Linda Frizzell, PhD (Eastern Cherokee and Lakota) - Assistant Professor

Dr. Frizzell has extensive practice in rural and Indian health care administration. She holds a doctorate degree in physiology, education administration, gerontology, and a masters in adaptive physical education, and coaching. Her endeavors have included a broad range of professional preparations both in medicine and education, dedicated to improvement of quality of life across the life span; and has provided numerous testimonies in regard to health care policy. Her specialties include: Health Services Administration, Clinic Management, Rural & Indian Health Policy and Legislation, Health and Education Research, Community Assessment, Exercise Physiology, Health Education, Physical Rehabilitative Therapy, Service Learning Administration, and Therapeutic Recreation.

Additionally, she was chosen to be in the first class of Rural Health Fellows, a program initiated by the Office of Rural Health Policy and continues to serve as technical adviser for the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

National Recognition

Member of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service's, Office of Rural Health Policy, Rural Leadership Development group, 2002-03.

Technical Advisory and Drafting team member of the reauthorization of P.L. 94-437, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, 1999 - present.

Member of Indian Health Service and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Technical Tribal Advisory Group, 2002-03.

Technical Advisor Medicare Demonstration Task Force, 2000-02.

Technical Advisor IHS National Encounter Formulation Task Force, 2000-02.

Advisory Board member of the Minnesota Colleagues in Caring, 1997-present.

Member of the National Rural Health Association's, Minority and Multicultural Health Committee, 2001-present.

Board Member of the National Service Learning Partnership, 2001-present.

Appointed to the Corporation for National and Community Service Tribal Advisory Board, 1999-2002.

Appointed to the Corporation for National and Community Service, Tribal Grantees Work Group, 1998-2000.

Member of the Membership Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Health Educators, 2000-02.

Member of the National Assembly of School Based Health Care's strategic planning and principle development team 1998-2002.

Member of the national committee on Aging, Division of American Association for Leisure and Recreation, 1990-2002.

Provided official documentation for the development of Tribal consultation policy for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1999-2002.

Member of the National Prospectives Advisory Board for the Corporation for Nation Service, 1998-2001.

Chair of the Health Education Services Section of the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 1995,96, 99-2001.

Minnesota Representative to the Council on Aging and Adult Development, 1990-2001.

Testified at the Indian Health Service National Level of Need consultation hearing, 2001.

Expert panelist for the National Health, Mental Health and Safety in School guidelines development work group, 2000.

Testified at the Department of Health and Human Service's National Consultation hearing, 2000.

Chair of the Ethnic Minority Council of the AAHPERD, 1999-2000.

Contributory in the policy development for pharmacy reimbursement as an additional service - results - millions of new dollars for IHS and Tribal Health services across the country, 1999-2000.

Member of the Multicultural Involvement Committee of the Association for the Advancement of Health Educators 1997-2000.

Harvard School of Public Health, Telecommunication presenter, 1999.

Appointed to the Indian Health Service Health Education curriculum review team, 1997.

Appointed to the Governor's Council for physical fitness for older adults, 1996-1999.

Presenter at the National Convention of the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 1991-92, 1995-8.

Minnesota Representative for the American College of Sports Medicine's Governmental Committee, 1992,3,4,5,6,7.

Testified at the State of Minnesota's hearing on managed care, 1995 & 1996.

Testified at the U.S. Senate Regional Meeting for Health Care issues, Bemidji, MN advocating for changes in the current health care delivery systems, 1996.

Elected representative to the Council of Sections, National Assembly on School-Based Health Care, 1995-96.

Instrumental in the policy development for physician reimbursement for services in non-Indian facilities - results in major funding for IHS and Tribal Health services across the country, 1996.

Testified at the Regional Meeting for Health Care Reform, Billings, MT, promoting needs and concerns of the Reservation's constituents, 1995.

Presenter at the Annual Association for the Advancement of Health Education, 1995.

