State Health Commissioner
Judith A. Monroe, M.D. FAAFP
State Health Commissioner
Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH)
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Dr. Monroe was appointed by Governor Mitch Daniels as the Indiana State Health Commissioner in March 2005. She is a strong advocate for the Governor’s INShape Indiana Initiative aimed at decreasing tobacco use, increasing physical activity and improving nutrition. She chairs the Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Executive Board.
Dr. Monroe is the President-elect of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). She currently is a member of the Healthiest Nation Steering Committee focused on building an integrated 21st century health system that values equity and is health oriented. Dr. Monroe serves on the Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events and Committee on Preparedness for the Health Effects of Nuclear Attack. She is a member of the National Public Health Accreditation Board.
Dr. Monroe is Chair of the ASTHO Preparedness Policy Committee and traveled to Israel with an ASTHO delegation for preparedness training in December 2006. In July 2007 she served as a member of a public health delegation led by Duke University to Taiwan to address evidence-based public policy.
Dr. Monroe initiated an annual statewide Public Health and Medicine Summit and the development of public health curriculum for residents at Indiana University and several community hospitals in Indiana. Preparedness training is a popular component of the curriculum.
In early 2007, Dr. Monroe partnered with Purdue University and led the design and implementation of the Indiana Public Health System Quality Improvement Project to strengthen local public health capacity, infrastructure and public health system performance. Objectives are to engage public, private and community health partnerships in a continuous quality improvement process, improve collaborative decision-making and enhance the evidence base and planning process for public health programs at the local level.
Dr. Monroe received her MD from the University of Maryland in 1983 and completed her internship and residency in Family Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. Following her residency she fulfilled a four-year National Health Service Corps commitment by practicing in Appalachia before joining the faculty at Indiana University and subsequently directing the Family Medicine Residency Program and Primary Care Center at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis.
Between college and medical school she worked as a medical technologist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in blood bank and kidney transplant.
She and her husband, Dr. Robert Lubitz, have two sons and a daughter. Their oldest son is a graduate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and the other two are students at Indiana University.
- What is INShape Indiana?
- Where do I obtain a copy of an Indiana birth or death certificate?
- How do I create an INShape account?
- Where is the INShape Indiana login page?
- Can I talk to an INShape Indiana fitness trainer about my specific health needs?
- Is the old INShape Indiana tracking system still available?
- Can I talk to an INShape Indiana nutritionist about my specific health needs?
- How do I request a representative from INShape Indiana to attend my event?
- As an adopted child, how do I get information about my birth parents?
- How can I find out more about the flu epidemic?
