Cuyler Snider serves as deputy director for the Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center (OKTEC), which is a division of the Southern Plains Tribal Health Board. He has been with OKTEC since he began his work here as a graduate research assistant in 2008. He is responsible for overseeing the operation of several state and federally funded cooperative agreements aimed at health promotion and disease prevention within Native American communities. In this role, he has been a part of grant writing and management, data collection and analysis, program and training coordination, and data linkage projects. He also sits on a number of local, regional, and national working groups and committees. Cuyler graduated in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Gregory’s University in Shawnee, Oklahoma. In 2008, he earned a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, College of Public Health. Since his graduation, Cuyler has been working towards improving the quality of health for Native American communities and minimizing the disparities in health access and outcomes.
