Tag: Amanda Hunter

SHERC: 5 years of growth, synergy and collaboration

ld583 | October 12, 2022

What began as an innovative, ambitious project more than five years ago, the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative has now grown into a strong, effective team of faculty, staff, students and community organizations—all working together with a singular purpose—to increase basic biomedical, clinical, and behavioral research at NAU to address health disparities among diverse populations of the southwestern United States… Read more

Emery Eaves discusses a project with a team member.

Expanding Native Spirit

ld583 | July 13, 2022

For Amanda Hunter, an Indigenous scholar from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, empowering American Indian teens to embrace their cultural values and practices has been her mission as a graduate student and now as a postdoctoral scholar for the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER)… Read more

Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative investigators work to end the HIV epidemic in rural Oklahoma

ld583 | November 18, 2021

Since her doctoral work more than 31 years ago, Northern Arizona University Regents’ Professor Julie A. Baldwin has been working to prevent human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, in a unique way—through community-engaged, culturally centered interventions based on the specific needs in each community… Read more

Amanda Hunter: Investing in Indigenous Youth through Native Spirit

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Amanda Hunter’s commitment to Indigenous health equity, specifically for youth and young adults, is shaping her prolific work as the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) postdoctoral scholar… Read more

3 NAU junior investigators earn grants in the Pilot Project Program’s 5th funding year

ld583 | October 18, 2021

The Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative (SHERC) awarded three NAU researchers grants totaling $150,000 for health equity research in the local community through the Pilot Project Program (PPP)… Read more