Barbara Obena
Advancing Medicaid Quality & Health Equity at Kaiser Permanente
- Role
- Instructor at Northwest Center For Public Health Practice
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Barbara Obena
I help organizations create more accessible, equitable, and responsive healthcare systems by providing strategic consultation and leadership on workforce and patient-centric initiatives.With a background in public health and healthcare, I have-Developed and led equity, inclusion, and diversity efforts (e.g, CLAS Standards implementation, Equity Councils, health equity frameworks)-Driven patient-centered programs (e.g, Language Access, Auxiliary Aids, and patient feedback/complaints systems)-Prepared future healthcare leaders through teaching, advising, curriculum development, and supervising internshipsI am interested in senior-level roles in consulting, strategy execution, or program/project management where I can partner with teams and executives to solve complex business challenges, align initiatives with a shared vision, and build cultures that prioritize equity by asking, “What are we designing, why, and with whom, not for?\"
Experience
Instructor
Northwest Center For Public Health Practice
Feb 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Co-designed and serving as an instructor for the NWCPHP training,\"Essentially Public Health\", focused on the foundations of public health for public health professionals who are new to the field or have no formal public health training.More info:
Education
University of California, Merced
B.S.
University of Washington
MPH
Skills
- Literature Reviews
- Volunteer Management
- Event Planning
- Healthcare
- Community Health
- Research
- Public Health
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Office
- Program Development
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Word
- Project Coordination
- Non-Profits
- Community Outreach
- Teaching
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