Dr. Weaver was named Indiana State Health
Commissioner by Governor Eric J. Holcomb on June 1,
2023. She brings to the role a passion for improving the
health of Hoosiers through a focus on prevention, datainformed programming, and access to care in all corners
of the state.
Prior to her appointment, she had served since Feb. 3,
2020, as the chief medical officer for the Indiana
Department of Health (IDOH), where she helped to lead
the state’s pandemic response by spearheading the
development of the statewide lab testing network to
expand COVID-19 testing capacity in Indiana and led the
statewide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and
therapeutics. She provided clinical input and support to all
agency divisions during her tenure as chief medical officer
and helped lead efforts to transform the delivery of public
health services in Indiana.
Dr. Weaver is also an assistant professor of clinical
emergency medicine at the Indiana University School of
Medicine and continues to practice emergency medicine
at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
She earned her undergraduate degree in biology at the
University of Kentucky and graduated from the University
of Louisville School of Medicine. She received residency
training in emergency medicine and fellowship training in
hospice and palliative medicine at Indiana University
School of Medicine, and she completed a fellowship in
ethics at the Charles Warren Fairbanks Center for Medical
Ethics at Indiana University Health.
Dr. Weaver and her husband have five daughters.