Dr. Ireland has over 20 years of experience as a physician epidemiologist and has used her skills in government, industry, academia, and health care organizations. She designed, conducted, and published numerous studies of Alaskan Native health while working for the Centers for Disease Control in Anchorage, Alaska. While at Monsanto she continued to design and conduct studies to evaluate employee health and safety. As an academician, she created courses to teach medical students and residents the skills in evidence-based medicine and critical evaluation of published literature. She was the first Research Director in the department of Community and Family Medicine at Saint Louis University and successfully co-authored the grants that created the funding for that division. While on staff at the American Academy of Family Physicians, she led the development of Evidence Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, working with panels composed of academic and community based Family Medicine Physicians. She served as the Academy representative to AHRQ, Partnership for Prevention, and other organizations.

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MD - University of Missouri at Columbia

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