Tag: Chesleigh Keene

Improving life for new parents

ld583 | January 11, 2023

When Native Americans for Community Action (NACA) received a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in October 2019, they decided to use part of it to increase breastfeeding awareness in the Flagstaff community—an important yet often overlooked necessity for parents… Read more

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.

Invaluable Partnership

ld583 | January 10, 2022

Northern Arizona University’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) recently received a $100,000, one-year supplemental grant to collaborate with Native Americans for Community Action, Inc. (NACA) as part of the Culturally-Centered Addictions Research Training, or C-CART program… 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