13 Facts About Siobhan Wescott

Siobhan Wescott is an American educator who is Professor of American Indian Health at the Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health.

Siobhan Wescott was previously Director of the Indians into Medicine program at the University of North Dakota, where she trained hundreds of Native American physicians.

Siobhan Wescott grew up in a 400 square foot cabin near Fairbanks, Alaska.

Siobhan Wescott was inspired to become a physician after attending a public health conference in Anchorage, Alaska.

Siobhan Wescott believed that the representation of Native Americans would strengthen medical research and practice.

Siobhan Wescott was appointed a Henry M Jackson Leadership Fellow in the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.

Siobhan Wescott eventually moved to California, where she earned a master's degree in public health from the University of California.

At the age of thirty five, Siobhan Wescott earned her medical degree from the Harvard Medical School.

Siobhan Wescott joined the faculty there and established the Four Directions Summer Research Program.

In 2019, Siobhan Wescott joined the University of North Dakota at Director of the Indians into Medicine program.

Siobhan Wescott became concerned above the shortage of Native American physicians.

Siobhan Wescott worked with the American Medical Association and the Association of American Indian Physicians to organize an annual summit that looks to diversify those who consider careers in medicine.

Siobhan Wescott was the first person appointed Director of American Indian Health at the Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health in 2021, where she holds the Dr Susan and Susette LaFlesche Professorship.