Maureen McGarrity-Yoder and her community partner, Alicia Rodriguez Pla, received $5,000 in funding from the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative’s (SHERC) Community-Campus Partnership Support (CCPS) for developing their partnership for collaborative work addressing rheumatoid arthritis (RA), associations with nutrition, microbiome health and function, and disease activity, especially in people who are underrepresented in… Read more
CHER & SHERC news
12 winners earn $250 gift cards in Our Turn COVID-19 art contest
CEAL’s It’s Our Turn contest invited youth and young adults between ages of 14 to 25 to share their creative take on a health message about COVID-19 vaccination, wearing a mask, or another pandemic-related health effect on youth. There were 12 winners selected by Arizona community members — each winning a $250 gift card.
… Read moreFairness First blog: Exploring Valley fever and health equity with Bridget Barker
Bridget Barker is a research-intensive associate professor in NAU’s Department of Biological Sciences. Her research focus is the ecology/genomics of human pathogens Coccidioides immitis and C. posadasii.
Q. How would you describe your research and why it matters?
A. I study a fungus that causes a disease- the fungus is actually 2 species: Coccidioides immitis and Coccidioides posadasii. The disease… Read more
Researchers publish Health Start Program Evaluation Impact Report for AZ Dept. of Health Services
For Keri Morrill, working as a community health worker (CHW) at North Country HealthCare for the Arizona Health Start Program in Flagstaff for the past 11 years has been much more than a standard, 40-hour-a-week job.
Her work brings her into her clients’ lives, where she does home… Read more
2022 January CHER/SHERC Newsletter
Learn more about C-CART’s partnership with NACA and other stories featured in our January 2022 CHER/SHERC newsletter.
2021 Research Poster Presentation and Reception
SHERC holds successful event featuring current projects
For the first time since 2019, the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative displayed more than 15 pilot projects, research projects and supplements at their socially distanced, but still lively, Research Poster Presentation and Reception on Dec. 8 at the High Country Conference Center.
Northern Arizona University President José Luis Cruz Rivera was the guest speaker along with Catherine Propper, professor in the NAU Department… Read more