Sujata Joshi is the Director of the Improving Data and Enhancing Access – Northwest (IDEA-NW) project at the Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center. In this role, she oversees activities to address them is classification of American Indian/Alaska Native people in state surveillance datasets. Sujata and her team work to provide accurate data on a wide range of health issues to Northwest Tribes, and increase awareness of tribal health needs in the broader public health community. She obtained her MSPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. She previously worked for the State of Oregon and for the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona Tribal Epidemiology Center.