EllenMichelleProvostDOMPH, MBI candidate

Preventive Medicine • Anchorage, AK

Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Director, Alaska Native Epidemiology Center

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Office
ANTHC - 3900 Ambassador Drive
Suite 201
Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone+1 907-729-4567

Fax+1 907-729-4569
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Education & Training

Oregon Health and Sciences UniversityMBI candidate, expected completion 12/2018, Biomedical Informatics, 2015
Providence Hospital/Alaska Family MedicineResidency, Family Medicine, 2001 - 2002
University of Washington, SeattleResidency, Seattle, 1992 - 1995
Arrowhead Regional Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 1989 - 1990
College of Osteopathic Medicine of the PacificClass of 1989

Certifications & Licensure

AK State License 1991 - 2024
American Board of Preventive Medicine Public Health & General Preventive Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

10 citations
Alaska Native Patient and Provider Perspectives on the Multitarget Stool DNA Test Compared With Colonoscopy for Colorectal Cancer Screening.
Diana Redwood, Ian D. Blake, Ellen Provost, John B. Kisiel, Frank Sacco, David A. Ahlquist> ;Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 2019 Oct 24
2 citations
Improving the Health of Alaska Native People Through Use of a Policy Change Model and Capacity Building
Diana Redwood, Kristen Mitchell-Box, Erin Peterson, Ellen Provost> ;Preventing Chronic Disease. 2019 May 23
Innovative primary care delivery in rural Alaska: a review of patient encounters seen by community health aides.
Golnick C, Asay E, Provost E, Van Liere D, Bosshart C, Rounds-Riley J, Cueva K, Hennessy TW> ;International journal of circumpolar health.
1 citations
Tribal Epidemiology Centers and Native American Health
Victoria Warren-Mears, Jamie Ritchey, Byron Larson, Kevin English, Ellen Provost, Kristin Hill, Maureen Wimsatt, Kate Grismala, Mike Andreini, Del Yazzie, P.J. Beaudry> ;Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2016 May 1
7 citations
A Process Evaluation of the Alaska Native Colorectal Cancer Family Outreach Program
Diana Redwood, Ellen Provost, Ellen D. S. Lopez, Monica C. Skewes, Rhonda Johnson, Claudia Christensen, Frank Sacco, Donald Haverkamp> ;Health Education & Behavior. 2016 Feb 1
76 citations
Stool DNA Testing for Screening Detection of Colorectal Neoplasia in Alaska Native People
Diana Redwood, Elvin Asay, Ian D. Blake, Pamela E. Sacco, Claudia Christensen, Frank Sacco, James Tiesinga, Mary E. Devens, Steven R. Alberts, Douglas W. Mahoney, Trac...> ;Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2016 Jan 1
A case-control study of risk factors for death from 2009 pandemic influenza A(H1N1): is American Indian racial status an independent risk factor?
Hennessy TW, Bruden D, Castrodale L, Komatsu K, Erhart LM, Thompson D, Bradley K, O'Leary DR, McLaughlin J, Landen M, Investigative Team> ;Epidemiology and infection. 2015-06-29
8 citations
All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality in Western Alaska Native People: Western Alaska Tribal Collaborative for Health (WATCH)
Barbara V. Howard, Jesse S. Metzger, Kathryn R. Koller, Stacey E. Jolly, Elvin Asay, Hong Wang, Abbie W. Wolfe, Scarlett E. Hopkins, Cristiane Kaufmann, Terry W. Rayme...> ;American Journal of Public Health. 2014 Jun 11
1 citations
Evaluating an Electronic Measure of Colorectal Cancer Screening at Indian Health Service Facilities, 2008-2010.
Diana Redwood, Anil Suryaprasad, Donald Haverkamp, Charlene A. Wong, Ellen Provost, David K. Espey> ;The IHS Primary Care Provider. 2014 Jun 1
96 citations
Geographic Variation in Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality, Age of Onset, and Stage at Diagnosis Among American Indian and Alaska Native People, 1990–2009
David G. Perdue, Donald Haverkamp, Carin I. Perkins, Christine M. Daley, Ellen Provost> ;American Journal of Public Health. 2014 May 15
11 citations
Comparison of fecal occult blood tests for colorectal cancer screening in an Alaska Native population with high prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection, 2008-2012.
