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Health Equity
Smith selected for Tribal Researchers’ Center Control Fellowship Program
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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.
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NAU investigators study childhood caries in Hawaii
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For the past three years, Viacheslav “Slava” Fofanov and other Northern Arizona University researchers have been studying tooth decay in 350 preschoolers in northern Arizona to see if they are affected by the acidic bacteria in their oral “microbiome.” They will soon begin working… Read more
CHER welcomes Amanda Hunter
The Center of Health Equity Research welcomes postdoctoral scholar Amanda Hunter on June 1. Hunter recently completed her doctorate in Health Behavior and Health Promotion at the University of Arizona with her dissertation “Native Spirit Boys & Girls Club: Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Culturally Grounded After-School Program for American Indian Youth in an… Read more
Kalvina Belin featured in NAU News
NAU News Feature
May 21, 2020
Kalvina Lee Belin, who graduated with her Northern Arizona University Master in Public Health, Indigenous Studies in May 2020, was featured in the May 21 issue of NAU News for her pilot version of a Native American Cultural Competency Program for NAU faculty and staff to help… Read more