ADI POUR, Ph.D.Douglas County Health Director
Dr. Pour was the health director of the Douglas County Health Department for 19 years. At the department, she oversaw more than 140 full-time employees and an annual budget of more than $ 14 million. She retired on July 1, 2021.
Dr. Pour has an undergraduate degree in Biology from UNO; a Masters Degree and a Ph.D. in Toxicology from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship in molecular pharmacology at Creighton University. Before becoming the health director, Dr. Pour was the Nebraska State Toxicologist for 13 years with the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services in Lincoln.
Dr. Pour received many prestigious awards, such as the 2007 J.G. Elliot Award and the Public Service Excellence Award from the University, the Tribute to Women Award from the Women’s Center for advancement and the 2014 Champion Award from the Empowerment Network and she was inducted in The Omaha Hospitality Hall of Fame the same year. Dr. Pour served on several local non-profit boards such as the National Safety Council, Greater Omaha Chapter; Creighton Center for Promoting Health and Health Equality; Live Well Omaha and Live Well Omaha Kids, just to name a few. At this time, she is on the Nebraska Medical Center board, engagement advisory board.
Her goal was always to make Omaha a healthier community by promoting healthy behavior and addressing the underlying social determinants of health.
