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The Region 7 Office, based in Kansas City, Missouri, serves Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas. Region 7 is also home to nine federally recognized tribes.

About 90% of the region’s 13.5 million residents are within 4 hours’ driving time of Kansas City. Three major overland trails developed in the mid-1800s – the Santa Fe, California, and Oregon – all originate in Missouri and pass through the Kansas City metropolitan area.

Due to the range of rural towns and urban cities, the Region 7 population experiences a variety of health concerns. The ORHO Region 7 office works with partners to improve uptake of life-saving vaccines, increase physical activity, promote harm reduction to address substance use disorders, and respond to new and emerging public health challenges. Region 7 fosters creative and productive partnerships between private and public sectors and supports innovative approaches to public health prevention and promotion.

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Region 7 Health Operations Staff

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Region 7 Regional Health Administrator
CAPT Kimberly Davids, PharmD, MPH, CPH
kimberly.davids@hhs.gov

CAPT Kimberly Davids is the Regional Health Administrator (RHA) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), in Region 7. As the senior federal public health official in the region, CAPT Davids performs essential functions for HHS in three major areas: prevention, preparedness, and agency-wide coordination. CAPT Davids joined OASH in 2020 after serving as a Regional Medical Countermeasure Advisor for the Administration for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) in Kansas City, MO. In this role, she provided technical assistance, leadership, and guidance to state and local health departments in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska on the development and implementation of medical countermeasure (MCM) programs to receive, store, distribute, and dispense critical medicines and supplies during a public health emergency. 

Prior to ASPR, CAPT Davids worked at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on workforce recruitment and retention and Indian Health Services (IHS) as an outpatient clinical pharmacist. CAPT Davids has served as an officer in the US Public Health Service for over 15 years. She received her Doctorate in Pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and her Master of Public Health from the University of Kansas Medical Center.

Senior Public Health Advisor
CDR Trisha Chandler, PharmD, MSEM
Trisha.Chandler@hhs.gov

Regional Public Health Analyst
Contact: CDR Trisha Chandler, PharmD, MSEM
Trisha.Chandler@hhs.gov

Regional Public Health Analyst
Simone Taylor, MS, RN
simone.taylor@hhs.gov