Lillian Tom-Orme, PhD, MSPH

Lillian Tom-Orme, Ph.D., MPH, RN, FAAN, is a Research Assistant Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Adjunct Assistant Professor and Diversity Coordinator for the College of Nursing - University of Utah. Her research interests include health disparity issues, transcultural health, and cancer and diabetes care in Native Americans. She currently has membership in the American Public Health Association, American Diabetes Association, Native Research Network, Network for Cancer Researchers among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurses Associations, and Transcultural Nursing Society. She serves on the Minority Women’s Health Panel of Experts (DHHS) and has served on the Advisory Board for the National Institute of Minority Health Disparities and as Native American Research Liaison for the National Cancer Institute.