Dr. Melanie Nadeau, aka Dr. Mel, is an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians in Belcourt, North Dakota. She completed both her Master of Public Health in community health education with a concentration in health disparities and her PhD in social/behavioral epidemiology at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Dr. Mel is a community-led scholar and has worked for 20 years on various research and evaluation projects within the American Indian community. Dr. Mel currently serves as Vice Chair and Associate Professor for the Department of Indigenous Health at the University of North Dakota.
