Professor
Community Health

318A Herrick Hall
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717-3540
suzanne@montana.edu | 406.994.6321

Dr. Christopher came to MSU in 1995 after completing her doctorate in Health Education and Health Behavior from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.  Her main area of interest is in community-based participatory research in tribal settings.  She has been the principle investigator on grants totaling approximately $9 million.  Her undergraduate and graduate students have been directly involved in many of her projects.

Programs and Research Projects

• Messengers for Health and the Apsáalooke Reservation
• Center for Native Health Partnerships

Specialties and Interests

• Community-based participatory research
• Social indicators of health
• Native American health
• Women's health
• Community development
• Social justice