Heather Williamson, assistant professor in NAU’s Department of Occupational Therapy, Center for Health Equity Research, and Institute for Human Development recently received two $50,000 grants to assist adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council Grant… Read more
CHER & SHERC news
Upcoming workshops address COVID’s impact on resilience, border health, Navajo Maternal and Child Health needs, and geohealth and climate change
The sixth annual Arizona Biomedical Research Centre Education Series is offering four events, April–June: Resilience, Resistance, Renovation and Rebirth Virtual Conference, April 22–23; Navajo Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment Workshop, May 6; COVID-19 and Social Determinants of Health: Impact on the Border, May 19; and Read more
Spring 2021 graduates
Congratulations, graduates!
The Center for Health Equity Research and the Southwest Health Equity Research Collaborative congratulate our spring 2021 graduates.
Omar Gomez, who will earn a Master of Public Health, Indigenous Health Track, was a graduate assistant with CHER. Julianne Brauner, Gabrielle Delio, Hannah Elzer, Hosava Kretzmann, Bonnie Kuss, Leticia Lelli,… Read more
Celebrate National Public Health Week, April 5-9
Please join the NAU Undergraduate Public Health Program for any or all the following speaker panels honoring National Public Health Week. All panels are hosted via Zoom. Links are included below.
April 5, noon: Fire-up Your Passion — stories of how health professionals landed their dream job
https://nau.zoom.us/j/87995065538?pwd=S05HN1ptcjVLNis3OE5xOUxZLzlRdz09Meeting ID: 879 9506 5538
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March 2021 CHER/SHERC newsletter
‘We Are Resilient’ project explores the wellbeing of Native American youth
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, Native American school aged children are represented among three high-incidence disability categories, which include specific learning disabilities, speech and language impairment, and other health impairments.
Darold H. Joseph, assistant professor in Northern Arizona University’s Read more