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

Developing future Diné public health leaders starts with early, culturally significant exposure

ld583 | April 7, 2022

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

Master of Public Health students shine at poster symposium

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Three Master of Public Health students recently presented posters at the Graduate Student Government Poster Symposium and Conference on March 31… Read more

Robinson to receive NAU’s spring 2022 Gold Axe Award

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Bethany Robinson, a senior year biology undergraduate student in the Northern Arizona University Honors College, will receive NAU’s spring 2022 Gold Axe Award in a ceremony on April 12 at the High Country Conference Center… Read more

Camplain awarded CUR Health Sciences Innovative Mentor Award

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The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), Health Sciences Division, recently selected Ricky Camplain for their Health Sciences Innovative Mentor Award, Early Career Category… Read more

Student Spotlight: Shaylynne Shuler

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Having grown up in a highly religious and conservative area, Shaylynne Shuler witnessed LGBTQ people around her struggling with mental health, suicidality, and homelessness due to religiously-based parental and familial rejection… Read more

C-CART scholars, faculty and community partners meet for first conference

ld583 | April 6, 2022

Scholars, faculty and community partners in the Culturally Centered Addictions Research Training (C-CART) attended their first C-CART Conference on April 1 and 2. The event was held at NAU’s Native American Cultural Center on the first day… Read more

North Country HealthCare serves underrepresented people throughout COVID-19 and beyond

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When COVID-19 first began spreading in Arizona communities, North Country HealthCare (NCHC) was ready… Read more

Community partnership leads to successful study on the effects of environmental toxicants in Yuma farmworkers

ld583 | February 16, 2022

Exposure to environmental toxicants is a crucial health equity issue for the approximately 30,000 farmworkers from Yuma and nearby Mexico who work on farmland in the county, which totals around 230,000 acres… Read more

Bordeaux awarded twice as Distinguished Graduate Student

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Skyler Bordeaux, a student in the Northern Arizona University’s Master of Public Health-Health Promotion Program, was recently awarded the Distinguished Graduate Student for both the Department of Health Sciences and the MPH–Indigenous Health program… Read more

Staff spotlight: Indrakshi Roy

ld583 | February 15, 2022

Why is the field of biostatistics important to health equity? Indrakshi Roy, PhD, biostatistician for the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and the Southwest Health Equity Collaborative (SHERC), believes that with the advancement of various technologies, analysis of data is becoming the cornerstone for policy decisions and for addressing health disparities or achieving equity… Read more