Past Events

Speaker and Panelist Bios

2021

June 14–16, 2021
Webinar

Details and Recording

May 19, 2021
Webinar

Details and Recording

May 6th, 2021
Webinar

Details and Recording

April 22nd and 23rd, 2021
Virtual Conference

Recordings

College of Arts and Letters, School of Art, School of Music, Center for Health Equity Research, and the Center for International Education

March 4th – 5th, 2021
Webinar

Materials

Speaker Bios

Handouts and case study

Recordings

2020

June 17, 2020
Webinar

Materials

Agenda and Speaker Bios

Agenda, attendee materials, and presentations

Recordings

February 22, 2020
Phoenix Bioscience Core
Northern Arizona University
Phoenix, AZ

In collaboration with NAU’s College of Health and Human Services, the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre and Arizona Occupational Therapy Association, CHER hosted a workshop titled “Strategies and Trends for Addressing Opioid Addiction through Interprofessional Collaboration.”

Speakers presented National and statewide perspectives on the Epidemiology of opioid addiction, current trends of interprofessional education for substance use disorders, and building capacity to respond to the addiction crisis. Panel discussions included treatment and training considerations and lessons learned. CHER’s George Pro, Ph.D., MPH, Postdoctoral Scholar, presented his national research on the converging epidemics of opioid use and suicide ideation within the opioid crisis. His presentation included research findings on medication-assisted therapies.

Special guest, Camille Schrier, Miss America 2020, biochemist, and organizer of “Mind Your Meds,” spoke about the opioid epidemic and her personal experiences with addressing it through the program she created. She and Carrie Collins-Fadell, director of the Brain Injury Alliance of Arizona, introduced the alliance’s Opioid Use Disorder & Cognitive Impairment Best Practices Workgroup.

Materials

College of Health and Human Services
and
Center for Health Equity Research

2019

November 15-16, 2019
High Country Conference Center
Flagstaff, AZ

As Arizona confronts the impacts of a hotter world, Northern Arizona University partnered with Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and communities throughout the state to host the first statewide, solutions-focused climate summit.

Climate 2020: Seven Generations for Arizona was a two-day event that brought together youth, community leaders, decision-makers, and researchers. The summit featured nationally-recognized voices on climate issues including Texas Tech scientist Katharine Hayhoe, hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, and former Governor of Arizona and Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt.

Climate 2020: Seven Generations for Arizona aimed to transform the conversation, moving beyond drought contingency plans and into a comprehensive and future-oriented framework of creative and science-driven decision-making. The summit was organized by Ecoss (NAU), the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, the Center for Health Equity Research (NAU), the Green Fund (NAU), the Sustainability Program at the City of Flagstaff, Vitalyst Foundation and other partners.

Materials

Agenda/Program

Keynote Recording

Presentations

September 26, 2019
High Country Conference Center
Flagstaff, AZ

In partnership with The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity , this workshop addressed how involvement with the juvenile justice system affects health outcomes for youth, families, and communities. Through three panel discussions, presenters examined current problems in the juvenile justice system both nationally and in Arizona. Speakers also examined national and local programs and policies that are successful in all aspects of involvement with the juvenile justice system from pre-involvement through post-involvement.

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Panel discussions included:

What we Know About the Effects of Involvement with the Juvenile Justice System on Health Outcomes for Vulnerable Populations?
Alternatives to Juvenile Detention in Building Systems of Justice and Equity
What Do we Still Need to Learn? Where Should we go in the Future?

Materials

June 14, 2019
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium
Flagstaff, AZ

This workshop addressed the initial preparation and planning efforts needed for Collaborative Health Research. Those interested in conducting health research or those responsible for health research compliance benefited from this workshop. Areas of discussion included:

Defining a Culture of Research and explain how it guides the process
Examining organizational readiness to engage in collaborative health research
Mapping out the process of developing a workbook, to guide staff
Introducing strategic planning for collaborative health research
The primary presenter at this workshop was Community Alliance Consulting, a Phoenix-based social science, public-health facilitation and evaluation company specializing in Results Based Facilitation and Community-Based Participatory Evaluation.

