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Read about the amazing things happening at the Center for Health Equity Research.

Moving research news beyond academia

ld583 | July 8, 2022

Have you ever read a news story that you knew, as a researcher, contained inaccurate information? Or have you made an important discovery in your field that you wish would be available to the general public… Read more

Kofi Mensah wins Wenner-Gren Foundation award

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David “Kofi” Mensah, a student in Northern Arizona University’s interdisciplinary health doctoral program and a research assistant with Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research, won the Wadsworth International Fellowship award through the Wenner-Gren Foundation… Read more

Kofi Mensah sitting at a table with another person working on a laptop.

Lady Shug mixes health equity talk and drag for a unique community event

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How can we create health systems in rural and urban areas that include the active participation, representation and visibility of Indigenous Two-Spirit, Trans and Queer relatives… Read more

AZ CEAL art contest featured on Cronkite News

ld583 | June 10, 2022

Watch a fantastic feature story on AZ Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) COVID Youth Art on Cronkite News https://youtu.be/uNL5NfqOLu0… Read more

Indigenous Summer Enhancement Program (ISEP) program featured in NAU Review

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Successfully guiding Diné youth toward health and public health professions begins with two important ideas—start students in a program in high school and cultivate in them a love and understanding of their own cultural, strength-based assets… Read more

Navajo Native American Research Center for Health Partnership (NARCH) program, ISEP, featured in Navajo-Hopi Observer

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A one-week summer training program, Indigenous Summer Enhancement Program, (ISEP), developed by Northern Arizona University and Diné College is helping to guide and develop Native American high school students toward a career in public health… Read more

C-CART scholar Melissa Wheeler featured in Arizona Daily Sun

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Northern Arizona University (NAU) student Melissa Wheeler was recently named one of 10 Rising Graduate Scholars nationwide by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education… Read more

Lived Black Experience examines state of black health in Arizona

ld583 | June 9, 2022

How does racism embedded in policies, practices and interpersonal interactions influence the well-being of Black Arizonans… Read more

Two Black Lived Experience presenters standing at podium.

Workshop explores the power and promise of community health workers (CHWs)

ld583 | May 19, 2022

On May 16, through a community health workshop, more than 175 people from across Arizona and throughout the nation gathered both online and at the High Country Conference Center on the Northern Arizona University campus to discuss the future of the vital community health worker (CHW) workforce… Read more

Adolescent Health workshop focuses on best practices to support youth

ld583 | May 18, 2022

The Center for Health Equity Research held a hybrid Adolescent Health workshop on May 12 at the North Country Conference Center in Flagstaff with about half the attendees participating online. Speakers included Amanda Pollitt, PhD, and Linnea Evans, PhD, assistant professors with the Department of Health Sciences and the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER), and Amanda Hunter, PhD, postdoctoral scholar with CHER… Read more