Dr. Brega is a social psychologist with training and expertise in measurement, health outcomes, and health psychology. Since joining CAIANH in September 2008, her work has focused on interventions to improve health outcomes among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations, focusing primarily on outcomes related to diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and oral health. She has particular interest in understanding the implications of health literacy for diabetes and cardiovascular outcomes among AI/ANs with diabetes, and is working to develop a theoretical framework through which the impact of health literacy on clinical outcomes can be understood.