Materials

Building a Culture of Research: Recommended Practices

Primary Presenter

Action Planning Handout

June 7, 2019
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium
Flagstaff, AZ

This conference went beyond incarceration at the individual level and discussed the lifelong impact of incarceration at the systemic level.
Areas of discussion included:
• Incarceration limits opportunities and exposes people to trauma, disease, chronic stress, social stigma and exclusion; once incarcerated, people can become trapped.
• Health impacts are intergenerational; having an incarcerated parent is recognized as a traumatic experience for the child and is linked to negative health outcomes throughout the child’s life.
• High incarceration rates impair community health.
• Cultural implications for incarcerated indigenous people.

Materials

May 17, 2019
Flagstaff Aquaplex
Flagstaff, AZ

The primary focus of this workshop was to offer tools for effective communication/partnership development, stakeholder engagement, facilitation methods, and applied evaluation techniques. This workshop provided attendees with skills for designing and improving community programs with an emphasis on engaging team members and partners to conduct effective evaluation, move projects forward and achieving meaningful results.

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April 27, 2019
Phoenix Bioscience Core, Northern Arizona University
Phoenix, AZ

This conference was an educational opportunity for healthcare professionals, educators, and others interested in healthcare collaboration, especially those in athletic training, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, physician assistant, and speech and language pathology. This seminar addressed current research informing interprofessional practice and education in the following topic areas:
-Effective teaching strategies to enhance clinical reasoning skills for health professional students
-Adult learning theory and preferences
-Best practices for providing clinical supervision to students
-Collaboration with education providers
-Interprofessional education and practice strategies to employ within the clinic
-Recruiting new health care professionals

Materials

April 19, 2019
1899 at the High Country Conference Center
Flagstaff, AZ

This workshop explored the Collective Impact Approach and its 5 core elements of Common Agenda, Shared Measurement, Mutual Reinforcing Activities, Continuous Communication, and the Importance of a Backbone Organization. Teams worked with an expert facilitator to develop strategies to advance team goals.

Materials

Collective Impact Forum

February 15, 2019
High Country Conference Center
Flagstaff, AZ

This workshop provided an update of the New Federal Common Rule, ethics in human research, Tribal research partnerships, data security, clinical trials, and an opportunity for questions to community members from the Arizona Department of Health Services, Northern Arizona Healthcare, The Navajo Nation, and NAU’s Human Research Protection Program.

Materials

Speaker and Panelist Bios

Slides

Federal Regulation Pages

Recordings

Presented by

NAU Center for Health Equity Research
and
Human Research Protection Program
Sponsored by

2018

November 9th, 2018
AWC Schoening Center North
Yuma, Arizona

This workshop’s objectives were to Reduce Health Inequities through Collective Community Engagement and to Develop Health Research Capacity in the Yuma/Sonora Border Region. A discussion surrounding priorities in the Yuma County/SLRC Sonora border region was held and led to complying strategies for improving the delivery systems to reduce health inequities by addressing the Social Determinants of Health (SDoH). Discussion groups for this workshop encompassed the topics of Binational Border Health, Community Engagement, Clinical/Research-Based Agendas and Workforce Development. Each working group was comprised of community leaders, researchers, and organizational representatives. This meeting and the forum held in June resulted in a report to stakeholders, this report can be view below.

Materials

Forum Report

This workshop was funded by a grant through the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre and supported by Yuma County, the Regional Center for Border Health, Yuma Regional Medical Center, Campesinos Sin Fronteras, and the Center for Health Equity Research.

October 11, 2018
Desert Willow Conference Center

This conference presented the clinical, research, prevention and policy issues impacting equitable access to care for all. This conference was hosted by the Arizona Health Equity Coalition.

August 14, 2018
ARD Building (#56) at NAU in the Large Pod

This workshop was led by Dr. Robert Baily (Bureau Chief, Public Health Statistics. ) and Dr. Timothy Flood (Medical Director, Bureau of Public Health Statistics), Arizona Department of Health Services. NAU has created a MOU with ADHS, to provide access to crucial public health data (birth, death, hospital discharge, disease registries, infectious disease, BRFSS, etc.) for health disparities research and grant writing. This workshop covered the data sharing program (MOU), and was specifically targeted at the content and availability of several important datasets. This workshop was targeted to anyone who is interested in ADHS data availability and access by NAU researchers, as well as getting an overview of ADHS research and intervention priorities, and networking with individuals in the Bureau of Public Health Statistics.

