Bush Foundation Fellowships

Melanie Nadeau

2008 Leadership Fellow
Research Technician
Turtle Mountain Community College
North Dakota

Career Field: Education
Secondary Field: Higher Education
Fellowship Plan: To obtain a master's degree in public health at the University of Minnesota
Long-Term Goal: To improve my skills and effectiveness as a researcher, become a principal investigator and develop interventions that impact health disparities in my community

As a member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, Nadeau is aware of the effects of disease on her people and that conventional methods of promoting health changes do not always work within her culture. She plans to obtain a master’s degree in public health at the University of Minnesota so she can develop interventions that respect native ways and reduce health disparities in her community. She is currently a research technician at Turtle Mountain Community College.