Author of "The Greater Leech Lake Health Care and Wellness System Project". This document was prepared to address Indian reservation health care issues and needs under the auspices of: P.L. 102-573, Sec. 307 (a) HEALTH CARE DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. This $13,396,779 annual budget, 226-page proposal was presented to the Indian Health Service in Rockville, Maryland, January 19, 1994.

Participated in the Rural Health Care Summit '94, St. Cloud, representing Reservation interests and advocating for Indian rights.

Pioneered the establishment of channels of communication and assistance for rural health issues with the State of Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Rural Health, and the University of Minnesota Department of Rural Health, 1993-95.

Broke ground for new cooperation's between regional public sector health care providers, the Indian Health Service, and the Leech Lake Tribal Health Division, by establishing an avenue for networking with these organizations, 1993-94.

Presenter at the National Therapeutic Recreation Society Convention, "Older Developmentally Disabled Adults and Leisure: Issues, Problems and Practice", 1992.

Presenter at the National Conference on Aging, 1991.

Honored as a member of Who's Who among Human Service Professionals, 1991-2002.

Speaker at the American College of Sports Medicine's annual Northland Chapter Meeting, 1992.

Honored as a member of Who's Who of American Women, 1994-2002.

Consultant for a Bush Grant Study at the University of North Dakota, 1990.

Speaker at various community and state meetings, advocating for health care and use of the public health model in rural areas.

Speaker for various national organizations concerning exercise, nutrition, sport psychology, physiology, adult aging, adult development, health education, public health, and non-traditional careers for Women.

Publications:

E-Health Care - The Internet Information Revolution. (2000). The Pfizer Journal, Vol. 4 (2): pp12-18.

Fleming, M. & Towey, K. (Frizzell, L.D. external review and contributor). (2001). Delivering Culturally Competent Health Care for Adolescents: A Guide for Primary Care Providers. American Medical Association.

Frizzell, L. D. (1991). Promotion considerations for exercise and physical activity in mentally impaired, diseased and disabled adults. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 331 822).

Jable, T., (Ed.), Daniel, C., Eskridge, V., Frizzell, L. D., Gorman, D., Kambis, K., Metal-Corbin, J. (1992). A Research Source Book and Bibliography in Aging and Health, Exercise, Recreation and Dance. Reston, VA:
AAHPERD Publications.

Frizzell, L. D. (1993). Effects of an Exercise Program on Mentally Impaired Older Adults in a Long Term Care Facility. University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Frizzell, L. D. (1993). Effects of an exercise program for mentally impaired older adults, in a long term care facility. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 366 573)

Frizzell, L. D. (1994). The Greater Leech Lake Health Care and Wellness System. A copyrighted documented on file with the Indian Health Service.

Frizzell, L. B. (1999). Advocacy issues among American Indians. The Health Education Monograph Series, Vol. 17, No.2, pp. 21-25.

Greenburg, J.S., (Ed.), Bajracharya, S., Birch, D.A., Chehardy, P., Doyle, E., Eyler, J., Fertman, C., Frizzell, L., Furco, A., Graff-Haight, P., Giles, D., Honner, P.E., Howard, J.P.F., O'meara. K., Poulsen, S.J., Spear, C., Tentinger, L. & Welle-Graf, H. (2000). Service Learning in Health Education. Department of Health Education, University of Maryland, College, MD 20742.

Minnesota Department of Health. (1999). Physical Activity and the Older Adult: Resources for People Working with Older Adults. State of MN, Division of Family Health, Center for Health Promotion, Nutrition and Physical Activity Unit, PO Box 64882, St. Paul, MN, (contributor).

National Professional Health Education Honorary. (1999). Advocacy Issues Among American Indians. Health Education Monograph Series, Vol. 17 (2): pp: 21-25

Tedrick, T., (Ed.), Barret, D., Boyd, R., Clements, C., Frizzell, L. D., Hawkins, B., Heldon, K., Hoge, G., Sutton, E., & Wilhite, B. (1997). Older Adults with Developmental Disabilities and Leisure: Issues, Policy and Practice. Activities, Adaptation and Aging, 21(3), Haworth Press Inc., New York.