Denise Dillard is an Inupiaq Eskimo raised in Anchorage. She
has her Ph.D. in psychology and has worked for Southcentral
Foundation for 5 years. She provided direct services to Alaska
Native and American Indian adults in an outpatient clinic on the
Alaska Native Medical Center campus before moving into
management. She currently oversees two large outpatient
behavioral health clinics, one clinic in an Alaska Native
village, and the supervision portion of the Behavioral Health
Aide program for the Anchorage Service Unit. She is involved in
a variety of research activities on the identification and
management of behavioral health symptoms in primary care.