Michelle Dennison, Ph.D.

Michelle Dennison is the Health Policy Liaison and Metabolic Care Center Administrator at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic. She is responsible for developing effective relationships that lead to health policies that benefit the American Indian population specifically around diabetes/diabetes prevention, HIV and chronic disease prevention/health promotion. Michelle also manages federal and private foundation grants for the Oklahoma CIty Indian Clinic. Dr. Dennison is a previous Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow. During her Fellowship, Dr. Dennison was placed in the office of the U.S. Surgeon General.

Dr. Dennison has extensive experience in providing quality diabetes and diabetes prevention programming. Dennison is a founder of the renowned Native Youth Preventing Diabetes Coalition and Oklahoma Intertribal Diabetes Coalition. She is a previous awardee of the National Congress of American Indians Graduate Health Fellowship, the National Indian Health Board’s Area/Regional Impact Award, and the Indian Health Service’s award for Exceptional Performance for Health Promotion and Wellness. Michelle served as a co-author for the American Diabetes Association's Nutrition Therapy for Adults with Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes: A Consensus Report. She is currently assisting with planning for the National Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists 2021 and 2022 annual meetings and serves as the ADCES local Grassroots Coordinator. Michelle is also contributing to the National Diabetes Self Management Education Standards Revision and is the author of the American Indian Food and Culture Chapter of the Academy for Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Culture Book (in-review).