Lillian Tom-Orme, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN

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Research Assistant Professor
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Utah
295 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
Phone: (801) 585-5246
Fax: (801) 581-3623
Lillian.Tomorme@hsc.utah.edu

Dr. Lillian Tom-Orme, a member of the Dine' or Navajo Nation, was born and raised on the Navajo Indian reservation in New Mexico. Dine' was her first language and she remains fluent in her native tongue. Dr. Tom-Orme is Research Assistant Professor in the Health Research Center, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine. She also teaches in the Public Health Program.

In addition to her academic activities, Dr Tom-Orme is currently active in several local and national committees including Chair of the American Diabetes Association's Awakening the Spirit Program, Chair of the American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawai'ian Caucus of the American Public Health Association, President-elect of the National Alaska Native/American Indian Nurses Association, Advisory Member of the NIH Center for Health Disparity and Minority Health, a founding member of the Native Research Network, a member of the Network for Cancer Control Research among American Indian and Alaska Native Populations, and a member of the national Indian Health Service Institutional Review Board. Consistent with her beliefs in increasing the number of ethnic student in the sciences and research roles, she serves as role model and mentor to many students throughout the country.

Content last updated September 19, 2008.