Carlene Radix, MD, MPH
Biography
Dr. Carlene Radix, MD, MPH, is a public health physician, executive leader, and global expert in the Caribbean region with over 20yrs of experience. She completed Medical School at St George’s University in Grenada, a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric at Overlook hospital, Summit NJ and an Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health Fellowship and MPH at the Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute (EOHSI) in Piscataway NJ.
Dr. Radix has held various leadership positions in clinical medicine, academia and public health. She served as a hospital medical director at St. Jude’s Hospital in St. Lucia, and Grenada’s Chief Medical Officer. As the Director of the Human and Social Division at the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, she coordinated a collective strategic direction for the 11 member states, mobilized >30 mil USD of funding and delivered programs for health and social systems in disaster prone islands. She has consulted for regional and international public health agencies and volunteers as a mentor to young health professionals through Multipod Mentoring.
Fellowship-Occupational Medicine
EOHSI- Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, Piscataway NJ
MPH degree‐ May 2003
UMDNJ‐ School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ
Residency- Combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics
Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn NY 1997-2000, Overlook Hospital Summit NJ 2000-2001
Medical Doctor MD degree‐ May 1997
St George’s University School of Medicine, St George’s, Grenada
Public Health: Social, Environmental and Commercial Determinants of Health, Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Public Health: Social, Environmental and Commercial Determinants of Health, Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Global Health, Medical Education, Health Systems, Health Information Systems
Academic Publications
García-Saisó, S., Marti, M., Brooks, I., Curioso, W.H., González, D., Malek, V., Medina, F.M., Radix, C., Otzoy, D., Zacarías, S. and Dos Santos, E.P., 2021. The COVID-19 infodemic. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 45, p.e56.
Aviane Auguste, Dorothy Phillip, Owen Gabriel, James St. Catherine, Carlene Radix. Socioeconomic Disparities Across the Cancer Care Continuum in Saint Lucia: A Community-Based Study [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 11th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research; Closing the Research-to-Implementation Gap; 2023 Apr 4-6. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2023;32(6_Suppl):Abstract nr 72.
Select Writing Contributions/ Reports
Radix C, Health in the OECS, our reliance on resilience. OECS Business Focus- Issue 8 Jan to Mar, 2018
International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA. 2019. Regional Strategic Framework for Technical Cooperation with the IAEA–Caricom Member States 2020–2026. (C. Radix- main writer Human Health section)
Sept 18, 2017. Post-Disaster Needs Assessment Hurricane Maria: A Report by the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (C. Radix- main writer, Health Section)
OECS Commission. 2020. COVID-19 and Beyond: Impacts, Assessments and Responses. (C.Radix main editor Part 3: Social Impacts and Assessments).
Member Delta, Omega Honor Society in Public Health
Technical Advisor, Social and Commercial Determinants of Health, Healthy Caribbean Coalition 2022- present
Technical and Strategic Advisor- Health and Human Development OECS Commission March 2023 present
Advisor to the phase III of the ACCISS study on global access to insulin being conducted by Health Action International 2022 to present
Mentor, Multipod Mentoring 2020- present