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Developing future Diné public health leaders starts with early, culturally significant exposure

Posted by ld583 on April 7, 2022

Successfully guiding Diné youth toward health and public health professions begins with two important ideas—start students in a program in high school and cultivate in them a love and understanding of their own cultural, strength-based assets.

Researchers from Diné College and Northern Arizona University explored these findings and other lessons in their recently released publication, “Read more

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Smith selected for Tribal Researchers’ Center Control Fellowship Program

Posted by ld583 on July 2, 2020

Melinda Smith

Melinda Smith, a doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary Health program, was selected to participate in the Tribal Researchers’ Cancer Control Fellowship Program (TRCCFP).

Smith is a graduate research assistant for the Center for Health Equity Research in the Interdisciplinary Health doctoral program and a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

As… Read more

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CHER/SHERC Spring 2020 newsletter

Posted by ld583 on May 12, 2020

Check out our spring 2020 CHER/SHERC newsletter!

Filed Under: American indian, Community, faculty, Health Equity, News, partners, research, Students, workshops

CHER partners with Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH)

Posted by jmf469 on February 21, 2018

CHER has been awarded funding for several projects from the Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH), a program supported by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and Indian Health Service. “The NARCH initiative supports partnerships between American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribes or tribally-based organizations and institutions that conduct intensive academic-level biomedical research. NARCH provides opportunities for conducting research, research training, and faculty development to meet the needs of AI/AN communities. The NARCH program also provides opportunities for tribes and tribal organizations to… Read more

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