Name
Rachel Iverson
Job Title
Associate Director, Division of Chronic Disease Prevention
Company
New York State Department of Health/Health Research, Inc.
Speaker Bio
Ms. Iverson is the Associate Director of the Division of Chronic Disease Prevention at the New York State Department of Health. Ms. Iverson provides leadership to the Division of Chronic Disease Prevention, including development, implementation, and dissemination of effective chronic disease control interventions and is responsible for the personnel, administrative and fiscal functions of the Division.

Along with a fantastic management team, Ms. Iverson directs the implementation of the Division’s strategic plan relevant to the work of the Division and ensure that strategies and actions are in place to achieve program and Departmental chronic disease control goals.

Ms. Iverson has thirty years of experience working in various areas of public health including HIV/AIDS, STIs, family planning and chronic disease prevention. Ms. Iverson holds a master’s degree in social policy from the State University of New York.