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Creshelle R.
Nash, MD, MPH
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| Dr. Nash is a
native of Texarkana, Arkansas. She graduated
from Hall High School and received a J.R. Hyde,
full scholarship, to Rhodes College in
Memphis,TN. She then attended the University of
Maryland at Baltimore School of Medicine. At
that time she began her interest in community
medicine and minority health. During her
training she also received a W.K. Kellogg
Fellowship in Community Medicine. She received
her medical degree from in 1994, and completed a
residency in primary care internal medicine at
George Washington University Hospital,
Washington, D.C., in 1997. She was also received
her Master’s in Public Health from Harvard
School of Public Health and was a Harvard
University Commonwealth Fund Fellow in Minority
Health Policy in 1997-1998. Upon completion of
her fellowship she returned to Arkansas to
address minority health policy. Dr. Nash continues her work in minority health policy, research and clinical practice. She has been increasing awareness about public health policy and racial and ethnic health disparities within the state of Arkansas. She co-Authored the Arkansas Racial and Ethnic Health Disparity Study that served to define the state of minority health and make policy recommendations to eliminate health disparities. She has conducted research on health disparities in Arkansas and helped to develop and was inaugural faculty of both the UAMS College of Public Health and the UA Clinton School of Public Service. She is currently Assistant Professor, Health Policy and Management. Dr. Nash is currently working with multiple minority health disparity initiatives at the institutional, local and state levels. These include consulting with the Arkansas Minority Health Commission, community based organizations in the Arkansas Delta and within UAMS. Finally, she continues her clinical practice, teaching and mentoring activities as Assistant Professor of General Internal Medicine at UAMS. |
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