Captain Damion Killsback (Northern Cheyenne); Indian Health Service Pharmacy
Captain (CAPT) Damion Killsback will provide a lecture on the Indian Health Service Pharmacy on April, 17th from 12 PM - 12:55 PM in the Skaggs Building, Room 117 and over Zoom.
Captain (CAPT) Damion Killsback, PharmD, MPH, is the Director for the Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances (OTASA) with the CDC.
In this role, he will continue the agency’s committed focus and supportive role working with American Indian/Alaska Native communities ensuring they receive public health services that keep them safe and healthy.
Damion has over 20 years’ experience in clinical pharmacy, public health, and administration, and work dedicated to AI/AN healthcare, health policy, and public health issues. Most recently, Damion served as the Chief Executive Officer for the Northern Cheyenne Service Unit in the Indian Health Service. His previous leadership roles include the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) acting director for the Division of Policy and Data and the AI/AN Policy Lead. He later became the Senior Advisor for Tribal Affairs and lead of the Tribal Affairs Team. There, Damion helped establish the Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity Tribal Advisory Committee and served as OMH’s Tribal Liaison on all Tribal Affairs activities including the HHS Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee, the Interdepartmental Council on Native American Affairs, and the Missing Murdered Indigenous Persons Work Group.
Damion received his Doctor of Pharmacy Degree from the 猎奇重口 and his Masters in Public Health from American Public University in Charles Town, West Virginia. He makes his home near his Northern Cheyenne Community as a proud member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and a direct descendant of Chief Dull Knife. Damion is the oldest of six, and son of Jacqueline Limpy Tang. He is married to his beautiful wife and partner, Danelle Killsback, and they have four children: Daliyah (27), Konner (25), Kamden (10), and Hattie (8)