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

Camplain accepted into first cohort INSPIRE research education program

ld583 | May 26, 2021

Carly Camplain, doctoral student in interdisciplinary health and senior research coordinator for the Center for Health Equity Research, was selected for the first cohort of the newly created INSPIRE: Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education program… Read more

Conference on May 19 examines the impact of COVID-19 on border health

ld583 | May 13, 2021

The impact of COVID-19 has challenged border communities who were already working to improve their region’s social determinants of health — conditions where people live, learn, work, and play that affect their health and quality of life… Read more

Authors examine the implications of the Navajo Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment at May 6 workshop

ld583 | May 3, 2021

For the first time, the Arizona Department of Health Services included the Navajo Nation in their 2020 Arizona Maternal Child Health Needs Assessment report, which is produced by the Bureau of Women’s and Children’s Health every five years… Read more

CHER receives almost $1.4M grant to develop culturally centered graduate certificate for health professionals focusing on substance use disorders in underserved communities

ld583 | April 21, 2021

Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) recently received an almost $1.4 million grant to create a graduate certificate training program for practicing clinicians and doctoral students in health professions… Read more

NAU researchers expand COVID-19 education and outreach through key collaborations

ld583 | April 20, 2021

According to Samantha Sabo, getting the COVID-19 vaccine to people who need it most requires a team approach with key experts in rural communities leading the way… Read more

Camplain, Lindly receive Researcher of the Year for Health Sciences; O’Connor receives Innovator of the Year

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Ricky Camplain and Olivia Lindly both received the Northern Arizona University Researcher of the Year for Health Sciences, and Brettania O’Connor was named Innovator of the Year at the recommendation of the Honors and Scholarship committee… Read more

Robinson receives two NAU awards in research

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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