North Central Public Health District has named Dr. Kathleen Wilder as its new Public Health Officer, replacing Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg.  Van Tilburg had been serving as Pulbic Health Officer for both Hood River County Health Department and NCPHD since May of last year, and will remain in the Hood River County position.  He will also continue regional work with Wilder and NCPHD.   Wilder has been Deputy Health Officer at NCPHD since last summer and will take the lead as of September 1.  Wilder says she has always approached clinical medicine through a public health lens.  She earned a Master’s Degree in the area of Public Health before going to medical school.  Wilder has been an obstetrician-gynecologist at Adventist Health Columbia Gorge’s Columbia River Women’s Center.