Deputy Director PACE Program Region 4
HHS/OASH/OIDP
LCDR Nelly Gazarian serves as the Prevention through Active Community Engagement (PACE) Deputy Director for Region IV (FL, GA, AL, MS, TN, KY, NC & SC) in the HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH). She is an active duty officer with the US Public Health Service (USPHS) Commissioned Corps, a passionate health service provider and educator who spearheaded development of programs aimed at establishing public health strategies to mitigate the crisis of hepatitis C and HIV epidemics within the rural and tribal communities across the United States. LT Gazarian, a pharmacist, served in an isolated hardship site with the Indian Health Service (IHS) in North Dakota. There she witnessed firsthand the burden of hepatitis C and HIV plaguing the local community. She was instrumental in establishing the first hepatitis C program in the Great Plains area of the IHS. She also pioneered the NICE Project (Northern tier Initiative for hep C Elimination), which was designed to provide comprehensive and patient-centered support tools for facilities nationwide aiming to start hepatitis elimination clinics from scratch, and launched the first and only federal syringe service program within the IHS. LT Gazarian is a recipient of several awards including Outstanding Service Medal, Commendation Medal, IHS Directors Award and HHS Gears of Government Awards.
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
USPHS SERVICE BREAKOUT: The Role of Pharmacists in Ending the HIV Epidemic
Sunday, October 29, 2023
14:15 – 15:15 CT