Birth: October 23, 1949 Place of Birth: San Francisco, California Education: University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, Department of Community Health, Health Policy. (Dissertation: “Restructuring the Indian Health Service: A Study in Consensus Decision-Making) Degree earned, Ph.D. May 2001. Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, Department of Political Science, Doctor of Arts program. Fall 1992. Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, Interdisciplinary Master’s program: Public Administration/Health Education. Degree earned, MS-1992. Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, Department of Health Education, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Degree earned, BS-1991. San Francisco State College, San Francisco, CA., Department of History, American Studies program, 1971. Relevant Work Experience and Affiliations: Boise State University Center for Health Policy, Consultant/Scholar, 12/02 - present Idaho Tobacco Prevention Program: Health Disparities Project Coordinator, Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Health, Bureau of Health Promotion, 4/02-present. Idaho Tobacco Prevention Program: Surveillance and Evaluation Director, Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Health, Bureau of Health Promotion, 9/99- 4/02. Idaho Governor’s Council on Teen Pregnancy: Program Manager, Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Health, Bureau of Health Promotion, 12/98-9/99. Idaho Cardiovascular Disease Statewide Planning Committee: Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Heath, Bureau of Health Promotion, 1998. Idaho Division of Health Restructuring Team: Department of Health & Welfare, 1995. Injury Program Manager: Idaho Department of Health & Welfare, Division of Health, Bureau of Health Promotion, 1993-1995. Idaho Coalition of Health Educators (ICHE), President 1995. Idaho Trauma Coalition Task Force, Committee Member, Public Information 1994-5 Healthy Families Idaho, Committee Chair, Evaluation Committee, 1994-5 Region X Collaborative Injury Network, Committee Chair, Data Utilization Committee, 1993-5 State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors’ Association (STIPDA), Idaho Representative, 1994-5 Relevant University Level Teaching Experience: Adjunct Instructor: Boise State University, Boise, ID, “Health Care Delivery Systems,” “Health Policy: Current Issues Seminar,” “Social Marketing” - 1996 to present. Adjunct Instructor: Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, “Health Promotion Programs”, “Research and Writing”, 1998 to present. Course Coordinator and Teaching Assistant: University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, “Drug Use, Abuse and Society”, 1995-1997. Affiliate Instructor: Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID. “Promoting Wellness” and “First Aid & Safety”, Fall 1991-Fall 1992. Professional Presentations: “Disparities from A to Z: Comprehensive Approaches,” Centers for Disease Control/Office of Smoking Health, Scottsdale, AZ, July 2003 “Strategic Planning for Diversity Using a Logic Model,” National Tobacco Prevention and Control Conference, San Francisco, California. Nov. 2002. “Resources and Processes to Identify Tobacco Related Disparities in Populations,” Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia. Jan. 2002, and Kansas City, MO. July 2002. “Idaho’s Millennium Fund: Idaho’s Tobacco Settlement Funds,” Eighth Annual Idaho Prevention Conference, Sun Valley, ID, April 2001. “Programmatic Implications of the Youth Tobacco Survey From the Duck Valley Reservation,” (poster session) ASTDHPPHE 19th National Conference on Health Education and Health Promotion, Atlanta, GA, April 2001. “Identifying Disparate Populations for Health Interventions,” Tobacco Prevention Institute, Denver, CO, August 2000. “Using the Youth Asset Development Model for Program Planning,” Idaho Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program Workshop, Boise, ID, May 1999. “Restructuring the Indian Health Services.” American Public Health Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN, November 1997. “The Role of Public Health Nurses in Injury Prevention,” Idaho MCH Program, Coeur D’Alene, ID, June 1995. “The State’s Public Health Role in Adolescent Suicide Prevention,” CDC Suicide Prevention Program, Phoenix, AZ, May 1995. “Surveillance v. Epidemiology in Public Health,” Rural Injury Prevention Program, Madison, WI, March 1995. “Integrating Community Resources for Adolescent Suicide Prevention Programs,” Idaho State University, Conference Planning Committee member, Idaho Falls, ID, February 1995. “Adolescent Suicide Statistics in the Rocky Mountain States,” Region VIII & X Public Health Services Injury Prevention Program, Snowbird, Utah, October 1994. “A Public Health Perspective to Adolescent Violence Prevention,” Idaho State University, panel member, October 1994. “Coordinating Public Health and Law Enforcement Data for Domestic Violence Prevention”, Idaho Council on Domestic Violence, Panel member, Boise, ID, June 1994. Miscellaneous: Youth Tobacco Survey Administrator (YTS), Department of Health & Welfare, 2000-01 Millennium Fund Data Collection Coordinator (Tobacco Settlement Funds: Legislative Mandate), Department of Health & Welfare, 2000-01 Youth Risk Behavior Survey Coordinator (YRBS), Department of Health & Welfare, 1994 Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System Administrator (BRFSS), Department of Health & Welfare, 1993-4 Co-Authored Publications and Projects: “Perception of Violence by Idaho Teenagers” with Randy Page, Ph.D., Idaho Issues, BSU 1995 “Perception of Nutrition and Health by Idaho Teenagers” with Randy Page, Ph.D. and Jeanne Scepka, RN, B.S.N. Idaho Issues, BSU 1995 “Youth Suicide in Idaho: the Unspoken Public Health Tragedy”, Idaho Issues, BSU 1995 “Child and Adolescent Fatal Injury Data-book”, Joint Project Leader with Children’s Safety Network, January 1995.