Dr. Nizar Wehbi to serve as North Dakota’s State Health Officer
Mike Nowatzki and Mike Kennedy
BISMARK- Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed Dr. Nizar Wehbi to serve as North Dakota’s State Health Officer, effective May 1.
Wehbi currently serves as deputy director of the Center for Health Policy and assistant professor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC).
Wehbi has served as the Center for Health Policy’s deputy director since January 2016, conducting research and policy analysis to inform policymaking with a focus on improving population health and the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system. In that role, he led initiatives to address binge drinking and colorectal cancer and conducted analysis on the health care workforce shortage. As an assistant professor in the College of Public Health at UNMC, Wehbi directs the master’s in health administration (MHA) program, with teaching areas of focus that include health administration, health policy, t
The deputy director of the Center for Health Policy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center is North Dakota s new state health officer a position that has been a revolving door during the coronavirus pandemic.
Separately, state senators defeated a resolution that would have made the state health officer position an elected office.
Gov. Doug Burgum on Monday announced the appointment of assistant professor Dr. Nizar Wehbi to the position that oversees the state Health Department. Wehbi will begin his duties May 1. He ll be paid an annual salary of $340,000.
Wehbi has served as the Center for Health Policyâs deputy director since January 2016. Before that, he was a senior planner in the Strategic Planning and Business Development Department at Nebraska Medicine.
BISMARCK - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has appointed his fourth state health officer since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Nizar Wehbi is.
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