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Yvette Roubideaux (born 1963) is an American doctor and public health administrator. She is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. In May 2009, Roubideaux was confirmed as the Director of the Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. She was the first woman to be appointed as Director of IHS, the principal federal health care advocate and provider for American Indians and Alaska Natives. At the University of Arizona and in previous IHS clinical positions, Roubideaux specialized in research in diabetes and its prevention among American Indian and Alaska Native populations.