CHER has inaugurated our Visiting Scholar program with a year-long visit by Dr. Rhonda M. Johnson, Professor of Public Health in the Department of Health Sciences at University of Alaska Anchorage, who will be with us during her sabbatical year 2016-2017. Dr. Johnson joined us in early October, after conducting extensive fieldwork in the circumpolar region, including a September PhD School in Nuuk, Greenland: Ethics of Research with Small Populations (see… Read more
Community
CHER’s founding director, Dr. Julie Baldwin
CHER’s founding director, Dr. Julie Baldwin, has a lifelong commitment to serving diverse communities and to advocating for health promotion programs for children, adolescents, and families. She is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Dr. Baldwin spent 10 years at NAU (1994 – 2004) as a tenured faculty member with a joint appointment in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, and worked with other NAU faculty on a project… Read more
A Heart for Community: NAH Foundation’s new vision
CHER featured in Winter 2017 NOW! issue. We have partnered with Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) and Northern Arizona Regional Behavioral Health Authority Institute (NARBHA) to identify barriers and formulate solutions for health equity. View the attached issue to see how CHER is making a difference in our community with these institutions.