Vladka Kovar

Dr. Kovar is a board-certified preventive medicine physician and epidemiologist with a background in psychiatry and a “side” degree in art history, theory, and criticism. Vladka’s unique background allows her to conduct research and evaluation in a variety of areas including public health, behavioral health, medical education, and systems design and implementation evaluation. Vladka’s professional interests stem from her volunteer efforts in Africa working in health care system design and quality improvement projects as well as disease prevention and health promotion campaigns. Before joining the Community Epidemiology and Program Evaluation Group (CEPEG), Vladka acted as a consultant for the Pediatric Injury Prevention, Education and Research Program conducting qualitative research related to mental health services, and as an assistant program director in the Preventive Medicine Residency Program at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

Educational Background: Charles University School of Medicine, Czech Republic; Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado-Denver

Vladka is originally from the Czech Republic. Her main hobbies are oil painting and hiking in the mountains all around the world.