Materials

This webinar was made possible by the Southwest Research Collaborative, which is supported by the National Institute On Minority Health And Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54MD012388.

July 18, 2018
Seminar; Health & Learning Center (Bldg #25), Room 2407

The first in the SHERC Research Infrastructure Core’s summer series, this methodological networking event is an opportunity to brainstorm on new methodological technologies and ideas with interested individuals. Speaker topics include SHERC Computational Infrastructure and REDCap for Surveys and Databases. Lightning talks from SHERC faculty, faculty who have written pilot proposals, and others on campus interested in health equities/disparities research, will focus on forward looking-future research goals. There will be ample opportunity for discussion, networking, and matchmaking.

Materials

Agenda

July 2, 2018
Webinar; Applied Research & Development

This 1-hour webinar focused on community-based participatory research (CBPR), an approach used to form equitable and meaningful research partnerships between communities and universities. In this webinar, we reviewed basic principles of CBPR and members from a community-academic partnership shared their experiences using CBPR.

Materials

Webinar Recording

Presentation Slides

June 13, 2018
Pivot Point Conference Center

This workshop’s objectives were to Reduce Health Inequities through Collective Community Engagement and to Develop Health Research Capacity in the Yuma/Sonora Border Region. Speakers presented models of translating research into action in the Yuma County/SLRC Sonora border region and strategies for improving the delivery systems to reduce health inequities by addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDoH). Presentations were delivered by leaders in the field of health policy, creating sustainable change, health equity, challenges and opportunities. Breakout sessions for this workshop encompassed the topics of Binational Border Health, Community Engagement, Clinical/Research-Based Agendas and Workforce Development.

Materials

Agenda and Speakers

May 16, 2018
Native American Cultural Center

This workshop reviewed skills for recognizing and influencing the Social Determinants of Health through: a common definition of the factors that influence health, an overview of county and local initiatives to address SDoH, discussion of current county and local initiatives, and potential funding opportunities and partnerships.

Materials

Speakers

This workshop was funded by a grant through the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre and supported by the Coconino County Public Health District and the Center for Health Equity Research.

May 4, 2018
Mohave County Community College, Kingman, AZ

This workshop provided attendees with skills for designing and improving community programs with an emphasis on conducting effective evaluations to achieve meaningful results. A step-by-step process for designing and implementing small scale quality improvement or evaluation projects was the focus of this workshop.

Materials

This workshop was funded by a grant through the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre and supported by North Country Health Care, Northern Arizona Area Health Education Center, and the Center for Health Equity Research.

May 1, 2018
Native American Cultural Center

This workshop covered recent changes to the Federal law regulating human research protections. Topics of discussion included an overview of revised regulations, how they will affect the research community, and intersections with research with Indigenous populations/Tribal Consultation Policy, and research involving sensitive records and Private Health Information.

Materials

Presenters

This workshop was funded by a grant through the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre and Supported by Northern Arizona’s Office of Regulatory Compliance and Center for Health Equity Research.

April 21, 2018
Phoenix Bioscience Core

Lifestyle Medicine involves the consideration of lifestyle practices in the identification of interventions that decrease the risk and consequences of chronic disease. This conference featured 5 nationally recognized leaders representing medicine, nutrition, physical therapy, psychology, and nursing. Emerging evidence and best practice interventions for the multidisciplinary management of lifestyle practices that support optimal health were discussed.

Materials

Speakers

This workshop was funded by a grant through the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre and Supported by the Phoenix Bioscience Core, Northern Arizona University’s College of Health and Human Services, Department of Physical Therapy and Athletic Training, and Center for Health Equity Research.

April 13, 2018
McGee Auditorium, Flagstaff Medical Center

This workshop presented a step-by-step process for designing and implementing small-scale quality improvement or evaluation projects in health-related settings and community programs.

