Doni Obielodan, DrPH, MS, is a public health professional with more than 30 years of experience spanning clinical and public health laboratory practice. She holds a Doctor of Public Health in Health Management and Policy from the University of Kentucky, with interests in health equity, prevention, public health policy, and population health. She currently serves as a Public Health Laboratory Scientist with the Kentucky Department for Public Health, Division of Laboratory Services, where she contributes to statewide public health efforts through laboratory operations, quality improvement, and disease prevention.
Doni is committed to developing as a strategic and collaborative public health leader and to strengthening partnerships that address Kentucky’s most pressing health challenges. She currently serves asChair of the Program Engagement Subcommittee of the Academic Research Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) initiative, leading efforts to strengthen collaboration between public health programs and academic researchers and to ensure research addresses real-world public health needs.
Through KY-PHELI, she hopes to further develop her adaptive leadership skills, expand her capacity to lead across systems, and apply what she learns to strengthen public health practice and improve health outcomes for Kentucky communities.
Links to my work
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39702659
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36854988
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10522792
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cph_etds/364/ (Doctoral Dissertation: yet to be published)