Affiliated faculty
NAU Center for Health Equity Research
CHER has many affiliated faculty members that are dedicated to providing top-notch education for NAU students.
Amy Armstrong-Heimsoth, OTD, OTR/L
Assistant Clinical Professor, Occupational Therapy
Amy.Armstrong@nau.edu
Clinical pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, home health and school-based practice, neurodevelopmental disabilities, infant motor and sensory development
Steven Barger, PhD
Professor, Psychological Sciences
Steven.Barger@nau.edu
Social relationships and health, health disparities, social connections.
Loren Buck, PhD
Professor, Biological Sciences
Loren.Buck@nau.edu
Adaptations and responses of animals to extreme and changing environments.
Samantha Callahan, DDS
Assistant Clinical Professor, Dental Hygiene
Sam.Callahan@nau.edu
Dawn Clifford
Director of the Master of Public Health program
Associate Professor, Health Sciences
Dawn.Clifford@nau.edu
Motivational interviewing, non-dietary approaches to health and wellness
Emery Eaves, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Program PI, “Opioid Use Recovery Help in an Online User Support Environment (OUR HOUSE)
Emery.Eaves@nau.edu
Chronic pain and drug use, health of people who are incarcerated, maternal drug use, medication-assisted treatment
Jani Ingram, PhD
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Lead PI, Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention (NAU)
Program PI, Bridges to Baccalaureate Program
Jani.Ingram@nau.edu
Environmental contaminants and health; chronic uranium exposure and cancer risk to the Navajo.
Amit Kumar, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physical Therapy
Amit.Kumar@nau.edu
Health care disparities in patients with multimorbidities, with particular emphasis on patient status, socioeconomic status, and provider level factors on patients’ health outcomes
Frank Von Hippel, PhD
Professor, Biological Sciences
Frank.VonHippel@nau.edu
Ecotoxicology, evolutionary ecology and conservation biology.
Heather Thomas, RDH, MEd
Assistant Clinical Professor, Dental Hygiene
Heather.Thomas@nau.edu
Robert T. Trotter, II, PhD
Regents’ Professor, Anthropology
Robert.Trotter@nau.edu
Medical anthropology, alcohol and drug addiction, corporate anthropology
Meghan Warren, PT, MPH, PhD
Associate Professor, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training
Meghan.Warren@nau.edu
Acute care rehabilitation, analysis of administrative data, functional tests with non-contact injuries