Materials

March 9, 2018
Native American Cultural Center

This workshop explored the Collective Impact Approach and its 5 core elements of Creating a Common Agenda, Shared Measurement, Mutual Reinforcing Activities, Continuous Communication, and the Importance of a Backbone Organization. This one-day networking event provided a platform for teams of 3-5 community leaders, organizations and researchers to create a shared vision to improve the health of our community and region!

This workshop was funded by a grant through the Arizona Biomedical Research Centre and supported by the Center for Health Equity Research.

Materials

Agenda

Facilitators

2017

August 23-24, 2017
Cliff Castle Casino

Materials

Understanding the Arizona Legislative Process

Update and Overview

Concurrent Workshop I & II

Heart Disease, Stroke & Social Determinants of Health

Diabetes: Everything you Want to Know

Behavioral Health – Suicide Prevention

Full Spectrum Approach to Wellness: Healthy Living Evidence-Based Education

Concurrent Workshop III

Pathways to Reducing Disparities In Oral Health: Intervention Strategies

How CHRs Play a Key Role in Falls/Injury Prevention of Elders

Substance Abuse

Circle of Life Training for CHRs: Addressing Cancer Information Needs of American Indian Communities

Congressional Updates Impacting Indian health

May 5, 2017
Yuma County Library

Materials

Videos

Part One

Part Two

April 22, 2017
Phoenix Bioscience Core

Materials

April 7, 2017
1899 Ballroom, Northern Arizona University

Materials

March 3, 2017
Native American Cultural Center, Northern Arizona University

Materials

Video

January 27, 2017
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium

Materials

2016

October 21, 2016
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium

Materials

Video

Bonnie Duran: Community Engaged Research to Promote Health Equity among Native Tribes

April 22, 2016
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium

Engaging Native Americans in Research

Videos

Chad Hamill: ABOR Tribal Consultation Policy

Beverly Becenti-Pigman: Research Policies, Processes, and Protocol

April 8, 2016
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium

Community Engaged Research

Videos

Kara Odom Walker: The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research institute: Studying What Works for Whom

Panel Discussion/Q&A: Sharing Experiences with Community Engaged Research

Nicolette Teufel-Shone: Community Engaged Research: Hualapai Tribe & University of Arizona

March 4, 2016
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium

Videos

Susan Rose: Flexibility without Compromise

Beverly Becenti-Pigman: Informed Consent on the Navajo Nation

February 26, 2016
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium

Videos

Diane Stearns: Health Research Grants – Developing a Research Concept, Team and Budget

Cindy Beckett: Interactive Exercise on Goals & Objectives

Bobbie Ursin and Winona Reid: Developing your Budget

January 29, 2016
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium

Materials

Videos

Using Flyers to Recruiting Research Participants

Listening to Community: Ethical Research with American Indian and Alaskan Natives

Preparatory to Research & Prescreening, “Appreciating our Differences”

January 15, 2016
Flagstaff Medical Center, McGee Auditorium

Materials

Overview of Funding

Hitting the Nail on the Head: Aligning Research Priorities with Funding Opportunities

Exploring the Rules, Processes, Due Dates, and Other Technical Issues

Considerations for Writing a Successful Proposal

Overview of Funding Sources and Resources

NAU Grant Submission Tips

NAH Corporate Policies and Procedures for Grants

NAH Approval to Pursue a Grant

Videos

Part 1: Cindy Beckett: Overview of Funding

Part 1: Sonja Shin: Hitting the Nail on the Head: Aligning Research Priorities with Funding Opportunities

Part 2: Robert Trotter: Considerations for Writing a Successful Proposal

Part 2: Cindy Beckett: Explore Institutional Rules and Processes

April 28, 2016
1899 Ballroom, Northern Arizona University

NAU faculty, institutional partners, and federal project officers discussed innovative health research training programs that focused on six (6) key barriers to workforce diversity that are being addressed nationally. These barriers/opportunities are:

Belonging and Inclusion
Outreach, Mentoring and Career Preparation
Institutional Support
Research Intervention
Testing and Evaluation Models

This Symposium highlighted initiatives, programs, and projects being promoted by NAU aimed at increasing diversity in the Northern Arizona healthcare and health research workforces.

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