R. David Rebanal, MPH, CHES

Program Officer
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David oversees NWHF’s strategic initiatives in public health. Currently his work involves partnering with public and private organizations to improve the state and local public health system, utilizing community-based participatory research to strengthen community advocacy and drive policy change in Oregon, and leveraging the Foundation’s investments and research to improve public health policies and practice.

David has worked as a HIV community outreach worker and a health educator in New York, as well as conducted epidemiologic community assessments at the New York City health department. After completing his Master’s Degree in Public Health at Hunter College in New York City, he completed a three-year post-graduate service fellowship with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, working on program planning and evaluation in community-based and health systems chronic disease prevention. He also chairs the Asian Pacific Islander Health Network coalition in Portland, and is passionate about issues of social justice and health equity.

David lives in Portland with his wife, two daughters, and a newborn son.