CHER opens Technical Assistance Group Service Center
The Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) recently created a Technical Assistance Group (TAG) Service Center to assist Northern Arizona University faculty and staff with their research questions.
The TAG Service Center has assembled group of over a dozen NAU faculty and staff members with a broad range of expertise who can assist and collaborate in all aspects of project development and dissemination.
This includes research design, methodological, and analytical support for social, biomedical, behavioral, and clinically related projects.
The assistance includes an initial consultation of up to two hours with a TAG Service Center member; if more assistance is needed, a new request for up to an additional 10 hours may be submitted.
- Monica Lininger, an associate professor in the NAU Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, is the TAG Service Center director. In addition to Dr. Lininger, the TAG team includes:
- Robert Trotter, Regents’ Professor, NAU Department of Anthropology and Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) lead
- Catherine Propper, professor, NAU Department of Biological Science and RIC co-lead
- Christine Kirby, senior research coordinator, CHER
- Steven Barger, professor, NAU Department of Psychology Sciences
- Emery Eaves, associate professor, NAU Department of Anthropology
- Viacheslav Fofanov, associate director, NAU Research and Graduate Programs, School of Informatics, Computing and Cyber Systems (SICCS) and associate professor, NAU SICCS
- David Folch, assistant professor, NAU Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation
- Lisa Hardy, associate professor, NAU Department of Anthropology and Director, Social Science Community Engagement Lab
- Toby Hocking, assistant professor, NAU SICCS
- Joseph Mihaljevic, assistant professor, NAU Ecological and Epidemiological Informatics, SICCS
- Michael Petillo, senior research coordinator, CHER
- Mark Remiker, senior research coordinator, CHER
- Indrakshi Roy, biostatistician, CHER
- Heidi Wayment, professor, NAU Department of Psychological Sciences
- Robert Wickham, assistant professor, NAU Department of Psychological Sciences For assistance, complete a TAG form found on the TAG Service Center for assistance with any phase of research.