Marcos Antonio Moreno, MD

Marcos Antonio Moreno, MD, was born and raised in a small community in southern Arizona known as the Pascua Yaqui Reservation and is an enrolled member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe. He received his Bachelor of Science degrees from Cornell University where he studied Neuroscience and Human Development and earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from UND- School of Medicine & Health Sciences.

Dr. Moreno has published work in academic journals on a variety of topics including substance abuse, social media addiction, neuropsychiatry, Covid-19 health policy, and environmental health policy. He has an interest in public health and medicine for underserved populations and has been involved in medical mission trips to Africa and Latin America with the Global Medical Brigades and has assisted in health needs assessments and health quality improvement projects for Native American communities. He currently serves as a board member for the University of Arizona’s Wassaja Moctezuma Center for Native American Health, where he and others work to assist in improving community healthcare, policy, education and wellness programs for Native Americans. Dr. Moreno has written extensively about the challenges faced by Native American communities, including a chapter for the United Nations-sponsored book Global Indigenous Youth and another chapter on modern day Indigenous disparities titled “Bridging the Gap” in the book American Indian Health Disparities in the 21st Century.

His work has been recognized with several awards including the National Udall Healthcare Award, Cornell’s Henry Ricciuti Award, and the Solomon Cook Award for Engaged Research and Scholarship. During his time at Yale, he has been selected as recipient of several national fellowships including the Ginsburg Fellowship through the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry, the Climate & Health Equity Fellowship through the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, and the American Psychiatric Association Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Fellowship.