Diana Redwood, Ellen Provost, Elvin Asay, Diana Roberts, Donald Haverkamp, David G. Perdue, Michael G. Bruce, Frank Sacco, David K. Espey> ;Preventing Chronic Disease. 2014 Apr 10
8 citations
Mortality trends among Alaska Native people: successes and challenges.
Peter Holck, Gretchen Day, Ellen Provost> ;International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2013 Aug 5
21 citations
Giant inflatable colon and community knowledge, intention, and social support for colorectal cancer screening.
Diana Redwood, Ellen Provost, Elvin Asay, Janie Ferguson, Judith Muller> ;Preventing Chronic Disease. 2013 Jan 1
28 citations
Innovative primary care delivery in rural Alaska: a review of patient encounters seen by community health aides
Christine Golnick, Elvin Asay, Ellen Provost, Dabney Van Liere, Cora Bosshart, Jean Rounds-Riley, Katie Cueva, Thomas W. Hennessy> ;International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2012 Jun 29
39 citations
The last frontier: innovative efforts to reduce colorectal cancer disparities among the remote Alaska Native population
Diana Redwood, Ellen Provost, David G. Perdue, Donald Haverkamp, David K. Espey> ;Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2012 Mar 1
14 citations
Alaska Native adolescent views on cervical cancer, the human papillomavirus (HPV), genital warts and the quadrivalent HPV vaccine.
Melissa Kemberling, Kyla Hagan, Jessica Leston, Sassa Kitka, Ellen Provost, Thomas W. Hennessy> ;International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2011 Feb 18
7 citations
Heart disease mortality among Alaska Native people, 1981-2007.
Janet M. Johnston, Gretchen Day, Mark A. Veazie, Ellen Provost> ;Public Health Reports. 2011 Jan 1
24 citations
Comprehensive cancer control programs and coalitions: partnering to launch successful colorectal cancer screening initiatives
Laura C. Seeff, Anne Major, Julie S. Townsend, Ellen Provost, Diana Redwood, David K. Espey, Diane Dwyer, Robert Villanueva, Leslie Larsen, Kathryn Rowley, Banning Leo...> ;Cancer Causes & Control. 2010 Nov 18
13 citations
Development of a flexible sigmoidoscopy training program for rural nurse practitioners and physician assistants to increase colorectal cancer screening among Alaska Na...
Diana Redwood, Djenaba A. Joseph, Claudia Christensen, Ellen Provost, V. Lynn Peterson, David K. Espey, Frank Sacco> ;Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2009 Nov 1
17 citations
Stroke Mortality Among Alaska Native People
Ronnie D. Horner, Gretchen M. Day, Anne P. Lanier, Ellen Provost, Rebecca D. Hamel, Brian Trimble> ;American Journal of Public Health. 2009 Nov 1
17 citations
Alaska Native Mortality Rates and Trends
Gretchen Day, Ellen Provost, Anne P. Lanier> ;Public Health Reports. 2009 Jan 1
31 citations
Alaska Native parental attitudes on cervical cancer, HPV and the HPV vaccine
Melissa Toffolon-Weiss, Kyla Hagan, Jessica Leston, Lynn Peterson, Ellen Provost, Thomas W. Hennessy> ;International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 2008 Sep 1
56 citations
Digital images for postsurgical follow-up of tympanostomy tubes in remote Alaska.
John Kokesh, A. Stewart Ferguson, Chris Patricoski, Kathryn R. Koller, Greg Zwack, Ellen Provost, Peter S. Holck> ;Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery. 2008 Jul 1
21 citations
Helicobacter pylori, anemia, and iron deficiency: relationships explored among Alaska native children.
Ann M. DiGirolamo, Geraldine S. Perry, Benjamin D. Gold, Alan J. Parkinson, Ellen M. Provost, Ibrahim Parvanta, Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2007 Oct 1
14 citations
Disparities in cancer mortality among Alaska Native people, 1994-2003.
Anne P. Lanier, Gretchen Day, Janet J. Kelly, Ellen Provost> ;Alaska Medicine. 2008 Jan 1
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Press Mentions

Coronavirus Pandemic Puts Alaska’s Epidemiologists Front and CenterJuly 8th, 2020
Seven Facts You Need to Know About Tribal Epidemiology CentersSeptember 6th, 2019
Inherited Cancer: It’s in the GenesSeptember 29th, 2017
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External Links

Alaska Native EpiCenterhttp://www.anthctoday.org/epicenter
National Tribal EpiCenter Programhttp://tribalepicenters.org