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

Robinson receives two NAU awards in research

ld583 | April 20, 2021

Bethany Robinson, a junior year biology undergraduate student in the Northern Arizona University Honors College, was awarded the Hooper Undergraduate Research Award (HURA) — a grant to do her own research on the impact of disability on access to physical activity while incarcerated among women… Read more

Begay receives Quayle Scholarship

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Jaime Begay, a student in the Northern Arizona University Master of Public Health, Indigenous Health track and a graduate research assistant with the Navajo Native American Research Center for Health partnership, received the Louis H. and Betty J. Quayle Scholarship… Read more

Latest Fairness First episode explores advancing health equity in Arizona

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What are the root causes of health inequity and how do they affect the social determinants of health… Read more

Williamson awarded two $50,000 grants through the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council

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Heather Williamson, assistant professor in NAU’s Department of Occupational Therapy, Center for Health Equity Research, and Institute for Human Development recently received two $50,000 grants to assist adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council Grant 2020… Read more

Upcoming workshops address COVID’s impact on resilience, border health, Navajo Maternal and Child Health needs, and geohealth and climate change

ld583 | April 19, 2021

The sixth annual Arizona Biomedical Research Centre Education Series is offering four events, April–June: Resilience, Resistance, Renovation and Rebirth Virtual Conference, April 22–23, 2021; Navajo Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment Workshop, May 6, 2021; COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health: Impact on the Border, May 19, 2021; and Chemical Toxicants in Water: A GeoHealth Workshop in the Context of Climate Change, June 14-16, 2021… Read more

Spring 2021 graduates

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The Center for Health Equity Research and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative congratulate our spring 2021 graduates… Read more

‘We Are Resilient’ project explores the wellbeing of Native American youth

ld583 | March 19, 2021

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Native American school aged children are represented among three high-incidence disability categories, which include specific learning disabilities, speech and language impairment, and other health impairments… Read more

CHER/SHERC’s statement against anti-Asian hate

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We write today to express our solidarity and shared grief for the loss of eight people killed in a deadly shooting at three Atlanta-area massage parlors on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Six of the people killed were of Asian descent and women… Read more

Summer public health program successfully prepares Diné students for public health careers

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Twenty years ago, Diné College Professor Mark Bauer started a Summer Research Enhancement Program (SREP) to provide Diné students with a hands-on public health research experience in their own hometown communities across the Navajo Nation… Read more

Community-Campus Partnership Support applications now open

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The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s (SHERC) Community Engagement Core has opened the sixth round of its Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) applications for funds of up to $5,000 per year — funding is dedicated to developing partnerships between NAU faculty and community organizations… Read more